The latest Showtime controversy is a continuing saga ... thanks to the movie personality's out-of-control drive to participate in the discussion ... all with good intentions ... but in the end all suffered minor burns for not staying on the sidelines.
First, let us examine the words of the combatants and select the ones who endangered themselves and opted to unzip their mouths and manage to place themselves in the eye of the storm. Whatever their reasons are ... we couldn't fault them for writing or saying what they want to say.
1. The first person was Nikko Natividad - a former Hashtag and an actor in ABS CBN Batang Quiapo.
2. Nicco Loco - Canadian Italian actor, host and TV presenter
I have nothing but admiration for the two for standing up and making their views heard. It takes courage and "balls" to speak what is in your mind and pour your heart out. They have points that everybody needs to know and learn from.
To make this commentary balance the hosts of Showtime did everything they could to prevent the situation from escalating. It is their responsibility to call out behaviors and police their ranks. A joke may not be the right way to call out somebody ... the intention may not be to shame the guest ... but to remind them of their limits and their excesses.
It is how you say things that matter though ... but knowing Showtime's propensity for comedy bar's type of slapstick and satire ... if you are a person who is easily offended ... the best remedy is to avoid being a part of it ... regardless of how much you need the money.
Discretion is a better part of valor -meaning if you hate embarrassing yourself or experiencing unpleasant situations... the most sensible thing to do is to stay away from it.
Pero sa kaso ng West Philippine Sea ... aba tol ... baka magkagiyera na ... hindi ka pa rin involve? Walang imik?
One thing is the obviously coordinated attack on Its Showtime last Wednesday when netizens noticed similar posts made by various content creators and online users hiding under a cloak of anonymity. Parehong content at nilalaman authored by different scheming personalities.
There were also fans asking for MRTCB to flex its muscles ... to add luster to the ever-growing day-to-day flames that have already scorched, incinerated, and reduced our sense of decency and goodness to ashes.
Some are trying to goad Lala Sotto to intervene ... but this is a double-edged sword ... because once she does it it will open again more cans of worms ... and people will think ... she is still carrying the vendetta in favor of ET - who witnessed ratings that are in a nosedive lately.
There were also movie personalities who contributed their two cents worth on the matter ... but instead of helping douse the firestorm ... they also got their own share of sears and conflagration when netizens came in grooves to attack them in print.
There were also efforts made by supporters to call out these movie personalities asking for producers to cancel their participation in projects they were currently doing.
The reactions were far from lethal and career-threatening but the choice of words was venomous, below the belt, and toxic. If you are not used to controversy ... you can die down any minute. Everybody seemed in a poke-fun mood ... unmindful of the pain they inflicted.
My friend can't help but ask himself: |Where has all the goodness in every Filipino gone?
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