So, I hope you guys have stocked up on tissue paper. (I would actually suggest a towel instead to save the trees but crying into a towel is so lame haha). Two episodes left, and there are several daggers aimed at our hearts:
There's something inter fans would probably not have caught on because it's so pop-culturally specific that it…
Episode 2 timestamp 04:46 -- Karl is ranting to himself "Darn those rich people" while preparing his meal. He was offended that Vlad could just waltz in on his unit and intrude upon his life just because Ate Judit wrote a check paying for his rent. He then says:
[Eng] "Some socialite or something?" [Fil] "Anne Curtis ka ghorl?"
"Anne Curtis ka ghorl?" is gay Filipino slang/swardspeak for "Are you Anne Curtis, girl?". Anne Curtis is a local celebrity who gained notoriety when she went on an embarrassing drunk rant screaming "I can buy you, your friends, and this club!" This happened back in 2013, which would mean Karl was 14 at the time.
For an allegedly straight/straight-passing Filipino teenager, Karl saying that line while he himself was agitated would definitely raise eyebrows, confusedly for the heteronormatives, and knowingly for those in the LGBTQIA+ community.
There's something inter fans would probably not have caught on because it's so pop-culturally specific that it couldn't be directly translated, but as early as Episode 2 there's a hint that the "real" Karl Frederick Almasen is hiding something feminine inside him:
In the tarot, the upright Three of Swords represents heartbreak, betrayal, loss, death, and grief.
My commentary here is that of all the Filipino BLs of 2020, the first one that makes it to national television is this series, which prominently features a Bury Your Gays trope. Personally, I'm tired of watching gays die tragic deaths. At the very least, not this year? Is that too much to ask?
Unpopular opinion: It's 2020. Unless there's a deeper reason, gratuitous shirtless men should be a one-and-done trick. Harmless fun, or is this how shallow the show thinks its audience is? Is Kuya Whilce on duty, or is he a walking uniform fetish?
Unpopular opinion: for all the wokeness, their solution was for Judah to go home to his grandmother, bringing with him his toys and his boy.
Rocky has demonstrated that he has the guts, the grit and the street smarts to survive, of course, but I just feel like them living together under Lolly's roof would have him ending up like a household retainer or a kept man.
In this particular case, my opinion is the sad ending would have made the better ending.
Since it seems Filipino food will figure prominently in this series:
Ep. 1 - "Bicol Express" is a stew made from long chilies, coconut milk, shrimp paste or stockfish, onion, pork, and garlic. The dish was named after the passenger train service from Manila to the Bicol region, a region in the Philippines famous for its spicy cuisine.
I noticed that Judit loses her pretentious accents when she's caught off-guard or vulnerable -- It's a front.
She's made a personality out of being an ally, and that includes being this woke, cosmopolitan big sister who drops phrases in Thai, French, Japanese and Italian, speaking with affectation and fluctuating accents because she doesn't really own those languages and accents, she just cribs them for show.
That's because she's trying to cover up/make up for how she treated Vlad when they were younger. Her accents are the masks she wears to face the music of everyday life.
And that's why she had an accent at the start of their dinner at the restaurant, then lost the accent when she was practically about to cry, then slowly returned to her accent as she tried to assume control of her emotions. Capisce?
Just realized that JP Habac also directed I’m Drunk, I Love You which features a character called Pathy with…
There are Filipino pop culture references up the wazoo in this series. If you follow JP Habac's twitter, he reveals shot-by-shot comparisons between the show and the reference.
Hey, not bad at all, I liked it. I suspect there's something going on between Oh-Aew and Bas, so I hope the emotional bombshells will be worth it in the next episodes.
To all the new folks, oh my sweet summer children...
How can I root for Ben and Jim when Ben and Olan look sooooooooo much better together?
- Uncle Santi comforting/rescuing Karl
But those are just the daggers. The big fat axes that will fruit ninja our hearts are
- Karl and Vlad still haven't had that iconic confrontation shown in the trailer
- They only have the weekend left to stay together
-- Karl is ranting to himself "Darn those rich people" while preparing his meal. He was offended that Vlad could just waltz in on his unit and intrude upon his life just because Ate Judit wrote a check paying for his rent. He then says:
[Eng] "Some socialite or something?"
[Fil] "Anne Curtis ka ghorl?"
"Anne Curtis ka ghorl?" is gay Filipino slang/swardspeak for "Are you Anne Curtis, girl?". Anne Curtis is a local celebrity who gained notoriety when she went on an embarrassing drunk rant screaming "I can buy you, your friends, and this club!" This happened back in 2013, which would mean Karl was 14 at the time.
For an allegedly straight/straight-passing Filipino teenager, Karl saying that line while he himself was agitated would definitely raise eyebrows, confusedly for the heteronormatives, and knowingly for those in the LGBTQIA+ community.
(News article referencing the incident: https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/12/02/13/drunk-anne-curtis-slaps-john-lloyd-cruz)
Rocky has demonstrated that he has the guts, the grit and the street smarts to survive, of course, but I just feel like them living together under Lolly's roof would have him ending up like a household retainer or a kept man.
In this particular case, my opinion is the sad ending would have made the better ending.
Ep. 1 - "Bicol Express" is a stew made from long chilies, coconut milk, shrimp paste or stockfish, onion, pork, and garlic. The dish was named after the passenger train service from Manila to the Bicol region, a region in the Philippines famous for its spicy cuisine.
She's made a personality out of being an ally, and that includes being this woke, cosmopolitan big sister who drops phrases in Thai, French, Japanese and Italian, speaking with affectation and fluctuating accents because she doesn't really own those languages and accents, she just cribs them for show.
That's because she's trying to cover up/make up for how she treated Vlad when they were younger. Her accents are the masks she wears to face the music of everyday life.
And that's why she had an accent at the start of their dinner at the restaurant, then lost the accent when she was practically about to cry, then slowly returned to her accent as she tried to assume control of her emotions. Capisce?
... to end. Ever.