Libre: Epic April

JUST as New Zealand was still recovering from the March 15 attacks that killed 50 individuals in mosques, the terrorist suicide bombings in Sri Lanka on April 21, Easter Sunday, that left more than 250 dead and injured at least 500 have caused many people to wonder what has become of the world. Churches and mosques are holy grounds where people go to worship, to pray and to seek refuge for their weary souls. Evil knows no boundary. Yet, in the darkness of the world and in our lives, God is with us. He fills the void with light, with His love. He brings His flock closer, to work together for those wounded physically and spiritually. He welcomes to eternal peace those who died in His loving arms.

As April was about to come to a close, many sought to escape from the gloom of reality to the world of imagination in “Avengers: Endgame” and “Games of Thrones.” The former has just broken many box office records, including a global take of $1.2 billion in just five days. Will it shatter the gross total of $2.788 billion record of “Avatar”? I say, it is likely. GOT, on the other hand, is The TV event of the decade and anyone who fails to experience it, even in its last season, must have shut himself or herself out from the telly.

If there is one word that can describe both, that word is “Epic.” The producers have left no stone unturned to give full satisfaction to fans who are invested in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and GOT’s Westeros. There are characters we have come to love and would not want to let go. So much so that there have been men (and women) who have shed tears on the death of their beloved heroes or heroines. We are also discovering villains (think of Thanos) that are beyond the stereotype, with the rationalizing of their evil deeds. But what make these productions totally engaging are the special effects that make the unreal believable and the battles monumental. The standards have been raised so high that future productions may need to think out of the box to measure up.

If there was one other fare on TV that we needed to see–it was Netflix’s “Street Food.” Filling up the void that Anthony Bourdain left, Street Food focuses on Asian cuisine, tradition and more importantly, the local street vendors that feed the ordinary folks. Episode 9 was filmed in Cebu and featured Florencio “Entoy” Escabas, Leslie Enjambre, Ian Secong and Rubilyn Diko Manayon. Instead of focusing on the usual suspects like chicharon, siomai, lechon manok and ngohiong, Jude Bacalso and Myke Tatung Sarthou introduced the film crew to tuslob-buwa, nilarang bakasi, lumpia and, of course, lechon. The star of the show was Noy Entoy of Cordova who had a great story to tell, spiced up with his down-to-earth Cebuano sense of humor. If there was one lesson learned from the episode, it is that there is more mouth-watering food outside of the malls and Jollibee. You simply have to explore.

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