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Entertainment => Film & TV Talk => Pinoy Entertainment => Topic started by: indie boi on Jul 29, 2009 at 06:49 PM
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Title's self explanatory. This is a big insult to all of the other National Artists for the Visual Arts and Film.
http://services.inquirer.net/print/print.php?article_id=20090607-209267
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Visual art?! since when did he draw any komiks that he wrote? and please don't mention the directing skills ::) :P
quoting Trent Reznor....."Idiots Rule"...
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mars ravelo should be conferred the award first. or nestor redondo, the master illustrator who even worked at DC in the '70s (i think).
and please, before carlo there was pablo gomez (who according to the grapevine mentored and 'took good care' of the former).
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Some examples of his film-making brilliance:
Victim No. 1: Delia Maga (Jesus, Pray for Us!)
The Marita Gonzaga Rape-Slay: In God We Trust!
The Maggie dela Riva Story (God... Why Me?)
Lipa Arandia Massacre (Lord Deliver Us from Evil)
The Untold Story: Vizconde Massacre 2 - God Have Mercy on Us
The Vizconde Massacre Story (God Help Us!)
The Myrna Diones Story (Lord, Have Mercy!)
The Lilian Velez Story: Till Death Do Us Part
Humanda ka Mayor!: Bahala na ang Diyos
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And let's not even mention the disgustingly ugly movie posters for his movies. Visual arts? Visual farts most likely.
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Alex Nino, Alfredo Alcala, Larry Alcala, Nonoy Marcelo, heck even Pol Medina Jr. aren't bad choices, considering...
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Some examples of his film-making brilliance:
Victim No. 1: Delia Maga (Jesus, Pray for Us!)
The Marita Gonzaga Rape-Slay: In God We Trust!
The Maggie dela Riva Story (God... Why Me?)
Lipa Arandia Massacre (Lord Deliver Us from Evil)
The Untold Story: Vizconde Massacre 2 - God Have Mercy on Us
The Vizconde Massacre Story (God Help Us!)
The Myrna Diones Story (Lord, Have Mercy!)
The Lilian Velez Story: Till Death Do Us Part
Humanda ka Mayor!: Bahala na ang Diyos
The above movie titles say's it all ....... :)
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Some examples of his film-making brilliance:
Victim No. 1: Delia Maga (Jesus, Pray for Us!)
The Marita Gonzaga Rape-Slay: In God We Trust!
The Maggie dela Riva Story (God... Why Me?)
Lipa Arandia Massacre (Lord Deliver Us from Evil)
The Untold Story: Vizconde Massacre 2 - God Have Mercy on Us
The Vizconde Massacre Story (God Help Us!)
The Myrna Diones Story (Lord, Have Mercy!)
The Lilian Velez Story: Till Death Do Us Part
Humanda ka Mayor!: Bahala na ang Diyos
I can just imagine a film retrospective of Caparas' movies. Makes you want to throw up. Bernal and Brocka must be turning in their graves. It also cheapens Conde's nomination having to be honored in the same year as this hack.
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I know it's bad but I'm gonna blurt it out anyaway: Bwakanang ***! Not even for comics writing. Larry Alcala deserves it more and Ravelo as I mentioned before.
As for film, I maintain that the execrable Caparas and the late Temyong Marquez are the worst Pinoy film directors in history. With the award bastardized by politics, expect the likes of Kris Aquino and Ai-Ai De las Alas to become "Artista ng Bayan" someday. At nadagdagan na naman ang mga kasalan ni Gloria na walang kapatawaran. Nakakapanginig talaga ng laman!
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Sana may mga national artist na mag-protest.
Slight OT: National artist were given the privileged to be buried at the libingan ng mga bayani. One of my mentors' dad, a national artist, was buried there. During the time of Erap, when he was making waves trying to bury Macoy at the libingan ng mga bayani, their family decided to make an active protest by threatening to transfer the remains of their patriarch.
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Visual arts my ass. Caparas doesn't even draw.
Are we going to pay for his stipend and medical bills now?
GMA strikes again.
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Are we going to pay for his stipend and medical bills now?
GMA strikes again.
indeed, this is so eewww-inspiring! >:(
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Malacanang is now defending the inclusion of Caparas and Dolphy's absence in the list of National Artists. They claim the Award underwent a rigorous evaluation process. ::)
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sige papayag ako maging national artist siya. sa 2 kundisyon:
1) Sa akin na lang property niya sa Ayala alabang. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
2) Exempted ako at mrs ko sa income tax at ibalik lahat ng nabayad naming income tax simula 1992.
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Pag nagawa lahat to sisigaw pa ako na gawin siyang national hero. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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>:( What a big terrible joke! I share your sentiments.... and indignation. The selection of this guy is without a doubt purely questionable. First, is he a visual artist in the strict sense? Second, how on Earth he got through the nomination process? If he had delicadeza and I am pretty sure he knows that there are others more deserving (and whole lot better!) he should have declined that nomination. Magkano ba???
Well, nandiyan na. It's just a title. It's the respect that comes with the title and the lasting effect and impact it will have on people in years to come that are more important. Amorsolo or Botong Francisco paintings have become priceless after their conferment as National Artist. Do you think by tomorrow, Caparas' works will fetch higher tagprices and people will rush out to buy them? By the way, what works are we talking about?
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Malacanang is now defending the inclusion of Caparas and Dolphy's absence in the list of National Artists. They claim the Award underwent a rigorous evaluation process. ::)
gloria and her minions should stop insulting our intelligence! wtf? caparas didn't even pass the rigorous evaluation process of the selection committee. >:(
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Do you think by tomorrow, Caparas' works will fetch higher tagprices and people will rush out to buy them? By the way, what works are we talking about?
I don't think he has paintings at all. He didn't even draw his komiks.
Whoever gave him the award for that category are a bunch of massively clueless dorks. Some reporter should ask the Press Secretary their reasons why. The answer's bound to be a hoot.
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Sooner or later, that midget in Malacanang will pay for the crimes she committed to the Filipino people.
And if I may add, she looks like Bakekang. ;D
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i'd like to join in, but i'm still too dumbfounded. :o F^<K!!! >:(
BOBO nakaisip ng idea na yan. BOBO sa dilang BOBO!!!!
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and what kind of moronic idiot would think of the crap that this twit puts out are movies/films?
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From Gerry Allanguilan's DeviantArt Journal (http://tagasanpablo.deviantart.com/journal/26282780/)
Bottom Line: Carlo J. Caparas is NOT Qualified
Thu Jul 30, 2009, 6:23 PM
Komiks writer and filmmaker Carlo J. Caparas has recently been named National Artist for Visual Arts and Film.
I will not say whether Carlo J. Caparas deserves the title of National Artist or not, for that will be a subjective argument.
I will stick with the facts, and keep this argument objective.
Carlo J. Caparas is simply not qualified to be given the National Artist Award, for the very least "Visual Art", and here are my reasons.
It is clear that "Visual Arts" and "Film" are two different categories. Therefore, "Visual Arts" refer to Carlo's work in comics. Carlo is a writer. He has never illustrated any of his comics stories, least of all his most popular ones. Panday and Pieta? They were illustrated by Steve Gan. Bakekang? It was illustrated by Mar Santana. Kroko? Illustrated by Hal Santiago. Totoy Bato? Illustrated by Tor Infante.
In the guidelines for selection of National Artist for Visual Artists, it clearly states:
Visual Arts – painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, installation art, mixed media works, illustration, graphic arts, performance art and/or imaging;
How can someone who is not an illustrator, therefore *NOT* a visual artist ever be named National Artist for Visual Arts? If Carlo should ever be given this title, the title should be shared with all the artists he collaborated with, for that is the nature of comics. It is a collaborative medium as Carlo himself points out many times during his talks.
If not, then this title should be removed, as it is not factually descriptive of who he is.
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NOTE: For Manoling Morato it is QUANTITY over QUALITY. Nuff said.
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/entertainment/07/31/09/manoling-defends-caparas%E2%80%99-natl-artist-award (http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/entertainment/07/31/09/manoling-defends-caparas%E2%80%99-natl-artist-award)
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And since we're talking about this sham, why was Cecille Guidote Alvarez included, too?!
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GOD HELP US ALL!!!
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And Caparas himself (and his wife, Donna Villa) believes he is a well deserved winner of the National Artist title:
Caparas airs side on Nat'l Artist Award
By BOY VILLASANTA/ abs-cbnNEWS.com | 07/31/2009 11:21 AM
MANILA - Prolific pop artist Carlo J. Caparas finally responded to criticisms hurled against him after he was named National Artist for Film and Visual Arts by Malacañang last Wednesday.
Critics of Caparas complained about the decision of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and Malacañang Palace to confer on him the highest award among artists in the country.
“Alam mo, ‘yang mga critics, kasama ‘yan sa proseso. Hindi natin maiaalis ‘yan. Kailangang i-welcome natin ang kanilang sasabihin. Hindi kumpleto ang isang idea kung walang criticism,” said Carlo in a telephone interview Thursday evening from Cebu where he was shooting a film for his Golden Lions Productions.
