By Pauline Rivera
Before anything else, I will upfront say that I am a fan of AlDub. Like millions of Filipinos around the world, our entire household is crazy about Eat Bulaga’s “Kalyeserye”. On the other hand, I, personally, am apathetic about Pastillas Girl, since I have not yet seen an episode of her segment on It’s Showtime. But this column is not about the shows themselves. It’s about those on the other side of the screen.
No one can deny that the street sketch comedy of Eat Bulaga continues to dominate noontime viewing by Filipinos, owing to the success of the ‘accidental’ love team by Alden Richards and Maine Mendoza (AKA Yaya Dub). Every day, social media is filled with different people’s reactions on the day’s Kalyeserye episode. Last weekend, the twitter conversation for #AldubEBForLove reached 26 million tweets.
Then, amid the AlDub craze, ABS-CBN’s It’s Showtime decided to come up with its own ‘kiligserye’ featuring Angelica Yap (Pastillas Girl), who continues to make her way to being a social buzz.
Yet, of course, along with the love and attention received by the two phenomenons are contrasting opinions. Sure, some people have their reasons for not being aware of AlDub and Pastillas Girl, and no one should be against that. Who am I to judge you for what you do and do not like?
What bothers me so much is when the non-fans stereotype the fans, and vice-versa.
As if the fans’ enjoyment of the noontime shows is directly linked to their lack of knowledge as to why Apolinario Mabini is seated during the entire movie of Heneral Luna; as if their enjoyment comes with a certain ignorance of Philippine politics and public information.
As if the non-fans’ inability to tune in to your favorite serye makes them a killjoy, a party-pooper, or a judgmental human being; as if it automatically makes them condescending.
When did the network war between ABS-CBN and GMA become a class war between the elitists and the non-elites?
How does watching noontime shows become a gauge of one’s intelligence and awareness of social issues? Does it really have to be one or the other?
Ultimately, it would be such a better world if people just decided to do what makes them happy, as long as it will not adversely affect other people. Maybe we should stop the habit of claiming intellectual and moral high grounds especially over something as frivolous as what entertains people and what doesn’t.
Then, amid the AlDub craze, ABS-CBN’s It’s Showtime decided to come up with its own ‘kiligserye’ featuring Angelica Yap (Pastillas Girl), who continues to make her way to being a social buzz.
Yet, of course, along with the love and attention received by the two phenomenons are contrasting opinions. Sure, some people have their reasons for not being aware of AlDub and Pastillas Girl, and no one should be against that. Who am I to judge you for what you do and do not like?
What bothers me so much is when the non-fans stereotype the fans, and vice-versa.
As if the fans’ enjoyment of the noontime shows is directly linked to their lack of knowledge as to why Apolinario Mabini is seated during the entire movie of Heneral Luna; as if their enjoyment comes with a certain ignorance of Philippine politics and public information.
As if the non-fans’ inability to tune in to your favorite serye makes them a killjoy, a party-pooper, or a judgmental human being; as if it automatically makes them condescending.
When did the network war between ABS-CBN and GMA become a class war between the elitists and the non-elites?
How does watching noontime shows become a gauge of one’s intelligence and awareness of social issues? Does it really have to be one or the other?
Ultimately, it would be such a better world if people just decided to do what makes them happy, as long as it will not adversely affect other people. Maybe we should stop the habit of claiming intellectual and moral high grounds especially over something as frivolous as what entertains people and what doesn’t.