Friday, July 30, 2004

For lack of anything better to write, I'm going to write about some personalities (and bash them).

1. Boy Abunda - I just recently heard that he's regarded as the Philippine's top talk show host or something of that sort. He is purportedly frank, straight to the point and intelligent (emphasis on intelligent). I have had the opportunity to catch a few glimpses of the buzz. Certainly, with the pseudo-intellectual flair in the way he talks, the tailored suits and the snazzy guests, who wouldn't think, at first glance, that THe Buzz was in fact an intelligent show? But hold on, after closer perusal and an agonizing longer look at the show, you find that it's all but a complex hoax!! First and foremost, he's an old balding homosexual fer cryin' out loud!! Nah, just kidding. Hold on to your seats. I suppose it's not a surprise that people (well, at least the less educated and less reflective ones) perceive him and his show to be intellectual simply because he speaks pretty well. Not that well, but pretty well. He doesn't really say anything longer than a few words, mind you. Plus the fact that his vocabulary is downright unimpressive and the way he constructs his senteces. However, what's more important is the topics they go about and those little games they play. I couldn't bear watching one time when he started shouting (yes, shouting) out the most inane words you could imagine for a little game of word association, words such as heart, mind, pillow, etc., etc. What's even worse is he subsequently breaks down all the elements in their childish little game and proceed to basically proclaim the guest a hero or an artist or even a saint. It's foolish, I tell you. Foolish. Oh well, what can I say? It is a show, a fool's show.

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