Carlo was accused by his opponents of bootlicking and influence peddling just to win the coveted title.
“Kaya lang, ganyan talaga kung may something for grabs. E, iisa lang ang pipiliin. Sana, maghintay na lang sila ng tamang panahon sa gusto nilang manalo. Hindi naman ito palakasan,” said the filmmaker, known mostly as chop-chop director based on his series of massacre movies.
He calmly hit back at his critics, especially on his credentials as an artist.
“I think na nakapag-cross over ako from komiks to the movies and television. Kaya wag mag-alala ang mga critics ko, may pagkakataon pa sila o ang mga manok nila na manalo in the future. They cannot take the award from me anymore," he said.
“Baka ang nasa isip nila ay bata pa ako. Pero hindi naman ‘yon ang basehan. Sino naman ang ko-contest sa decision ng Cultural Center, ng NCCA at ng Malacañang tungkol sa award na ito? Mabuti na nga at ngayon pa lang ay ibinibigay na ang ganitong award sa mga taong nandito. Ang akala kasi nila ay sa matatanda o sa beterano o sa mga patay na ibinibigay ang ganitong award,” Caparas argued.
Meanwhile, Donna Villa, actress-producer and wife of Caparas, also defended his husband from critics.
“Even Jesus Christ was criticized because of his boldness to save mankind from sins,” said Villa, who was with Carlo during the shoot of the Manny Pacquiao, Eddie Garcia and Jake Cuenca trilogy.
“Sino ba naman sa mga naging National Artist Award na ang nakakasama sa kalye ng mga tao? Si Carlo lang ‘yon. Kasi, masang-masa si Carlo dahil naaabot niya ang mga pangkaraniwang tao. Well, of course, si Fernando Poe, Jr. pero patay na siya nang bigyan siya ng award," she said.
“’Yang mga critics na ‘yan, wala namang nagagawa ang mga ‘yan. Magtigil na nga sila. Patunayan muna nila ang nagawa ni Carlo sa komiks at sa pelikula. Kahit sa TV,” Villa said.
Donna added his better half’s award is well-deserved.
“Sino ba sa kanila ang nailagay sa stamps natin? Si Carlo, anim na nobela na ang naka-imprint sa mga selyo natin, ‘yong Totoy Bato, Bakekang, Joaquin Borado, Kamandag, Babaeng Hinugot sa Aking Tadyang at ‘yong iba pa. Naku, history na lahat ito kaya walang makakapag-contest,” she said.
According to Donna, Carlo will just wear his signature cap, jeans, polo shirt and his extension, his shades during the awarding ceremonies that will be held after President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo returns from her US trip.
“Dapat makapag-identify sa kanya ang masa,” she quipped.
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if there was ever a thread here in pdvd that pissed me off big time, it's this.
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illegitimate award from an illegitemate president.
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illegitimate award from an illegitemate president.
;D >:(
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2006 National Artist for Visual Arts Ben Cabrera is ANGRY.. (http://www.spot.ph/2009/07/31/spot-scoop-statement-from-bencab-on-the-national-artist-awards-brouhaha/#comment-5787)
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It says a lot about your "artistry" and how much you deserve the title National Artist if your most vocal supporter is Manoling Morato.
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It says a lot about your "artistry" and how much you deserve the title National Artist if your most vocal supporter is Manoling Morato.
When Manoling was MTRCB Chief, he despised anything that is vulgar and tasteless. And now he's behaving like this? Hilarious! And then nilait-lait nya ang kapwa niya bading dahil mas magaling gumawa ng gown kesa sa kanya. When he brainlessly lauded Caparas, he should have stopped right there. Manoling talaga!
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When Manoling was MTRCB Chief, he despised anything that is vulgar and tasteless. And now he's behaving like this? Hilarious! And then nilait-lait nya ang kapwa niya bading dahil mas magaling gumawa ng gown kesa sa kanya. When he brainlessly lauded Caparas, he should have stopped right there. Manoling talaga!
This is apparently Manoling's notion of tasteful cinema:
Excerpt from the book Mondo Macabro by Pete Tombs
In 1993, two versions of the same story appeared simultaneously. The gruesome case concerned a Filipino woman murdered and hacked to pieces by her American boyfriend. One of the films, based on her estranged husband's version of events was called The Chop Chop Lady! Even more tasteless was The Lipa Massacre (subtitle: God Save us From Evil). The film begins with the badly recorded sound of children talking, overlaid with ominous synthesizer music...
The climactic scene is particularly offensive. Before the eyes of her terrified children, the man's wife is tormented and abused by the maniac while the soundtrack plays Whitney Houston's schmaltzy hit 'The Greatest Love of All'...The ensuing murder scene lasts for nearly ten minutes and ends with actual newspaper photographs of the three corpses.
Youtube clip(partial):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmXCNbNU5XI
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I thought this thread was a joke.
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Posted from PQ's notes in his FB acct:
SPOT SCOOP: Statement from BenCab on the National Artist Brouhaha
Published: July 31, 2009
2006 National Artist for Visual Arts BenCab. Photo by Erwin Obcemea
“I feel bad. It’s a mockery of the system. They might as well just appoint [their own choices] and not go through the whole process. I will boycott the awards. I will not march. I will not mention any names but we heard that there was one very influential person who helped manipulate the results.
Sabi nga ng mga artists, it won’t be a “parangal” kundi “pagdadalamhati.” It’s sad. The awards have been debased. One can just lobby for anyone. Hindi na ‘yung peers ang nag-de-decide. Our opinion doesn’t mean anything.
There used to be prestige. Well since the presidency of Ramos there has been an understanding that the President can add one choice… there was Carlos Quirino (historical literature) , Alejandro ” Anding ‘ Roces (literature) , Abdulmari Asia Imao (visual arts) But this time GMA added four!
About these four, they didn’t go through the deliberation, there was no presentation. There are 22 of us National Artists. We were bypassed. It was a sudden announcement just before the President left for the US. The results were supposed to be announced before June 12. We were asking. ‘Why the delay?’
My message to my fellow artists: We should make a statement, particularly the writers who are more articulate. Why should it be like this?
Now everybody can be a National Artist. They keep adding categories: Landscape Art, Fashion Design, what’s next, hairdressers? They should stick to the seven arts: Music, Dance, Theater, Visual Arts, Literature, Film and Broadcast Arts, and Architecture and Allied Arts.
Carlo J. Caparas won the award for visual arts because he draws comics daw. They wanted to put him in Literature because he writes scripts daw.
(According to a comment on SPOT by ‘Gerry Alanguilan’, comic book writer, licensed architect and illsutrator for a variety of comics including Wolverine, X-men and own creations Timawa and Humanis Rex!: “The puzzling thing is, CJC is NOT an illustrator. He has never drawn any of this comic book stories, least of all his most popular creations. Panday and Pieta were drawn by Steve Gan. Bakekang was drawn by Mar Santana. How can someone who is NOT a visual artist get the National Artist title for Visual Arts?It is illogical, it is ridiculous, and it is insulting to every visual artist out there, including those who deserve it so much more, like Francisco V. Coching and Larry Alcala, who should have been awarded this title long ago.”—Ed.)
***BenCab , Arturo Luz and Napoleon Abueva have decided to boycott the awards ceremony on (according to NCCA Public Affairs, no date has been announced yet.) They will continue their dialogue tonight at the farewell dinner for CCP president Nes Jardin.
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“Sino ba sa kanila ang nailagay sa stamps natin? Si Carlo, anim na nobela na ang naka-imprint sa mga selyo natin, ‘yong Totoy Bato, Bakekang, Joaquin Borado, Kamandag, Babaeng Hinugot sa Aking Tadyang at ‘yong iba pa. Naku, history na lahat ito kaya walang makakapag-contest,”
Nakalimutan niya yung pang-anim. Hehe
“Even Jesus Christ was criticized because of his boldness to save mankind from sins,”
Quote of the year, right after "Just like an overdose - - you moron!" ;D
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which just proves that you can't win an argument with morons.
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Maybe Caparas and the missus should address the issue of why he won for the Visual Arts category - - - when he isn't a visual artist.
I wonder why there hasn't been some enterprising journalist out there who has asked the Caparas couple about that specific issue. Never mind all the other issues of palakasan, etc. This technicality might be what tax evasion was to Al Capone. And could give the protesting some actual legs.
( There's a rumor that a new category was created - - -Visual Arts Film - - -which means Caparas is actually winning as a filmmaker. And pretty much blows all his wife's counter-arguments out of the water.)
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And since we're talking about this sham, why was Cecille Guidote Alvarez included, too?!
That's almost as offensive as the Caparas inclusion. No wait . . it is as offensive.
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Visual arts my ass. Caparas doesn't even draw.
Are we going to pay for his stipend and medical bills now?
GMA strikes again.
this should even triple our collective rage and indignation! and are we supposed to give this cabalen of ate glue a round of applause every time he is acknowledged/introduced in a public event?
"Lord deliver us from evil."
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Your vote?
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duh?????.......do we really need to do this to ourselves? Hindi kaya katawa-tawa tayong lahat nito? I think Dolphy is better than Carlo J.
