No Laughing Matter

July 13th, 2004 at 7:11 am (General)

Last Friday, GMA 7 staged a Bagyo sa Hulyo show with all its comedy sitcom actors doing one big show. One very unsettling part of the show was Joey Marquez, Richard Gomez, Benjie Paras and Raymart Santiago singing the novelty song “Sasakyan Kita” with a different set of lyrics. It went “Sasaktan kita, pag lahat ay gusto mo, sasaktan kita pag nasaksaktan ang wallet ko…” Those singing even had dance “moves” prentending to be slapping each other.

I was disturbed by this and I hope I am not the only one. Although it can be said that it was done in jest, it was also done in very poor taste. It seemed to make domestic violence a trivial, if not funny, matter. I was certainly not laughing after I watched that bit of the show and was in a bit of outrage.

I do hope that I am not the only who thinks that it wasn’t funny at all.

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2 Comments

  1. Steve said,

    July 14, 2004 at 7:05 pm

    As an american filipino I am disgusted at the Filipino Governments actions in Iraq by pulling its troops out at the drop of a hat. I am ashamed to be Filipino at this moment. They should have sent in more troops. Now when the terrorists know how weak they are they will never stop kiddnapping and terrorizing Filipinos because now they know that they can get away with it. Just wait and see. I remember Filipinos sacrificing themselves for freedom, now I see them sacrificing freedom for the will of tyrants,
    why did they go there in the first place if they would topple over when the wind blew?

  2. Bentong said,

    July 16, 2004 at 6:44 pm

    I disagree. I think the Philippine government made a tough choice. It’s either they draw the ire of other countries, or that of its very own people. It’s different when you’re actually living here and raised as a true Filipino. You’d probably feel the same way if you were.

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