MERGED: "Bisaya" Ethnic Slur of Sakal, Sakali, Saklolo condemned by Pimentel

[tru^norf]

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No big deal. It's as natural as sunshine or rain. Ignore it or loose sleep over it. But first, the imposed Tagalog, which is unnatural, should be flushed away from the Cebuano's system. It's hard to ignore a person pestering you if he's got his feet on your toes. Let every Cebuano voluntarily decide if Tagalog is beneficial to him or not. In a level playing field, bickerings like that is just trivial. In effect, it would be like the French making fun of the English and vice versa. One soon gets tired of it.

Now, let the word war between the Keltics and the Dyermans begin!

[Blue_Sky]

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Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr on Thursday expressed concern that the film Sakal, Sakali, Saklolo is conveying a wrong message to Filipinos by denigrating the use of the Visayan language, which is most widely spoken in the Visayas and large parts of Mindanao.

Pimentel, who hails from Mindanao, cited a portion of the film where a grandmother was telling a nanny (yaya) in Pilipino: “Bakit pinapalaki ninyong Bisaya ang apo ko?" (Why are you rearing my grandchild as a Bisaya?)

The mother then butts in and tells the nanny: “Speak to the kid in Tagalog. Parang Pinoy. (So that he grows up like a Pinoy)."

Pimentel said that the scene smacks of an ethnic slur to non-Tagalog speaking Filipinos as he called on the producer of the film, Star Cinema, to promptly take steps to rectify the error.

“It offends the sensibilities of the Visayans and other non-Tagalog speaking citizens by making them feel as if they are less Filipino than the Tagalogs. It creates useless hatred in the nation," he said.

Pimentel also expressed disappointment at the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB).

He said that the MTRCB had apparently overlooked the flaw in the film which it should not have tolerated.

“Sakal Sakali Saklolo," with Judy Ann Santos and Ryan Agoncillo in the lead roles, is an official entry to the ongoing Metro Manila Film Festival. - GMANews.TV

OMG!!! naga-degrade jud ni sa atong pagkatawo.. I don't feel like I'm still a Filipino after reading those lines...