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marami kasi naganchong artists yan. i cant elaborate cos mahabang usapan. by the way, this is to quote a comment by the family of Mars Ravelo who said he's more a con artists than anything else. In short, he does not deserve the award. dinaan lang sa palakasan at lobbying (albeit thru close political ties and ass kissing) with malacanang.
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Luksang Bayan Para Sa National Artist Awards
A gathering of artists and arts supporters to eulogize the death of a meanigful National Artist Awards.
Friday, August 7, 2009
2:00pm - 6:00pm
CCP Ramp
Roxas Blvd.
Pasay City, Philippines
Iniimbitahan kayo ng mga National Artists na sina Ben Cabrera, Bien Lumbera, Rio Alma, F. Sionil Jose, Arturo Luz, Salvador Bernal na makilahok sa isang luksang bayan para sa pagpanaw ng makabuluhang National Artist Awards. Pakiusap, panluksang pananamit.
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marami kasi naganchong artists yan. i cant elaborate cos mahabang usapan. by the way, this is to quote a comment by the family of Mars Ravelo who said he's more a con artists than anything else. In short, he does not deserve the award. dinaan lang sa palakasan at lobbying (albeit thru close political ties and ass kissing) with malacanang.
true. just like what happened with the nominees for the Supreme Courts justices na pinababalik ni GMA coz wala dun yung mga tuta nya. I really don't know with GMA. she's really destroying all the Institutions in our country. She's prostituting everything just for her to stay in power. Buset! >:(
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Luksang Bayan Para Sa National Artist Awards
A gathering of artists and arts supporters to eulogize the death of a meanigful National Artist Awards.
Friday, August 7, 2009
2:00pm - 6:00pm
CCP Ramp
Roxas Blvd.
Pasay City, Philippines
Iniimbitahan kayo ng mga National Artists na sina Ben Cabrera, Bien Lumbera, Rio Alma, F. Sionil Jose, Arturo Luz, Salvador Bernal na makilahok sa isang luksang bayan para sa pagpanaw ng makabuluhang National Artist Awards. Pakiusap, panluksang pananamit.
dadalo ba si carlo "the national artist" caparas dyan?
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Ano sa tingin mo?
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dadalo ba si carlo "the national artist" caparas dyan?
Caparas airs side on Nat'l Artist Award
By BOY VILLASANTA/ abs-cbnNEWS.com | 07/31/2009 11:21 AM
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According to Donna, Carlo will just wear his signature cap, jeans, polo shirt and his extension, his shades during the awarding ceremonies that will be held after President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo returns from her US trip.
“Dapat makapag-identify sa kanya ang masa,” she quipped.
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Ugh. The award was disgusting. My God. I can tolerate the smell of my dog's poop rather than this sheyt. Oh God. It's like awarding an Oscar Best Director to Uwe Boll or Michael Bay. My God, can someone tell me IT'S JUST A NIGHTMARE cause it's VERY SCARY.
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ESPOUSING Carlo Caparas, Manoling Morato has taken an irresponsible, indulgent stance that shoot down his cultural scholarship. Manoling is a culturati, a sophisticated antique collector and an author of a highly readable Rizal tome - why did he ever propped up a pedestrian-level "artiste" like Caparas, what's going on in his mind? Is he becoming senile? The only movie line Caparas may be known for is "Huwag mong buhayin ang bangkay!" For Manoling's benefit, he ought to know that Caparas the (sham) writer/filmmaker should not be split from his moral background. When he was making a name as a filmmaker by churning out those "pito-pito/7-day shooting/grade-C" movies - Caparas abandoned both scripting komiks and his wife. He hitched with Dona Villa - a Tisay/half-bred bold starlet of the 80's who astoundingly got mesmerized by him. Caparas has to pay his forsaken wife, who's certainly nowhere near Villa's physical league - generous allowance for years, to make her shut up and not call in the courts. The pop culture footnote of a man whom I'd likened Caparas is April Boy, the epitome of bad taste, baduy to the bone - but at least some of us still gets a kilig factor when "Di ko kayang tanggapin na mawawala ka na sa akin" blares out of a prehistoric jukebox. At best, Caparas was able to cast Kris Aquino in his que horror feast, but Aquino would've blotted that out from her film portfolio, if she can help it.
Villa pumped millions to financed Caparas' embarassing films, and when the interest waned for their creations, they tied up with PCSO under the chairmanship then of Manoling, to make television dramas that bolsters the sweepstake's claim to make millionaire's out of indolent, gullible betting Filipinos. When I was small in the 70's and my panitikan tutorial is helped out invaluably by reading rented Tagalog komiks every week in the local neighborhood market, I haven't remembered Caparas' serials being particularly remarkable or imbued with above-the-usual literary merit. There are far far better writers than him, and graphic artists who're unsung masters of their craft, a few even got trans-Pacific job as illustrators for Marvel & DC. When the Arroyo era will finally bite the dust and passes off into the annals of the thoroughly unlamented - it'll best be remembered for its thievery, duplicity, horsetrading, and the highest casualty of crusading journalists who shout against the bulok; setting free unrepentant and demented high-profile criminals like Jalosjos and Teehankee, and, making a sonofagun massacre-meister Carlo Caparas as National Artist. Bulok, bulok, BULOK!
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ms. go.... idol na kita! ;D
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ms. go....maybe we shud rally behind vincent cua jr. then...batang komiks ka rin yata eh.. ;D
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YES, I remember BENJAMIN VINCENT KUA. His illustration heyday was between 1979 to 1981. After that I lost track of his works because pubic hairs is finally growing on my loins and that signals my farewell to my childhood. By my juvenile years, I hardly took to komiks anymore - but only after collecting Funny Komiks issues 2 to 40. Kua has died young, but his style is so qualifiably neat, never cluttered. Its a classically-trained cartoonist style, with mellowy, fluid anatomy and men and women having delicious-looking lips. He would've been truly in demand if his career was set back in time during the 1930s to 50s as commercial illustrator for magazines and posters. Those decades the photograph is not yet the dominant image and brand showcaser because of the limitation of the old presses, hence in 99 percent of the time, advertisements are illustrated by graphic artists like, say, Kua, or by painters like Amorsolo.
For the komiks to impact well on its reader ought to be a collaborative effort, a creation of THE dibuhista and the scriptwriter. Its the dibuhista who actually brings to life the story. When the illustration is so rich and vibrant, a mediocre storyteller becomes a mere filler of the thought balloons. But when both achieves narrative fusion, then you get Fantastic Four comic created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee in the 1960s. Or, Anak Ni Zuma.
While not a criminal neglect, its a shame that no category exists for Komiks Artist within the National Artist institution. If such a thing would be made now, its 30 years too late, for (hand-drawn, non-computer-aided/colored) komiks is now a moribund industry and art form. Who would care if Vincent Kua or Joe Lad Santos or Nestor Redondo gets posthumous mentions as National Artists? Only their generation of readers recall their works - and those folks are obscure in number and has taken to komiks reading because of mainly three innocent reasons: To immerse and lost ourselves to the glorious four-strip color fantasy world; to learn panitikan and Tagalog grammar, by the wayside; and because, komiks for rent is the cheapest entertainment my ten centavos could buy at that time.
Carlo Caparas therefore, is a choice without rhyme nor reason. A schizoid handpicking because whether as a storyteller or a moviemaker, he doesn't ever excelled in both
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YES, I remember BENJAMIN VINCENT KUA. His illustration heyday was between 1979 to 1981. After that I lost track of his works because pubic hairs is finally growing on my loins and that signals my farewell to my childhood. By my juvenile years, I hardly took to komiks anymore - but only after collecting Funny Komiks issues 2 to 40. Kua has died young, but his style is so qualifiably neat, never cluttered. Its a classically-trained cartoonist style, with mellowy, fluid anatomy and men and women having delicious-looking lips. He would've been truly in demand if his career was set back in time during the 1930s to 50s as commercial illustrator for magazines and posters. Those decades the photograph is not yet the dominant image and brand showcaser because of the limitation of the old presses, hence in 99 percent of the time, advertisements are illustrated by graphic artists like, say, Kua, or by painters like Amorsolo.
For the komiks to impact well on its reader ought to be a collaborative effort, a creation of THE dibuhista and the scriptwriter. Its the dibuhista who actually brings to life the story. When the illustration is so rich and vibrant, a mediocre storyteller becomes a mere filler of the thought balloons. But when both achieves narrative fusion, then you get Fantastic Four comic created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee in the 1960s. Or, Anak Ni Zuma.
While not a criminal neglect, its a shame that no category exists for Komiks Artist within the National Artist institution. If such a thing would be made now, its 30 years too late, for (hand-drawn, non-computer-aided/colored) komiks is now a moribund industry and art form. Who would care if Vincent Kua or Joe Lad Santos or Nestor Redondo gets posthumous mentions as National Artists? Only their generation of readers recall their works - and those folks are obscure in number and has taken to komiks reading because of mainly three innocent reasons: To immerse and lost ourselves to the glorious four-strip color fantasy world; to learn panitikan and Tagalog grammar, by the wayside; and because, komiks for rent is the cheapest entertainment my ten centavos could buy at that time.
