#and how that repeated AGAIN with the negros famine under marcos

[radyo-kabaw]

ngl I thought I'd be more active on this account than I currently am, and part of it is that I saw one of the worst takes on film I've ever seen on twitter and it pissed me off so much I started doing an intensive history and film study deep dive to explain why it was so wrong, but really it boils down to the fact that this clown said that the jerrold tarog films were bad because they criticized the filipino people for their role in the failure of the revolution and therefor bad, unlike gomburza, which shows that the filipino people were victims of colonial spain

and it's fucking stupid because gomburza ALSO shows that the ilustrado/landowning class oppressed and exploited the lower class workers, which is parallel to how tarog's films show that self interest and exploitation go hand in hand, and it's not incorrect or revisionist to explore that the ilustrados were educated in the colonial capital. while some brought their education back with them, it's batshit to assume that others did not also learn how to exploit systems of oppression for their own economic benefit, or that some people are somehow immune to the something as universal as greed.

but what drives me NUTS is that tarog's films lean HEAVILY on filipino criticism and thought, and draw from mabini's own writing and experiences and the idea that mabini's criticisms of a government he was a part of are somehow invalid because they don't paint the philippines as a perfect victim in an imperialist conflict drives makes me want to start swinging a metal bat at high speeds because that once again follows the pattern of disregarding people from different backgrounds as not having a legitimate say on top of absolving the wealthy landowning class of their own actions.

anyway, I finished my history deep dive, lmao. it's like, fine if you don't like tarog's films, but to make incorrect claims about what the narrative is doing because a film asking the people to understand the tragedy of their own history makes you uncomfy is embarrassing.