It is a grievous mistake to call The Ruins the Taj Mahal of Negros
The Filipinos’ penchant for drawing parallelisms between a foreign phenomenon and a perceived local version is mind-boggling. Although meant as flattering, the obvious irony …
Archives for May 2014
Oro, plata, mata: the house, the stairs, the superstition
In 1982, Peque Gallaga directed Oro, Plata, Mata (Gold, Silver, Death), a multi-awarded film about the lives of two families, the Ojedas and the Lorenzos, in Negros during the …