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Thursday, January 22, 2004
Yap: Terrorizing trapos
By Januar E. Yap
Meanwhile
The term is creative resistance. Michael Moore’s Oscar-winning documentary “Bowling for Columbine” is creative resistance. I remember that “Notting Hill” poster morphed into an Erap parody that says, “Nothing Here.” That, too, is creative resistance. The Noli and Fili were best forms of that. Yano’s song, “Trapo,” is one. Even Bubble Gang, starring Michael V. as GMA, is creative resistance.
That’s what I hope to see in the campaign season. If it worries you that people are scampering like brainless lemmings into the fatal cliff called The FPJ Presidency, then you better act now.
Come up with ways—amusing, entertaining, hilarious, but true, sharp and biting—to surprise the trapos. Ignite dissent in creative ways. To bring Philippine politics back to issues, not on personalities.
Trapos are a bunch of New World Order retards. Technology scares the hell out of them. It unseated a president once. We bombarded their e-mail inboxes, unleashed a storm of text messages, made posters that placed them over the title “Gone with the Wind.” It’s not true that the Pinoys don’t learn. No elections have ever been the same in this country. This is what the New World Order retards ought to know.
If FPJ goes barn hopping with an LCD wide screen to show his trashy movies, well, let’s hurl a wrench into his machine. Try Adobe Photoshop, and morph the faces of these candidates into one image and on top of which a message runs: “Kapreng kambal!” or something to that effect.
Perhaps, merge, too, every face in his senatorial slate with that of the faces of the late president
Marcos or Erap.
Way back in our college paper, we loved doing the lampoon. I’d like to see that being done by our young now. The country’s educated middleclass failed to pull the masa into casting an intelligent vote precisely because of a breakdown in communication. The medium in which you send your message alienates them.
If you can’t beat them, join them by bringing your message to the level of entertainment. Power, according to a friend who is into mysticism, doesn’t run on a straight line. Take the tempest, for example.
Like I said, creative resistance.
(e-mail: januariusmail@yahoo.com)
(January 22, 2004 issue)
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