Carlo Caparas therefore, is a choice without rhyme nor reason. A schizoid handpicking because whether as a storyteller or a moviemaker, he doesn't ever excelled in both
amen to that! and Ms. Alice Go, isa kang alamat!!!!! ;D
Postscript : thank you for the full name of Benjamin Vincent Kua. it was a sad news that he died young pala? such prolific hands to make those kinds of illustrations. it was a romantic period of my youth too. and my 50 centavo coin can go places already.
thank you!
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Oh, you mean this article? (http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=492849&publicationSubCategoryId=70). Don't think it's aimed at me--haven't been in a film since, oh , 1996. And besides, I'm small fry. ;D
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And since we're talking about this sham, why was Cecille Guidote Alvarez included, too?!
OT, but the Alvarez star seems to be shining again. Wonder why? Her husband, Heherson, was a surprise addition to GMA's very small White House entourage. I have nothing personal against Cecille, but seriously, as Executive Director of the NCCA, she really should turn this down out of delicadeza. The NCCA is heavily involved in the selection process for one, and second, Alvarez is also the Presidential Adviser on Culture.
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sorry im quite late on this news.
pa-OT: ask ko lang po kung kasama si DOLPHY? Dont you think he deserves to be a national artist?
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Sino naman ang ko-contest sa decision ng Cultural Center, ng NCCA at ng Malacañang tungkol sa award na ito?
His name was not even included in the list submitted by CCP and NCCA to Malacañang!
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Even Jesus Christ was criticized because of his boldness to save mankind from sins
Blasphemy!
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Oh, you mean this article? (http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=492849&publicationSubCategoryId=70). Don't think it's aimed at me--haven't been in a film since, oh , 1996. And besides, I'm small fry. ;D
What a hilarious article. Lo spent a lot of space talking about nothing. All the points he raised to defend Caparas are laughable. So what if there's a street named after him? And to say that the massacre movies are just a drop in the bucket. Well, it's a drop in an admittedly deep, but also glaringly mediocre bucket.
I don't understand why the constant defense on his nomination was that he was very prolific. When did National Artist become synonymous with numbers? He may have made a lot of movies but those movies were all crap.
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I pointed that to Noel, thinking it might be directed against him. Hehe.
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It's all politics.
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MANILA, Philippines — The Cultural Center of the Philippines has deplored Malacañang’s disregard of “established process” in choosing the country’s National Artist awardees.
"While we respect the President's prerogative to name her choices, we deplore the disregard of the established process whereby our National Artists are chosen," Emily Abrera, chair of the CCP Board of Trustees said Tuesday.
CCP deplores Arroyo’s National Artist picks (http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20090804-218732/CCP-deplores-Arroyos-National-Artist-picks)
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Just focus on the fact that he doesn;t draw and he won for Visual Arts.
It's such a glaring and elemantary disqualification.
I wonder why no one is picking up on that.
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"His imagination continues to work even when he’s asleep."
That Donna Villa has the makings of a major hoot. ;D More!
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^ x44,
was that a direct quote, straight from the mouth of donna? if so, please point me to the article. further, i plan to use it as my signature. hope no one objects.
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Moejun:
Yup it's a direct quote.
Here's the article (http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=492849&publicationSubCategoryId=70) I got it from.
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^ thanks, reading it now
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Saw his tv interview earlier.
He was saying something like...galing daw siya sa mahirap blah blah at wag na daw mag picket yung mga nagrereklamo. kawawa lang daw sila at maarawan. wala naman daw mangyayari.
>:( >:( >:( >:(
kakapikon. sana tumahimik na lang siya.
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^lutang na lutang ang katotohanang mababa ang kanyang o wala siya talagang pinag-aralan.
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If Caparas really felt that he deserved it he should have graciously rejected the nomination. He'd be nominated again if he really was deserving of being a National Artist.
I saw his interview and his reason that there is a brouhaha over his nomination is that he's young because national artists are usually old or dead.
Whatta moron.
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Every interview the twit conducts just reiterates how undeserving he is of . . well, of any award really. Unless it's for National Moron.
For which he would tie with Manoling Morato. He who does not factcheck and doesn't have a single clue that he doesn't.
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And in his defense,Caparas claims that wala lang daw magawa yung mga critics nung pagkapanalo niya.
He is,of course, refering to F. Sionil Jose and Arturo Luz, among others. Does Caparas even know who these two are?
Cecil Guidote Alvarez should also do interviews defending her win,too.
Morons on TV often makes for brilliant TV. ;D
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And in his defense,Caparas claims that wala lang daw magawa yung mga critics nung pagkapanalo niya.
Morons on TV often makes for brilliant TV. ;D
no. they make me wanna puke all over the TV. buset!
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Corazon Aquino: sinner or saint? (http://criticafterdark.blogspot.com/2009/08/cory-aquino-sinner-or-saint.html)
Carlos J. Caparas for Nationa Artist! (http://criticafterdark.blogspot.com/2009/08/carlos-j-caparas-national-artist.html)
Spring in a Small Town (Mu Fei, 1948) (http://criticafterdark.blogspot.com/2009/07/xiao-chen-zhi-chun-spring-in-small-town.html)
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Corazon Aquino: sinner or saint? (http://criticafterdark.blogspot.com/2009/08/cory-aquino-sinner-or-saint.html)
Cory is not a sinner nor a saint. She was a person who lived a godly life and really lived the values of integrity, decency, respect and honor. that's why she remained calm in all these trials because she knew she is WITH God.
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I pointed that to Noel, thinking it might be directed against him. Hehe.
I think Lo was referring to this article (http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=492181&publicationSubCategoryId=86).
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Just focus on the fact that he doesn;t draw and he won for Visual Arts.
It's such a glaring and elemantary disqualification.
I wonder why no one is picking up on that.
i agree. on that grounds alone, he shud not even be nominated.
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Carlos J. Caparas for Nationa Artist! (http://criticafterdark.blogspot.com/2009/08/carlos-j-caparas-national-artist.html)
Now I want to watch Tirad Pass! ;)
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From Jessica Zafra's blog:
WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS IS A CARLO J. CAPARAS BOXED SET
Dead Again
Review of Tirad Pass: The Last Stand of General Gregorio del Pilar
Directed by Carlo J. Caparas, Starring Romnick Sarmenta
In Twisted, TODAY, 8 July 1996
. . .The movie itself is untainted by historical authenticity. It is 1898 and the Katipuneros are armed with amazing rifles which require no reloading whatsoever. At the climactic Battle of Tirad Pass, the Pinoys fortify their positions with sharpened bamboo stakes which serve no conceivable purpose but to impale them as they get shot. It certainly gives new meaning to the term, ’suicide troops’.
There are loud explosions which cause no perceptible damage, and there is a three-second differential between the blast and the flying bodies. At one point a corpse comes back to life, then dies again.
I am told that during the filming of an earlier Carlo J. Massacre movie, the actress pointed out that since she had been stabbed in the back, she should have a bloodstain in the general area. ‘We’ll add the blood in post-production,’ the director said. In the finished product you can see the bloodstain following the actress across the screen.
You cannot accuse Caparas of being limited by genre: somewhere in the middle, Tirad Pass turns into a documentary, with hazy video footage and pictures from grade school textbooks. Narration is provided by the guy who must’ve been the elocution coach for the classic electric fan commercial with Pia Moran (‘baaahks paahn, eestaahnd paahn, colored mood lights. . .’).
The writer-director offers an interesting insight as to why we lost the war: at the secret meetings of the Katipunan, everyone talks very loud. Not only do the characters yak too much in a mock-formal Tagalog like rejects from a balagtasan but they actually provide a blow-by-blow account of the action. Gregorio del Pilar (Romnick Sarmenta) and his brother discuss the meeting at Biak-na-Bato. ‘Pinag-uusapan nila ang Biak-na-Bato,’ proclaim the kibitzers. Gregorio and his brother start fighting. ‘Mukhang nagkakainitan ang magkapatid,’ they chorus. How very thoughtful of the director to think of the visually-impaired members of the audience.
. . .The Spaniards are played by assorted white people who look like they were rounded up from some sleazy bar in the red-light district. When the Spaniards are booted out, they get to play Americans.
At the core of the movie is the relationship between Del Pilar and his commander-in-chief, Emilio Aguinaldo (Joel Torre). . .Caparas may not be aware of it, but Tirad Pass suggests an intriguing motivation for del Pilar’s bravery and eventual sacrifice. . .There are protracted sequences in which Torre and Sarmenta exchange lingering looks and passionately declare their loyalty to the flag. When they bid each other goodbye before the Battle of Tirad Pass, the person sitting behind me said, ‘Kiss! Kiss!’
. . .History tells us that General del Pilar and a few dozen men were assigned to hold Tirad Pass to buy time for General Aguinaldo. In the movie Del Pilar’s sacrifice is pointless because Aguinaldo wastes his time hanging about his campsite. When he finally gets on his horse it staggers forward at 1 kph. . .mukhang naghihingalo ang kabayo.
