i agree with caparas. the persons attacking him belong to the elite class.
they are ELITE ARTISTS. and i would like to put emphasis on the word ARTIST. unlike caparas who, in my personal opinion, is not even close to being an artist. are we to expect a movie in the coming months with the title "The National Artist Award Massacre - Ako Ang Nagwagi" (starring, written, produced and directed by Carlo J. Caparas, DGPI, National Artist 2009). leading lady? who else -- donna villa. with special participation of gloria macapa(ga)l-arroyo.
i don't know if i remember correctly (someone correct me if i'm wrong) -- the NCCA itself was surpirsed with the inclusion of new names and the exclusion of the artist they nominated. however, when i watched the interview of NCCA's Labrador, she was even defending gloria the smurf. "it was her prerogative to add new names...", "the NCCA is merely recommendatory...", and other BS. and when she wasked asked about the inclusion of guidote-alvarez in the list of awardees, she said alvarez deserves the award considering her contributions (whatever they were). what makes the reply outrageous was that before the question was thrown, alvarez' ineligibility was laid down.
guidote-alvarez is a presidential adviser, while caparas is a cabalen. we don't have to read between the lines to know that there is something stupid here. i won't be surprised if another cabalen of the smurf gets an award again next year. Lito Lapid?