Working [Whores] Girls
At the moment: Happy.. yes.. HAPPY.
Just a little news before I start this post: I was appointed Features Editor in The Chronicle (Communication Arts Official Journal). I found out after I took a piss and a much-needed break from a film-showing session our Scriptwriting professor put us in. God wants me to write again. ^__^
Yes. I am going to talk about that blasted film: Working Girls by Ishmael Bernal. I really wish I can find a site where I can direct you guys to a decent synopsis of this movie because I absolutely suck at giving story summaries.. but alas, the movie is way too old and way too Filipino for the Internet to put it up.
Working Girls is basically a story of six young women in a 1984 Filipino corporate setting. It depicts how women climb up to the top of the corporate ladder; one used her amazing skills in blackmail, one used her college degree, another used her biting personality while another one just simply slept with every new boss that comes around... you get the idea.
Some highlights:
o Gina Pareño and Tommy Abuel do it in the floor.
o Carmi Martin do it with a LOT of men but end up with Edu Manzano (lucky bitch.. >.<)
o Maria Isabel Lopez does it with a whole lot of dirty, ugly and FAT men.
o Hilda Koronel does it with an ape-like man (read: HAIRY) who reads poetry for a living.
o Some girl who got pregnant by her boss tried getting rid of the baby by taking up aerobics classes. (LMAO)
The tongue-ing was probably the one thing I couldn't stand about the whole ordeal. I can look at heavily graphic porn-comics. Heck, I can even watch a full-length porn movie if I want to. But come ON! It was a 1984 movie! Their idea of "arousal" is waaay far from what we have right now. Tell me dear readers, do you really tongue someone else's ear in a bar while dancing?! And it's not even the good kind! The man was literally jamming his pointed tongue onto the woman's ear as if his tongue was some kind of super jackhammer!
Please don't get me wrong, I'm not judging the movie because of its numerous sex scenes... for what can really be said about a 1984 film with a lot of sex scenes? It's perfectly understandable if the lighting isn't perfect, the lines too cheesy or if the clothes look like potato sacks. What I'm bitching about is the nauseating.. no, excruciating pain of having to watch tongues lashing hungrily at each other. It really made me lose my liberal mind. It would've been a little bit more.. uh.. appealing if the men were halfway decent but they weren't. Believe me, they WEREN'T. I am ashamed to admit that I have been scandalized by it. Ugh. That's really saying something because I'm not the type who'd go all squeal-y and shit at the sight of sexual intercourse.
The movie is good though. Aside from all the licking and the FK going on (by stars who are probably in their mid 40's by now) the movie has a lot to say about women's role in the office. Hilda Koronel's character is very admirable. You just have to love her when she delivers lines like "Learn to fight your own battles!" or stuff like "Punyeta! Maupo ka nga and listen to me!" she was by far the strongest woman among the 6 characters. She's just so irritatingly busy being bitchy all the time that you just can't help loving her. The others are okay.. Maria Lopez' character has a sad, tragic ending.. from being a Makati girl, she became an Avenida one. Another character whose name I have forgotten, ended hers with hope, Carmi Martin turns over a new leaf and bags a hot, rich boyfriend to boot.. Gina Pareño manages to squeeze a LARGE sum of money through blackmail.
I still don't know why our prof chose that movie for us to watch. Sure it's good but... what was the point again? Anyway, he asked us to make a draft either a prequel or a sequel of it. Now that assignment is fairly interesting. It's probably the most interesting thing he has done since introducing himself as our Scriptwriting professor.
I'm planning to use the Maria Isabel Lopez' "Makati gurl turned pokpok" plot and make a sequel out of it. Somehow, I just really hated to see an ending like that. I like tragic endings but that was just sad. I mean she started as a social climber, was buried 6 feet under in debt... succumbed to the dark side of flesh trade because of her needs... and----
Oh yeah, when she did manage to fall in-love and somebody was serious enough to propose to her, it turned out that that man's father had been one of her "clients." Disgustingly cliche I know.. but it's still sad. Her story ended with her getting in a car of a past "client" I don't know about you, but I find that awfully disheartening. It's one thing to get stuck in the muck, it's another story altogether to never get out of it. The finality of her sorry state made me feel really bad. So yeah... here's to a sequel!! *holds up a glass of margarita*
Just a little news before I start this post: I was appointed Features Editor in The Chronicle (Communication Arts Official Journal). I found out after I took a piss and a much-needed break from a film-showing session our Scriptwriting professor put us in. God wants me to write again. ^__^
Yes. I am going to talk about that blasted film: Working Girls by Ishmael Bernal. I really wish I can find a site where I can direct you guys to a decent synopsis of this movie because I absolutely suck at giving story summaries.. but alas, the movie is way too old and way too Filipino for the Internet to put it up.