. . .This is how our heroes are honored—they become the subjects of stupid movies. They’ve already given their lives for this country, let’s not kill them all over again.
*****
In the original review I said that in Tirad Pass Joel Torre gives the worst performance of his career. I was wrong. His career nadir has to be the role of the grieving OFW father in another Carlo J. Caparas masterpiece, The Lipa Massacre (Lord Deliver Us From Carlo J. Caparas Movies, I mean Evil). On the plane back to the Philippines, his character discovers that his family has been murdered. Gushing tears and snot, he crawls on the floor, eats the carpet, and tries to force the plane down with sheer bad acting. For that he won the Famas Award.
Joel you know we love ya, although Butch will never forgive you for breaking your foot on a Banaue rice terrace so he couldn’t use his backstage pass to the Santana concert. Years later, Uro directed Joel in a horror movie. He said, ‘Joel, remember what you did in The Lipa Massacre? The big acting scene? For this sequence I want you to give me. . .five percent of that intensity.’
Alright that’s enough fun at Joel’s expense. Eat at JT’s Manukan, everybody.
*****
Danton swears that in the 90s Caparas was planning a movie on the Lucila Lalu story. The working title: The Lucila Lalu Story (God, Where’s My Head?).
;D
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(God, Where’s My Head?).
That's the perfect title for a Caparas autobiography.
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no. they make me wanna puke all over the TV. buset!
Extreme chemical reaction is one of the hallmarks of brilliant TV. ;D
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Extreme chemical reaction is one of the hallmarks of brilliant TV. ;D
;D :D ;D :D ;D :D
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Oh good lord.
What Was GMA thinking?
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what would be interesting to know is why GMA would choose Caparas as national artist? what is she getting in return for choosing caparas? knowing GMA's penchant for transactional politics, there's got to be something in it for her.
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God, Where’s My Head? next to the popcorn stand? ;)
more news-
Newly-declared National Artist for Visual Arts and Film Carlo J. Caparas on Thursday said he is not bothered by the mounting criticism and controversy the recognition has stirred.
"’Pag nanalo, pag sa tingin mo may karapatan ka, di ka mababawasan nang kasiyahan at katiyakan (If a winner thinks he is deserving, his delight and confidence will not be blanked)," Caparas said in an interview on GMA’s Unang Hirit.
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God, Where’s My Head? next to the popcorn stand? ;)
more news-
Newly-declared National Artist for Visual Arts and Film Carlo J. Caparas on Thursday said he is not bothered by the mounting criticism and controversy the recognition has stirred.
"’Pag nanalo, pag sa tingin mo may karapatan ka, di ka mababawasan nang kasiyahan at katiyakan (If a winner thinks he is deserving, his delight and confidence will not be blanked)," Caparas said in an interview on GMA’s Unang Hirit.
sounds like "I am the President" line of pandak.
sounds like "after my speech, i will step down from this stage. Not from Presidency" ..with matching pa-cute smile.
what else is new? pag makapal ang mukha mo, makapal talaga ang mukha mo!! ::)
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what would be interesting to know is why GMA would choose Caparas as national artist? what is she getting in return for choosing caparas? knowing GMA's penchant for transactional politics, there's got to be something in it for her.
Aside from the fact that they're both from Pampanga, Caparas was supposedly in Malacanang's original list of senatoriables in 2007.
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Aside from the fact that they're both from Pampanga, Caparas was supposedly in Malacanang's original list of senatoriables in 2007.
Caparas as senator? That's even more hilarious than Caparas, the National Artist.
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Caparas as senator? That's even more hilarious than Caparas, the National Artist.
Utang na loob!!!!!! ::)
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Aside from the fact that they're both from Pampanga, Caparas was supposedly in Malacanang's original list of senatoriables in 2007.
$#!%! that probably explains it... bahala na ang karma sa kanila.
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let's just comfort ourselves with the thought that it is a fake award because it was given by a fake president.
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let's just comfort ourselves with the thought that it is a fake award because it was given by a fake president.
small consolation indeed. and sino pa ba magsasama sama? hay, buhay natin dito sa Pilinas, oo. ::)
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Watching ANC's Media in Focus as they talk about this controversy. Jose Dalisay, Alexis Tioseco and Carlo Caparas are guests. It's quite entertaining especially since Caparas is defending his inclusion. He said that he deserves to be National Artist for Visual Arts and Film because, get this, he knows how to draw.
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That's the perfect title for a Caparas autobiography.
Hahaha indie boi I fell from the couch after I got your text! Unfortunately I have VIZCONDE MASSACRE. ;D
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Pwede na din yang vizconde pre. Pahiram na lang. Although I still want to watch Tirad Pass.
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Watching ANC's Media in Focus as they talk about this controversy. Jose Dalisay, Alexis Tioseco and Carlo Caparas are guests. It's quite entertaining especially since Caparas is defending his inclusion. He said that he deserves to be National Artist for Visual Arts and Film because, get this, he knows how to draw.
Kelan replay nito?
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Malamang around midnight pre.
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CJC...what a jabronie!
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I really enjoyed the discussion. Emily Abrera could barely contain the outrage in her voice. And Butch - at least he finally got to vent after having to endure Caparas during the first part of the show. Can't exactly remember what he said but it was something like "Isa, sige pagbigyan... si Ramos... Erap... pero apat?! Tapos nagtanggal pa ng isa sa lista namin?! Tama na. Sobra na."
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My only source of frustration was that Dalisay and Alexis had to share the panel with Caparas. They were too PC to really hit Caparas where it hurts. Alexis tried his best to soften the blow -- but he shouldn't have since Caparas was not pulling any punches (sinabihan pa nya si Alexis ng "talagang bata ka pa). Alexis should've put it plainly -- Caparas' body of work does not deserve recognition.
Caparas, on the other hand, didn't do anything to salvage his reputation. He just appeared arrogant, clueless and an imbecile. I couldn't contain my laughter when Alexis said that Caparas shouldn't have been named National Artist for Visual Arts because he is not an illustrator but a writer. Caparas whipped out photos of his "artworks" and said that he deserves it because he also knows how to draw. What an idiot.
Oh, and get this. He said he deserves the National Artist award because his works -- comics and movies -- were shown and distributed on a national level.
Again, an idiot.
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OT: Are any of the public affairs shows that discuss the important issues of the day still exist in both ABS and GMA (the shows that air after the late night news programs)? Haven't been watching local channels in such a long time.
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Yeah I was kind of hoping Caparas would be more reasonable considering the circumstances. Unfortunately, his boorish behavior only confirmed my suspicion that the award had been promised to him.
Re public affairs shows, I'm curious as well.
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CAPARAS tried to show he's also an artist by bringing along several sheets of paneled and splashed-type artworks. But ANC did not zoomed in for that. In the end, the supposed artworks looked afar as little more than Larry Alcala's "Slice Of Life" cartoon outings. What does it show? Nothing because he still won't qualify as a visual artist, for the reason that those artworks were not published as a printed commodity. Caparas' abrasive guesting on the show simply shows that the gutter (pusale, to you who's idiomatically-challenged) remains a gutter even if fumigated by liters of eau di'toilette, patronage of a staggering 4 million who went to see your film (tumaob talaga ang takilya!), and the knighting by a President - no less - as a National Artist. In the end, Mssrs. Dalisay and the young film critic were somehow stymied - and swallowed to a dismaying extent - by the hoodlum sa kanto brashness of the farce Artiste Nacionale. By this, Arroyo has yet created again an unimaginably tremendous number of enemies in her usurped tenure, not just critics. Caparas, sana naghilamos ka man lang bago ka nag-guest sa TV!
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heard over DZMM National Artist Isagani, forogt his surname. he really was so candid about his violent reaction over Caparas and Alvarez winning the award.
not getting personal about it but because they did not went throught the normal screening/selection process.
and it's GMA's fault. according to him, binababoy lang yung award. and if that's the case, tigilan na lang ang pagbibigay ng award.
GMA talaga, oo. buset!!
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Wow, Alex and Butch vs. Caparas? Wish I saw that.
Zafra's article's pretty good. I like to think my ending's better, but I don't have that 'kiss-kiss' aside--watched it alone, didn't have anyone point that out to me (I was a lot more innocent then).
Torre's actually good in the Delia Maga Massacre, as Delia's husband. The rest--I wrote about it, but I can't find the article anymore. Too bad.
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And still they defend "presidential prerogative".
It apparently got ugly this afternoon. There was screaming, there was name-calling, and there were calls for dialogue because "anyone can be honored as an artist".
This government is full of artists - con artists.
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My only source of frustration was that Dalisay and Alexis had to share the panel with Caparas. They were too PC to really hit Caparas where it hurts. Alexis tried his best to soften the blow -- but he shouldn't have since Caparas was not pulling any punches (sinabihan pa nya si Alexis ng "talagang bata ka pa). Alexis should've put it plainly -- Caparas' body of work does not deserve recognition.
I didn't watch the show but the way you described the guests who are supposed to grill Caparas did appear a bit lame. They should have guested the likes of Armida Siguion Reyna and Winnie Monsod (assuming they share the same sentiments as ours) and he would never see the light of day. Where are they when you need them? The panel also should have included an actual National Artist awardee who could give Caparas a tutorial on visual arts and make him realize that "pare HINDI ka namin ka-level!"
