ILO ILO

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In relation to Flor Contemplacion’s  story, IloIlo is quite the opposite of it. Why? Because it showed how the Singaporean Family value the maid in the movie IloIlo. However, I noticed some resemblance to the Flor Contemplacion story. The part where the kid tried to smoke and just throw the cigarette at the toilet, is similar to Flor Contemplacion’s story where she was blames for allegedly killing her fellow Filipina domestic helper and drowning it’s  alaga at the toilet. The other scene was when she (maid in IloIlo) was being forced to say the truth that she was the one who was smoking. The same thing happened to Flor Contemplacion. She was forced to accept the  bintang  to her. But at the end (Flor being allegedly bintang  that she killed her fellow Filipina domestic helper) they figured out that it was impossible that a female would kill or break a someone’s neck. The same thing happened when the father admitted that he was the one who was smoking cigarette the whole time.

Some of the scenes where the maid was valued:

PINOY TRANSKINGS

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This is really a good documentary. It brought me somewhere that I’ve never been before. It brought me to the world of the transmen. It enlightened me and gave me an idea about how or what these people feel about themselves and the society’s outlook to them. Pinoy Transkings gave me the opportunity to see the struggles of these people. Though, I am really still confused about how they are different from the third sex. But it gave me an idea, that there are people out there who are like them. And that they exist and needs to be respected. To be honest, it made me curious about the other sexes. Because growing up, we are taught in schools that there are only two sexes-male and female. But in reality, there is no such thing as two sexes. They need to be known and recognized by the public. Hopefully, as years will pass by, society will be open, like fully open minded and accept these people.

ANG NAWAWALA

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The production design plays a huge part in the movie. If you will notice Gibson’s family are wearing retro clothes. It gave me an idea that they are like trapped in the past and that they could not move on. To be honest, I really did not get the  theme of this movie. But what I like about this movie is the connection of the past story where Don Zuleata was asking the young Gibson, “who are you? Tell me! Who are you?” and the last scene where Gibson said, “Ma, It’s Gibson”.