Working Girls is basically a story of six young women in a 1984 Filipino corporate setting. It depicts how women climb up to the top of the corporate ladder; one used her amazing skills in blackmail, one used her college degree, another used her biting personality while another one just simply slept with every new boss that comes around... you get the idea.
Some highlights:
o Gina Pareño and Tommy Abuel do it in the floor.
o Carmi Martin do it with a LOT of men but end up with Edu Manzano (lucky bitch.. >.<)
o Maria Isabel Lopez does it with a whole lot of dirty, ugly and FAT men.
o Hilda Koronel does it with an ape-like man (read: HAIRY) who reads poetry for a living.
o Some girl who got pregnant by her boss tried getting rid of the baby by taking up aerobics classes. (LMAO)
The tongue-ing was probably the one thing I couldn't stand about the whole ordeal. I can look at heavily graphic porn-comics. Heck, I can even watch a full-length porn movie if I want to. But come ON! It was a 1984 movie! Their idea of "arousal" is waaay far from what we have right now. Tell me dear readers, do you really tongue someone else's ear in a bar while dancing?! And it's not even the good kind! The man was literally jamming his pointed tongue onto the woman's ear as if his tongue was some kind of super jackhammer!
Please don't get me wrong, I'm not judging the movie because of its numerous sex scenes... for what can really be said about a 1984 film with a lot of sex scenes? It's perfectly understandable if the lighting isn't perfect, the lines too cheesy or if the clothes look like potato sacks. What I'm bitching about is the nauseating.. no, excruciating pain of having to watch tongues lashing hungrily at each other. It really made me lose my liberal mind. It would've been a little bit more.. uh.. appealing if the men were halfway decent but they weren't. Believe me, they WEREN'T. I am ashamed to admit that I have been scandalized by it. Ugh. That's really saying something because I'm not the type who'd go all squeal-y and shit at the sight of sexual intercourse.
The movie is good though. Aside from all the licking and the FK going on (by stars who are probably in their mid 40's by now) the movie has a lot to say about women's role in the office. Hilda Koronel's character is very admirable. You just have to love her when she delivers lines like "Learn to fight your own battles!" or stuff like "Punyeta! Maupo ka nga and listen to me!" she was by far the strongest woman among the 6 characters. She's just so irritatingly busy being bitchy all the time that you just can't help loving her. The others are okay.. Maria Lopez' character has a sad, tragic ending.. from being a Makati girl, she became an Avenida one. Another character whose name I have forgotten, ended hers with hope, Carmi Martin turns over a new leaf and bags a hot, rich boyfriend to boot.. Gina Pareño manages to squeeze a LARGE sum of money through blackmail.
I still don't know why our prof chose that movie for us to watch. Sure it's good but... what was the point again? Anyway, he asked us to make a draft either a prequel or a sequel of it. Now that assignment is fairly interesting. It's probably the most interesting thing he has done since introducing himself as our Scriptwriting professor.