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I don't know, I imagine the intention was a debate, not a catfight. ;D
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I felt for Alexis. He was trying to elevate the level of discussion but Caparas just wanted to bring it to the gutter. Some national artist.
I found it surreal and hilarious at the same time when the news showed Caparas bringing with him a group of "supporters" -- some of the supporters looked like stuntmen and they all brought the same colored cartolina with handwritten signs that were obviously written by the same person. I'm thinking Caparas also wrote the signs to really show those snobs that he really deserves to be national artist for visual arts.
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Butch Dalisay said that with all of this brouhaha, delicadeza should come into play, and that it should come from "the receiver of the boon." He was, of course, referring to Caparas and Alvarez. He said that if the artist truly deserves it then refuse the award and let it ripen because in due time it will be given to them anyway.
Alvarez and Caparas' insistence shows that they're afraid that they likely won't get this award if they refuse it now.
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Knowing that he didn't even pass the 1st level of screening, I bet caparas will hold on to the award like dear life.
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By the way, there is a growing clamor to nominate a new National Artist for Literature -- Xerex Xaviera.
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By the way, there is a growing clamor to nominate a new National Artist for Literature -- Xerex Xaviera.
Nice one, indie. ;D
Come to think of it, Xerex had more readers statistically than those who watched Caparas' films.
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Kung numbers lang then we should also nominate Hayden Kho as National Artist for Short Film. :)
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Oo nga no? ;D
And his shorts united the country's male population into a common pastime. Talk about influence. Yan and pang-National Artist! ;D And he didn't even have to kiss GMA's ass---if given a chance, I don't think it he'd fall for it anyway. ;D
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Dami pa nyan pre. Sabi nung iba si Vicky Belo daw National Artist for Sculpture. Bayani Fernando naman National Artist for Painting dahil daw dun sa MMDA Art. :)
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Hopefully, hindi ko siya makasalubong sa Alabang Town Center or nearby malls. Mahirap magpigil. Baka maduraan ko sa muka ;D ;D ;D
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Bro, sabi mo malaki property nya sa Ayala Alabang. Having read the reviews for Tirad Pass and how it was obviously made on the cheap despite a big multi-million peso grant, it makes me wonder if that budget was funneled into his personal properties.
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bro am not sure kung gaano "kalaki" yung house niya sa Alabang. Saw some glimpses on the inside (house)when it was featured on a show some years back. ;) If someone can pm me his exact location(street etc), may be I can check it out and send you some pics. ;D ;D ;D ;D
Am sure pag nasa mall areas siya sa Alabang, he'll wear a bigger smile than usual. (as if to say "hey batiin niyo ako at magbigay pugay" ;D ;D ;D ;D)
basta tuwing nakikita ko siya (before this fiasco AWARD) dati, naiisip ko eh "ang swerte naman nitong taong to. ano kaya source of income niya?" ;D ;D ;D
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kung ako kay Carlo Caparas ...... isoli nalang niya .....
how can you be proud of something nobody else agrees to? how can he look in the eyes of fellow artist with genuine sincerity when they are looking him down.
Hindi naman aangal ang awarding body kung ginawa yung within protocol. Presidential prerogative nga coz it is a Presidential Award naman ..... pero, again, hindi aangal yung recommending body kung it was done above board.
So san ba nagkamali si mam? supposedly dapat binalik niya yung list with her addition for further review and recommendation ng body?
Tama yung isang nag comment sa AM radio ..... pano si Larry Alcala?? pano si Mars Ravelo? bakit sila wala?
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how can you be proud of something nobody else agrees to? how can he look in the eyes of fellow artist with genuine sincerity when they are looking him down.
bro pag nakita mo yung tv interview niya nung Wednesday palagay ko masasagot yung tanung mo.
;D ;D ;)
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By the way, there is a growing clamor to nominate a new National Artist for Literature -- Xerex Xaviera.
I can honestly say I've enjoyed his work more than Caparas'. ;D
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how can you be proud of something nobody else agrees to? how can he look in the eyes of fellow artist with genuine sincerity when they are looking him down.
bro pag nakita mo yung tv interview niya nung Wednesday palagay ko masasagot yung tanung mo.
;D ;D ;)
If we are to believe Caparas -- the previous national artists are the problem because they are elitists. If you read between the lines, he is actually questioning the recognition given to the previous awardees. Sabi kasi nya, yung mga obra ng mga alagad ng sining na tumutuligsa sa kanya, makikita mo lang sa mga kolehiyo at ang mga nakakaintindi lang ay ang mga elitista at may mga mataas na pinag aralan. Hindi gaya ng mga ginawa nya na napaligaya daw ang buong masa -- ibig sabihin pang National level ang mga obra nya habang iilang tao lang ang may alam ng mga nagawa nila Bencab, F Sionil Jose, Arturo Luz, at iba pang National Artists.
Sumasakit ang ulo ko pag naaalala ko ang lahat ng mga katangahan ni Caparas. Hindi nya talaga naiintindihan ang ibig sabihin at kinakatawan ng salitang National Artist.
To paraphrase what he said to Alexis "talagang wala syang pinag-aralan."
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I think it was Armida who argued that some of our past National Artists like Brocka and Bernal were as "pang-masa" as Caparas. Hindi lang national level yung mga yun, international pa.
Balita ko ang susunod na national artist daw ay si Lito Camo. :)
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I'm so sorry for all the National Artists of the past and the future. Now their artistic achievements are placed in the same level as Caparas. But I feel that some of them are overreacting. The title isn't as important as people's appreciation of their art. People who do appreciate their work are smart enough to know the circumstances. Personally I think yesterday's demonstration of death was done in bad taste considering the previous day's events.
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The title is important, because we, as taxpayers, will be paying for the benefits that these "national artists" will be reaping. This isn't given the attention it deserves simply because artists are concerned, and it seems to involve only sensitive emotions, but what at stake is actually bigger, it is GMA pushing us to pay for Caparas' medical bills and allowances just because she thinks, or was influenced, to believe that the dude is worthy of the title.
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Just want to share an excerpt of the news article that appeared in PDI. Caparas clearly does not know what "National Artist" stands for --
Caparas said, “I don’t understand why people are making a big fuss about this. It’s sad that they have to resort to this tactic. It’s because it’s the first time for a National Artist to have such a long title.
“I’m not being conceited. I just want to point out the truth. The past winners are not well-known. ’Di nila mapalutang ang award na ito. Ngayon lang ulit napapag-usapan (They can’t make this award shine. It’s only now that it’s being talked about again),” he said.
Caparas said that through his work in TV, film and comics, he was able to provide employment to hundreds of Filipinos.
“I ask this question of other National Artists: Have you helped anyone in your work? I think this is not about the National Artist award anymore. It’s a personal attack on me,” he said.
Caparas singled out National Artist for Literature F. Sionil Jose, whom he described as “a mere sectoral or campus artist.”
“He writes for a school. Not everyone knows about his work. Does that mean people not familiar with the things he does should also protest his being a National Artist?” Caparas argued, adding:
“He said he walked out on my movies. But while he was walking out, millions were arriving to watch ‘The Maggie de la Riva Story.’ Who has the problem—the only one who walked out or the millions of viewers who came to watch my film?”
Caparas said “The Maggie de la Riva Story,” released in 1994, held the all-time high box office record. “The population of Metro Manila at that time was 10 million. Four million people came to watch my film. Ask the film’s producer, Viva Productions, if you think I’m lying to you.”
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If the height of your artistic achievement is The Maggie de la Riva Story you really should just shut the F up.
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The title is important, because we, as taxpayers, will be paying for the benefits that these "national artists" will be reaping. This isn't given the attention it deserves simply because artists are concerned, and it seems to involve only sensitive emotions, but what at stake is actually bigger, it is GMA pushing us to pay for Caparas' medical bills and allowances just because she thinks, or was influenced, to believe that the dude is worthy of the title.
idagdag mo pa yung Php 1 million a year na cash >:(
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OMG!! :o I didn't know they were being given 1 million cash every year. Why are we giving them this kind of money? Well that changes everything then, as money always does.
* Sorry, i don't usually watch the news. I only started watching again after I heard news of Aquino's death. :(
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NAKAKAPANGGALIT that F. Fionel Jose should be cited with contempt because on the gutter-sewage mind of the citer, Jose is merely a lifelong academe who also write novels on the side. Deplorable. Jose's 15 or so major novels have been translated so far in seven languages, including Russian. His sprawling epic-like work is ranked with Feodor Dostoyevsky. Jose also owns an Ermita-landmark bookshop named Solidaridad, which is the only one of its kind in the country in terms of variety and choices. Jose couldn't have find a comfortable welcome in academic/campus reading because his pervading theme on much of his literature is socio-political injustices and retribution, most of the time its disturbing and will upset ones who uphold, and ones who're fully entrenched, in the status quo.
