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Mga kwento ng pag-asa, bumida sa touching performance nina Vice, Karylle...

 Starting the Magpasikat Week is one heck of a job ... for one thing the first group of performers has to set the tone for what their audience should expect for the rest of the week. And team VIce, Ryan and Karylle did not disappoint. Their theme is all about HOPE, a very relatable topic dahil lahat naman tayo ay umasa ... at namumuhunan sa salitang SANA ,(sana magbago ang mga anak ko ... sana maging responsable sila ... sana tularan nila ako maging isang good provider ... in the real essence of the word). 

  The vignettes of life that was depicted are true to life stories of the main protagonists. Karyll's family life is an open book. This is the first tiwme she had actively talked about it on TV ... especially her relationship with his father that was cut off because he passed away. Karylle's only hope was "sana nabigyan pa sila ng time to show their love for each other. 

 Her scenes singing an original song written for his Dad ... was almost palpable. Her angel scene was beautifully photographed ... had I not blinked I was almost seeing on screen the younger version of Zsa Zsa Padilla hanging in the skies.

Ryan Bang came from a broken family . And that is the reason why in his early formative years, he migrated to the Philippine. When he has a family dinner with his Pinay girlfriend ... Ryan notice how his mother laughed at the jokes of his father. She was responding to him positively ... and these fuels HOPE in Ryan na "SANA magkaroon ng part 2 ang kanilang samahan." 

 Ryan's family dance routine where the three were mounted in some kind of a rolling platforms ... that every time they move no matter how they reach out to each other ... the oscillating motion prevented them from holding hands and bond together as ONE family - a perfect dance symbolism for a family in squabbles. 

 Meme Vice has a different issue ... it is more about his relationship with Ion and his suspicion that somebody out there is making a concerted effort to bring him and his show down. In his words... ang mga intriga ay parang mga suntok at tadyak na sabaysabay pang dumating ...na parang pinagtulong-tulongan siya ... at pinagbugbug sarado is enough to make him feel defeated and disillusioned. His only HOPE ... "SANA malmpasan niya ito ... at huwag siyang sumuko. 

 His dance sequence where the dancers lifted him in the air ... sabay sumabog ang ang apoy sa paligid gave me a semblance that he was made a sacrificial lamb ... sabay sabay naglabasan ang mga voice over na "di maganda makita sa TV si Vice Ganda .... hindi magandang ehemplo ... bakla eh. Tapos dinagdagan pa ng sahog na "Wala kang matunan na mabuti diyan ... puro panlalait lang ... " Or maghiwalay din yan ... siyempre si Ion maghanap talaga yan ng babae. Perfect symbolism indeed. 

 Another dance symbolism that was perfectly accomplished was in the sequence where VG was ascending in a steep reclining platform and his detractors relentlessly chasing him ... pulling him from his legs para hindi makaakyat at tuluyang bumagsak. But Meme persevered ... and won his battle in the long run. 

 The inclusion of SB19 was so appropriate and I commend who ever thought of this is a genius. SB19 is a perfect example of young men who struggled and become victorious. They even changed the lyrics of their song Liham so the message will become ensynch with the theme. SO generous. 

 The highlight however was the inclusion of madlang people trying to win over their individual struggles. One of them were two kids who grew up away from their Mom who was working in Dubai for six years. The genius twist however ... is this group desire to bring this mother back to Philippines and gave these yearning kids a lachrymose and tearful family reunion. Congrats Viceryll.