I'm planning to use the Maria Isabel Lopez' "Makati gurl turned pokpok" plot and make a sequel out of it. Somehow, I just really hated to see an ending like that. I like tragic endings but that was just sad. I mean she started as a social climber, was buried 6 feet under in debt... succumbed to the dark side of flesh trade because of her needs... and----
Oh yeah, when she did manage to fall in-love and somebody was serious enough to propose to her, it turned out that that man's father had been one of her "clients." Disgustingly cliche I know.. but it's still sad. Her story ended with her getting in a car of a past "client" I don't know about you, but I find that awfully disheartening. It's one thing to get stuck in the muck, it's another story altogether to never get out of it. The finality of her sorry state made me feel really bad. So yeah... here's to a sequel!! *holds up a glass of margarita*
ice cream sold by sorbetera at 9:11 PM
16 Comments:
you're gonna do it alone? :)
no... I'm with karla, theriz and lyle.. but we all pretty much had the same idea ^__^
wow, partners! haha! works pretty much for pam and i. no worries at all. goodluck to us!
and oh, i love h. koronel's character in working girls.. there are some flaws, of course, but the fact that she is a woman, driven by her passion, is a so-Me thing? haha! well, i would like to think of it as that way.
feminine intuition rocks - it saves you 900 million pesos.
and oh, that jefferson yap, we never really saw, even his shadow.. gawd!
edit edit.. DELETE she is a woman DELETE, enk. she is driven by her passion.. haha!
congrats on your feature thingy. ^_^
ang mga comm arts students talaga...hehehe....mabuhat:)
ang mga comm arts students talaga...hehehe....mabuhay:)
haven't watched the movie, but it sounds... ehem... iiinteresting. hahaha.
congratulations din. :D
tongue-ing. :) sort of a romance, an art of making love. but tongue-ing an ear is WEIRD. and when i say weird, to the nth LEVEL pare! astig na nakakasuka.
anyway, let's not talk about the sex stuff. :) baka ma-MTRCB ako dito. aheheh.
wow. congrats that you're a feature editor in your magazine. i AM currently depressed with our school paper - kasi may auditions! grrrrrrr.
wala lang. i aspire to be one. asa pa ko. with all my WRONG GRAMMARS, kapal ko talaga.
:) lol. anyway, NICE NICE LAYOUT. sige sige, you'd be the blog of the moment today or tomorrow. ok?
http://utakgago.blogspot.com :) thanks for becoming my non-stop blog reader. ahehe. :D
donya>> haha! It's a 1984 film... we weren't even born that time.. that's okay.. ^__^ that type of movie is only availabe in those 50php worth vcds. hehehe oh yeah.. our prof seemed to be enjoying it.. (ugh...)
utakgago>> Nyaaa! ano ka ba... even grammar nazis don't have perfect grammar. With so many loopholes in the english language it's impossible to not make mistakes sometimes. ^__^ And buti nga you have guts! You'll go very far with it! Some people have the talent but don't have the guts to actually make that leap of faith.. they're the ones who end up miserable and guys like you get the opportunity ^__^ Go lang! ^__^
pam>> thanks for visiting! sana bumalik ka ^__^ Comm Arts ka rin? mabuhay!
brat>> jefferson yap???
Nice! I hope my English teacher can make us do something like that. All she does is blab...
...and blab...
...and blab!!!
Anyway, nawala ako sa links mo. :( Aww, sorry, ako'y natambakan ng trabaho dahil sa procastination but I've linked you na!
Hehe, I wanna watch the movie kaso parang X-RATED. LOL.
Oh, and congrats on getting the job. LOL, I'm also with our school newspaper. I was hoping to have other extra curricular activities kaso hinde pumayag editor namin. PFFT.
bea>> ah sorry about that.. okay I'll add you again ^__^ I apologize.. I'm really careful with the links I put up here.. Until I find a script that will roll my links up, I will remain to be strict in link exchanges.. I hope you understand ^__^
so... uhhh... you watched an x-rated movie from the 80's. that's... weird. ;)
anggalinggaling naman! your part of your school paper ah! not surprised at all. obvious naman maxado... you write extra-well. hehe. mukhang mahirap. ust ka diba?! smart kayo dun. hehe.
i wanna watch that movie! mememe!! parang its so... liberated?! or pornographic?! whatever.
good luck with writing your sequel thingy. and then post whatever comes into your mind. im interested. hehe.
nice layout btw. kyut. colors are really great. love em. i love summery colors.
mind visiting my blog too?! hehe. pleeezzz?! hehe.
www.superwomanngbayan.blogspot.com
It's really weird to think the tongue-ing. >.<
I haven't watch the film too. I wasn't even born that time. But from the details, I feel disheartened also with the ~makati girl turned whore~ plot.
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