I used to disdain Bencab because it looks like even his doodles could command top prize and collectors. A puzzle that doesn't seemed right to me, because even if I had the expendable money I would not take a Bencab in any medium. He also dances in front of television the Igorot canao ritual dance - in jeans, which is irreverent and hypocritical. Tingin ko mayabang si Bencab, and I could not appreciate at first his paintings and etchings. But after two decades, folk like me realizes Bencab could actually draw. Thats his true artistry, being able to draw. He also represented the country in an unofficial way, by doing art exhibits in London and other European cities since the 1970s, letting Westerners know our art is high-level. And for that he deserved to be cited as among our Artiste Nacional.
The contemptuous citer, on the other hand, is suspected to be a potential draftee of the usurper-President for her Senate slate, putting this komiks writer and massacre-meister as the newbie clown supplanting another Kapampangan clown who slept and skipped his way to the Senate. Such wa-es, clever gall - putting a clown to cover her putrid rectum once the retribution comes. Years ago, Levi Celerio receives a government pension as National Artist for something like P27,000 a month. Celerio lives, as I could recall best, in Camelot Hotel in the 90s. While that pension is handsome, generous, Celerio truly deserves it, not only for writing Ibong Pipit, but also for being an entry in Guiness as a lone man who could hum a melody out of a plant leaf. His living in Camelot is not also capricious because Celerio was alone. Today, a NA awardee receives P24,000 monthly pension and over a million in collected bonuses. Does this pretender who badly needs a barber job deserves to be paid that?
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The title is important, because we, as taxpayers, will be paying for the benefits that these "national artists" will be reaping. This isn't given the attention it deserves simply because artists are concerned, and it seems to involve only sensitive emotions, but what at stake is actually bigger, it is GMA pushing us to pay for Caparas' medical bills and allowances just because she thinks, or was influenced, to believe that the dude is worthy of the title.
I'm so sorry for all the National Artists of the past and the future. Now their artistic achievements are placed in the same level as Caparas. But I feel that some of them are overreacting. The title isn't as important as people's appreciation of their art. People who do appreciate their work are smart enough to know the circumstances. Personally I think yesterday's demonstration of death was done in bad taste considering the previous day's events.
If anything, we should overreact - - -because I,for one, very much mind giving part of my money to pay for the medical bills , not to mention a yearly stipend of a million pesos for the rest of his life, of an unworthy and unqualified "artrist" who already,allegedly has a mansion in Ayala Alabang.
And since the chances of the award being recanted are getting moot with every day, then the nercrological service was just apt, I think.
The uproar exists for two reasons: the so-called process has never been violated this obscenely . . .and political corectness and democratic tact aside, everybody is unanimous that Carlo Caparas makes crappy, often offensive, films and can not draw. Taste is relative,sure , but if Caparas' name was off the list, I doubt if there would be this much noise. Hell, we'd probably forgive the inclusion of Alvarez, if Caparas wasn't among the four. I'd call him the Ed Wood or Uwe Boll of the Philippines - - -but that would be insulting to them.
And he should just quit playing the masa card. I doubt if he'll agree to write his precious "22 chapters in one sitting" if the only reward he'll get out of it is entertaining his beloved masses free of charge. He's a hypocrite and a buffoon.
Having said that, please do more guest appearances , Mr,.Caparas,ranting about the controversy. You are a hoot and quite possibly the most entertaining thing on TV since Manoling Morato.
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http://www.ncca.gov.ph/about-ncca/org-awards/org-awards-national-artist-guidelines.php
3. HONORS AND PRIVILEGES
The following privileges are provided to those conferred with the Order of National Artists:
The rank and title of National Artist, as proclaimed by the President of the Philippines;
The National Artist medallion and citation;
Lifetime emolument and material and physical benefits comparable in value to those received by the highest officers of the land such as:
3.1. a cash award of One Hundred Thousand Pesos (P100,000.00), net of taxes for living awardees;
3.2. a cash award of Seventy Five Thousand Pesos (P75,000.00), net of taxes for posthumous awardees, payable to legal heir/s;
3.3 a monthly life pension, medical and hospitalization benefits;
3.4. life insurance coverage for Awardees who are still insurable;
3.5. arrangements and expenses for a state funeral;
3.6. a place of honor, in line with protocular precedence, at national state functions, and recognition at cultural events.
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For those of you who missed, someone posted the Media in Focus interview on YouTube:
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqo_9VgASxY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqo_9VgASxY)
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZTJNtsK0tg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZTJNtsK0tg)
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IREZO9mMIs4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IREZO9mMIs4)
Carlo Caparas is obnoxious.
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Guidelines say a one-time sum of 100K, not 1M per year. The latter sounded unrealistic; it would have invited its own round of protests no matter who the artist. (God Save Us!)
On the other hand, the Manila Bulletin says: "A national artist will receive the sum of P100,000 upon awarding, a monthly stipend of P24,000, a million-peso project grant for a year, among other benefits." (Mea Culpa)
I don't know where they got the information for the 24k monthly stipend and the 1M project grant, it's not in the published guidelines. In any case, I assume that this "project grant" is one-time only, and that they can't just pocket the whole amount, they will have to engage in an artistic project. Still a waste of money for the kind of work he does. I wonder what subtitle he would use for his next movie. (God... Why Me?) ;D
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"Mayaman ba ako? Putik pinanggalingan ko iho." -F. Sionil Jose in response to Carlo J.'s statement that our Nat'l Artists are rich & elitst.
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Does he even know what art really is? Was his movies really works of art? Yes was it seen by millions of Filipinos but was the work itself done with good taste that all of us could be proud of. The only reason why some of his movies was seen by lot of people because of the controversial true story behind it: rape, murder, etc, not because it was done exemplary with good taste.
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Nobody ever remember Caparas' filmography and works except for its sensationalism and massacre value. And there are more komiks writers and illustrators worthy of the title like the late Mars Ravelo and Larry Alcala.
I was chatting with Alexis Tioseco last night......and he was right.....Carlo J. Caparas is quite a character there's no sense trying to reason. ;D
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Listening him defend himself makes my stomach revolt. sarap batuhan ng kamatis. So very mayabang. Even tried tio wiggle himself out by putting up the idea of a class war between the elitist and his masa daw was unacceptable.
The point is that he was nominated but was dropped from list, and was not chosen to be in the prestigious national artist line up, just meant that he is not good enough for it.
and by including his name in the list is like doing a midnight deal, since this would be the last national artist award under this administration. well, this just proves that both caparas and the administration are just in the same basket of bad eggs.
and I would also include Cecille Guidote Alvarez in that basket, by accepting the award while she is still the head of the selection committee is just plain immoral. How shameful! >:(
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Mukhang nawawala na talaga ang salitang "DELICADEZA" sa ating mga Pilipino.
Kung nabahiran na ng pulitika ang parangal sayo, mas mamarapatin ko na lang na
wag tanggapin ito at sabihin na sa ibang karapatdapat na lang na nominee ibigay,
I'd rather bow out graciously. Hindi naman natin inaalis kay Mr. Caparas na may kakayahan
talaga siya, pero sa ganitong paraan naman ibibigay sa akin ang parangal, wag na lang muna.
Darating naman sigurado ang talagang ukol sa akin...
Just an opinion...
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This scandal incontrovertibly proves that Arroyo is not only corrupt, she also doesn't have taste.
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Ishmael Bernal's PAHIRAM NG ISANG UMAGA vs. Carlo J. Caparas' GOD SAVE ME! Anyone?
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Mukhang nawawala na talaga ang salitang "DELICADEZA" sa ating mga Pilipino.
Kung nabahiran na ng pulitika ang parangal sayo, mas mamarapatin ko na lang na
wag tanggapin ito at sabihin na sa ibang karapatdapat na lang na nominee ibigay,
I'd rather bow out graciously. Hindi naman natin inaalis kay Mr. Caparas na may kakayahan
talaga siya, pero sa ganitong paraan naman ibibigay sa akin ang parangal, wag na lang muna.
Darating naman sigurado ang talagang ukol sa akin...
Just an opinion...
yun nga, darating kung ukol sa iyo, but caparas know that he won't get it, so he just have to force the issue by looking for a sponsor.
and his reply on air is that he is very proud to receive the award and will not return it. Kasi puhunan daw nya ang pawis at dugo and many sleepless night.
well, That is the usual reason for people who gets his "PRECIOUS" at whatever cost. di bale na yung konsensya, hiya at delicadeza. malilimutan din naman yan after a long time. basta nasa akin na yung title. >:(
and to think that those well deserved awardee returned their medals as a protest until the name of the 4 "midnight appointees" were stricken off. still caparas keeps on attacking those previous national artist awardees. thus, making the whole process and all previous awardees' stature in question. that is, just to satisfy the poor choice of GMA. and the administration will not even lift a finger to correct it.
What a shame. :-[
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God.....save me from GMA! I want to nominate myself for the next National Artist. ;D
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Ishmael Bernal's PAHIRAM NG ISANG UMAGA vs. Carlo J. Caparas' GOD SAVE ME! Anyone?
title pa lang e taob na yung latter.
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Take away the stipend, medical coverage , grant and anything else from the award that passes for legal tender and let's see if Caparas doesn't calm down.
