FOUR VALUES IN FILIPINO DRAMA AND FILM

Nicanor G. Tiongson

(1) THERE IS NO doubt that cinema has risen as one of the most popular means of

mass communication in contemporary Philippines. Movie theaters dot cities, towns

and other important commercial centers from Aparri to Jolo. Through these theaters,

Nora Aunor has truly become a national figure and tagalog has risen to the status of

a real national language. Indeed, movie theaters have become as important to us

today as churches were in the last century.

(2) Because movies have become one of the most important means of

communication, it is high time that the Filipinos examined the values encountered

in and propagated by, the movies. These values at the general worldview arising from

them inevitably mold the Filipino’s consciousness for better or for worse, in an

effective, if insidious, manner through stories that entertain.

(3) Sad to say, the principal values encountered in most Filipino movies today are

the same negative values they have inherited from the traditional dramas which

migrated, so to speak, from stage to screen, and provided the latter, for the longest

time, with both form, content and most of all, world-view. Four of these values which

we must single out for their prevalence, perseverance and perniciousness may ne

encapsulated in the following statements: 1) Maganda ang Maputi (White is

beautiful), 2) Masaya ang may Palabas (Shows are the best), 3) Mabuti ang Inaapi

(Hurrah for the Underdog!), and 4) Maganda pa ang Daigdig (All is Right with the

world)

11. What is the topic of the text?

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2. What is the thesis or main idea of the text?

3. Was the thesis explicitly stated, or implicitly stated by the author?

4. Was the text written in deductive order, or inductive order?

5. Do you agree with the author’s claim or thesis? Why or why not?

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