Otso-Bulaga-Canteen Nation!
Otso-Bulaga-Canteen Nation!
Episode 19 of the Flipping The Narrative podcast, hosted by Flipping The Narrative, titled "Otso-Bulaga-Canteen Nation!" was published on April 10, 2022 and runs 54 minutes.
April 10, 2022 ·54m · Flipping The Narrative
Summary
The noontime variety show is a staple of Philippine mass culture. A celebration of the kitsch and the banal, it is often a formulaic whirl of trite skits and musical entertainment marked by toilet humour and even lewd asides with anti-intellectual bent. To be fair, it has at times been a platform from which unexpected singing superstars have emerged. But how have decades of this Eat Bulaga sort of lunchtime diet impacted Filipinos as thinkers and, more importantly, voters? TV gave America Trump; it gave Ukraine Zelensky. What about the Philippines? Flipping with us are veteran award-winning journalist Ces Drilon and one-third of the famed OPM (Original Pilipino Music) pioneer APO Hiking Society, Jim Paredes, who once upon a time hosted a noontime variety show. Mula Aparri hangang Jolo, is it just “that’s entertainment”?
Episode Description
The noontime variety show is a staple of Philippine mass culture. A celebration of the kitsch and the banal, it is often a formulaic whirl of trite skits and musical entertainment marked by toilet humour and even lewd asides with anti-intellectual bent. To be fair, it has at times been a platform from which unexpected singing superstars have emerged. But how have decades of this Eat Bulaga sort of lunchtime diet impacted Filipinos as thinkers and, more importantly, voters? TV gave America Trump; it gave Ukraine Zelensky. What about the Philippines?
Flipping with us are veteran award-winning journalist Ces Drilon and one-third of the famed OPM (Original Pilipino Music) pioneer APO Hiking Society, Jim Paredes, who once upon a time hosted a noontime variety show. Mula Aparri hangang Jolo, is it just “that’s entertainment”?
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