Gays are mostly judged because of their cross dressing. Because culture tells you that dresses are for girls. But they had enough of this and thought of a way, to again, surprise you. They continued to strive for their freedom, fought for equality and change the norm. Did they really? I hope so.

A week after September started, me and my bestfriend visited our friend's place. I got along with a new friend named "Mike", and yes, he's gay. I asked Mike one question that I always ask my gay friends of, "If you were to die, and chose to be anyone, would you be a girl or a boy?" and the answer would always surprise me.

 

Bumbays

       Bitoy made Didjay Vidjay quite metaphorical. He enumerated all the stereotypical things culture has thought people of what Bumbay's/Muslim people are in the City, especially in the Philippines. Most pinoys would describe the bumbay's job as "hulugan". At pag may paparating na bumbay "ayan na si bumbay, maniningil na". Primarily sought as business people.
       Again, my bestfriend is half pakistan-half filipino, and she gets annoyed when she gets compared with "bumbays". Not all of them have that job. and qoute "at least they have means of living, e yung iba?" instead of separating herself from them, she immediately defends them.

       Not all is what it seems, but for what its worth, that's where the question rises, and answers are made to differ.

So first, Brian Herzlinger looks like a mash-up of,

ROBERT DOWNEY, JR.

COLLIN FARRELL

and WILL FERRELL

Second, I watched the film first than the trailer, so here's my reaction to the trailer...

To those who watched the film, you get it. I love you Brian, you have just become an inspirations, in the form of film creativity of course!

 

Anyways, before I get to the point, here's the Trailer >:) 

and to spoil some readers, here's the ending (haha!) apparently, you can watch this on Youtube, so look it up! :)

"If you don't take risks, you'll have a wasted soul." - Drew Barrymore. Ever since the second grade when he first saw her in E.T. The Extraterrestrial, Brian Herzlinger has had a crush on Drew Barrymore. Now, 20 years later he's decided to try to fulfill his lifelong dream by asking her for a date. There's one small problem: She's Drew Barrymore and he's, well, Brian Herzlinger, a broke 27-year-old aspiring filmmaker from New Jersey. But that doesn't stop Brian and his film school pals from doing everything they can think of to convince Barrymore to go out with him - and documenting their quest along the way. Equipped with a video camera they have to return to Circuit City in 30 days and the $1,100 Brian won on a game show (where the winning answer was, prophetically, "Drew Barrymore"), they've got one month to accomplish their mission... Written by Andrew Hindes  

source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0378407/

"History is written by Victors. People like Victory, not justification, once you are victorious, that's it." - Samir Khader, Senior Producer of AL JAZEERA

Look at the poster / image above, isn't it ironic?

The film explains how Al Jazeera reported the War in Iraq. The Western government despised, criticized Al Jazeera's stand, of the waging war. Why is it that Al Jazeera only shows how poorly Iraq has been treated? and their response is, "That's the only image we have, you want us to show their attack on you (US) where are those images?" with that said, it has been inconsistent.

Its amazing how Journalist or mainly media can interfere and "Control" the situation in one "Room". Controlling, Manipulating what you see is something Media is very good at. There are various of point of views out there that show their own objectivity on how they right their news. Al Jazeera just took it to an "Eye-opening" level, where they ask themselves, "hey, all these news about the war are one sided, how bout we give our side?"

AND SO THEY DID. On a controversial note in fact.

I never once saw Sadam popped in, in this film. I remember a part of the film telling that the people of Iraq wouldn't celebrate if Sadam falls, they would most likely feel relief, and go to mosques and pray.

There's also many instances that I heard the world "liberated". My inner voice keeps screaming, "ARE YOU BLIND? DEAF? or lost your brains? these people don't know the word. Sorry to burst a bubble, but they have the most conservative culture/religion/way-of-living in the entire world and even if one SADAM HUSEIN rules over them, they always have their own god to look up to, pray over to..."

Well, that's just me...

Samir Khader, stated promising words to describe what they do in AL JAZEERA. I believe that there is a reason which we don't see, why they are famous in middle east.

... and here I/we were taught that America is a powerful country. Sure, I guess if you mean in terms of money and "controlled, demoralized people".

From Michael Moore's "SiCKO", most likely he's coming from an activist slash comedic sarcastic point of view who advocates to the rights of people. Basically, explaining it in the context of a controversial subject in America which is their expensive Health Care Services.

Moore defies the subject matter in a form of 'mockumentary' which presented some kind of sarcastic factual point of view and mockery to their target. Eyeing on government control, and corruption, Michael Moore shows depth in presenting the knowledge of the matter as to which we all should be concerned. How is it that a third world developing country such as Cuba, can have or implement a law that will give Universal Health Care to its people? How come United Kingdom and France are able to listen to the voice of their people? Surely it is evident in this film that these three countries are merely a sample of their practice of governing their country lies to the voices of their people.

WARNING: you might want to live in France once you've watched this film. (HAHA)

The TV SET ironically shows the process of television programming. Click here to know more about the movie.

Based on personal observation, in real life the higher ups in the broadcast media field really has the power to control anything under them especially if it means they will gain high ratings, and viewership.
As the story develops, it shows that the writer is playing a game with his bosses. He already expected that this production or rather his vision will be severed by the impulsive network president (Sigourney Weaver) thus finding his way in a roller coaster ride on trying to stay true to his vision, and faces the insanity of prime time scheduling. This movie really showed how the writer's dreams (visions) were cancelled.

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Ang Babae sa Septic Tank is a variation of genres written all in one independent film. Ang Babae sa Septic Tank is a satirical indie film that showcases How you make an Independent Film. I have probably watched this film a bunch of times already, and I notice how it feeds me new knowledge about Independent films like how the research process goes, the production planning, writing, acting styles basically it's like a entertaining tutorial of making an indie film.
I love how the Writer, Producer, and Director, are in charge of everything and creates a strong vision for their story.
Its satire construction made the entertaining component even more rich this is why it was easily marketed in the mainstream industry. Actually, this is the debut of the Ang babae sa septic tank's Director, Marlon Rivera, usually in a Martinez-Rivera tandems the Director and Writer would commonly be Chris Martinez but this time it's the other way around, Marlon Rivera gets to debut his Directing career. Director Marlon Rivera is notable in the advertising and fashion industry, if we look at it now, Director Marlon Rivera is a organized creative person which we can conclude that he has carefully succeeded in producing his and Chris Martinez's vision of the film, which is an important factor of why the film's a success.