He's not after the award per se - - -well maybe he is,as validation for the critical crucifixion he got during the heyday of his massacre films (which he now calls Justice Films) , , ,but mostly it's about the money. He's a greedy ,obnoxious buffoon.
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Really? He calls them Justice Films? Man's trying to be witty to show off?
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A friend posted this in FB and my initial reaction was. Hey, I know this guy -- KOMIKERO, one of PINOYDVD originals! I quickly browsed through this 5-page thread and (i may have missed it) did not find any similar posting/s, so here it is - Panawagan kay Carlo J. Caparas (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV0yOBGBlAo). You may also want to check out his blogsite - http://gerry.alanguilan.com/ (http://gerry.alanguilan.com/)
Cheers!!!
Compaq
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Since the Arroyo regime has reduced the National Artist award to a joke and political pandering, I nominate Hayden Kho (for Visual Art) and Mikey Arroyo (for Film) for the (dis)honor.
And I wonder if the paid hacks and gossip mongers masquerading as movie writers/columnists who have been writing the praise releases even looked up "artist" in the dictionary.
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yun nga, darating kung ukol sa iyo, but caparas know that he won't get it, so he just have to force the issue by looking for a sponsor.
and his reply on air is that he is very proud to receive the award and will not return it. Kasi puhunan daw nya ang pawis at dugo and many sleepless night.
well, That is the usual reason for people who gets his "PRECIOUS" at whatever cost. di bale na yung konsensya, hiya at delicadeza. malilimutan din naman yan after a long time. basta nasa akin na yung title. >:(
and to think that those well deserved awardee returned their medals as a protest until the name of the 4 "midnight appointees" were stricken off. still caparas keeps on attacking those previous national artist awardees. thus, making the whole process and all previous awardees' stature in question. that is, just to satisfy the poor choice of GMA. and the administration will not even lift a finger to correct it.
What a shame. :-[
watched him over ANC and the guy is not only obnoxious. he's stoopid! totally missed the whole point. even several times that Cheche Lazaro told him it's not him but it's the process, he kept on justifying his award.
GMA talaga, oo. parang mga gremlins! dumarami na sila, buset!
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watched him over ANC and the guy is not only obnoxious. he's stoopid! totally missed the whole point. even several times that Cheche Lazaro told him it's not him but it's the process, he kept on justifying his award.
Yeah, he was trying to get public sympathy. Natawa ako nung pinakita pa nya yung "artworks" nya, marunong naman daw sya gumuhit. ;D By doing so, he looked pathetic and he did not justify the award but proved that he was desperately clinging to it like a tuko.
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this is utterly ridiculous....Caparas as national artists??
I wont be surprised if GMA nominate or even proclaim Willie 'wowowee' Revillame as national hero then...
napakagarapal talaga nitong si GMA......
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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?
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The problem with Caparas is that he is defending that award to him so much, that he is now making it obvious that he asked for that award rather than just being chosen. ::)
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The problem with Caparas is that he is defending that award to him so much, that he is now making it obvious that he asked for that award rather than just being chosen. ::)
the trouble with Caparas is he's stupid to see the issue. it's not his work. it's the process, toopid. buset talaga itong si Caparas!
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the trouble with Caparas is he's stupid to see the issue. it's not his work. it's the process, toopid. buset talaga itong si Caparas!
and the way he expresses himself is not helping his character either...
medyo masakit sa tenga ang dating ng pananalita nya, sa harap pa mismo ng ibang awardees...
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and the way he expresses himself is not helping his character either...
medyo masakit sa tenga ang dating ng pananalita nya, sa harap pa mismo ng ibang awardees...
sometimes ok lang kung magsalita ng hindi finesse eh. there are people who have rough edges talaga. but i hope, yung may sense. yung kuha nya yung point. he didn't get the point na nga, mukha pang kawatan kung magsalita. ano ba yun? >:(
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Yes! he is indeed a NATIONAL fARTIST!
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Well I hope the Supreme Court Justices know anything about ART so they could give the case of mandamus with TRO filed by Bencab et al., against Malacanang the justice it deserves.
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And I Love You So (Laurenti Dyogi, 2009) with some thoughts on Caparas as National Artist (http://oggsmoggs.blogspot.com/2009/08/and-i-love-you-so-2009.html)
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FROM PEP: http://www.pep.ph/index.html
National Artist for Film and Visual Arts Carlo J. Caparas will run for Senator in next year's elections!
This is damnation of the worst kind!
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also saw in the news that he also wants to direct a film about EDSA 1!!!
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also saw in the news that he also wants to direct a film about EDSA 1!!!
That story deserves a better director.
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Well I hope the Supreme Court Justices know anything about ART so they could give the case of mandamus with TRO filed by Bencab et al., against Malacanang the justice it deserves.
Good thing rational heads prevailed and the SC stopped this travesty. The question is, will they arrive at a good solution?
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Good thing rational heads prevailed and the SC stopped this travesty. The question is, will they arrive at a good solution?
that's the sad part. if SC ruled in favor of Carlo Caparas, we really can't say anything anymore. thst's the highest ruling in the land. nuff said. ::)
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There was a report on TV Patrol that people were changing the details on Caparas' entry in Wikipedia. I went to the site thinking that by this time the "offending" changes have been corrected. Surprisingly, some of them still remain -- and they're hilarious!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_J._Caparas
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There was a report on TV Patrol that people were changing the details on Caparas' entry in Wikipedia. I went to the site thinking that by this time the "offending" changes have been corrected. Surprisingly, some of them still remain -- and they're hilarious!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_J._Caparas
;D ;D
Excerpt:
Works
Scriptwriter
Year Title of Work
2010 The Carlo J. Caparas Massacre
2010 National Artist Award : The movie. The truth. The shiznit part I
2009 I am a National Artist who came from the masses (Caparas 2009)
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FROM PEP: http://www.pep.ph/index.html
National Artist for Film and Visual Arts Carlo J. Caparas will run for Senator in next year's elections!
This is damnation of the worst kind!
"God Save Us!!!"
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Anyone saw Che-Che Lazaro's report on the controversy tonight?
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Anyone saw Che-Che Lazaro's report on the controversy tonight?
I saw it. The first half was of the report consisted of a profile on Caparas' career so it was pretty hard to stomach. Ang kapal talaga ng mukha ni loko. Manoling Morato was beyond ridiculous in it, claiming that Caparas was majorly responsible for Gloria winning the elections because when Carlo chose to endorse GMA, millions of CJC's supporters voted for her. Manoling also said that he was extremely grateful to Villa and Caparas because they helped him eliminate pornography with their "justice films".
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I saw it. The first half was of the report consisted of a profile on Caparas' career so it was pretty hard to stomach. Ang kapal talaga ng mukha ni loko. Manoling Morato was beyond ridiculous in it, claiming that Caparas was majorly responsible for Gloria winning the elections because when Carlo chose to endorse GMA, millions of CJC's supporters voted for her. Manoling also said that he was extremely grateful to Villa and Caparas because they helped him eliminate pornography with their "justice films".
I'd rather see people have sex than "massacred" and raped, thank you very much, sir!
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Anyone saw Che-Che Lazaro's report on the controversy tonight?
saw the ad but chose not to, ayoko na lang maasar.
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Discourse disconnect in National Artists row
By Antonio J. Montalvan II
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 21:39:00 08/30/2009
Filed Under: Awards and Prizes, Conflicts (general), Government
NEITHER CECILE Guidote-Alvarez nor Carlo Caparas is getting the picture, nor, for that matter, Malacañang, in the brewing National Artists awards controversy.
But, oh well, since when has Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s Malacañang truly gotten the picture of what the people are saying?
SOURCE (http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/lifestyle/lifestyle/view/20090830-222765/Discourse-disconnect-in-National-Artists-row)
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"God Save Us!!!"
i pray the same!
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Nat’l Artist awards can’t be undone—SolGen
By Norman Bordadora
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 09:23:00 09/17/2009
Filed Under: Arts and Culture and Entertainment, Awards and Prizes, Protest
MANILA, Philippines—The conferment of National Artist awards on four controversial nominees inserted by Malacañang may no longer be undone, according to Solicitor General Agnes Devanadera.
FULL STORY (http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/breakingnews/breakingnews/view/20090917-225636/Natl-Artist-awards-cant-be-undoneSolGen)
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Breaking news: Gov’t spies found outside National Artist Bien Lumbera’s house in Quezon City (http://tonyocruz.com/?p=2373)
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frightening. something tells me Caparas is involved, directly or indirectly.
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At the Philippine International Cartoon, Comics and Animation Festival, the following will be honored in a Parangal ng mga Tagapaglikha ng Komiks: Larry Alcala, Alfredo Alcala, Frnacisco Coching, Pablo Gomez, Nonoy Marcelo, Mars Ravelo, and Nestor Redondo.
Where's GMA National Artist (daw) for Visual Arts?
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There will be a coffee table book titled first one hundred years of philippine comics(or something like that) to be launched in the PICCA festivities. I guess Cupalas, este Caparas will be mentioned there regarding his contributions to the comics industry.Go to piccafest.com for more details