GMA Network hates Cebuanos

[sharkey360]

^^unsay relation nla bro?

Just read both threads. There are some discussions and issues that make network people nervous.

[nibbler]

GMA is for old people who does not know what real life is. I never trusted that channel anyways.

[-shinobi-]

btw pait discriminated jud ang taga cebu. or maybe mahadlok sila (mga tagalog) nga malabwan nato?

[sharkey360]

btw pait discriminated jud ang taga cebu. or maybe mahadlok sila (mga tagalog) nga malabwan nato?

Speaking of discrimination against local talents...

Talent Fee
According to the director, the network (GMA7) informed him of the budget for talent fees which was at P8,000 when this project was offered to him. This was to be divided among the eight main cast members, the writer and the director himself for two days of shooting. (Unbelievable!) He was given the freehand to choose his cast, but he was not given the authority to release the fees to the talents involved. The network released this after the series was shown on air. He could not recall whether he had informed all the talents of their fees, a task the network expected him to carry out in their behalf.

My reaction to this? The budget is absurd! What was GMA7 thinking of? P8,000?! I think it is downright insulting for this giant network to offer such an amount for a director of his caliber plus, expect him share it with nine other people! I have worked with him in the past and I have such high regard for him. In fact, he gave me one of my most treasured experiences in theater. As far as my most recent experience with him is concerned, he was not amiss in informing me of my compensation for that particular project. I am also aware of his passion for the arts. To him, the pay is just icing on the cake. But what about the others? Surely, not all have the same priorities. It is not right to presume that everyone is willing to perform just for the love of it. Therefore, it is the responsibility of the network or its representative (usually the executive producer's job) to clearly discuss remuneration and work expectations with the artists, particularly the amateurs, who usually get lured into the exciting opportunity of being seen on television that they do not ask about their compensation. It's either they are too shy or they do not have a clear view of how much hard work and long hours are expected of them to deliver. Some organizers take advantage of this, resulting to more and more victims of such foul practice in the industry.


Let this be known, last part
TALENT SCOPE By Lou Dayoc (The Freeman) Updated September 02, 2005 12:00 AM

Last week, I featured a letter sender's fleeting yet unpleasant experience in showbiz. A USP stu-dent shared how a Cebuano director failed to inform him of his talent fee after offering him a role in a local soap opera. This was produced by GMA7 that had made him sign a voucher of P200, more than what he actually received as compensation.

Why I consider this as an obvious case of exploitation and an insult to Cebuano artists is based on certain facts I manage to gather from both the letter sender and the director himself.

Exploitation
The network had evaded its responsibility in informing the actors of their remuneration by oddly passing this crucial task to the director who was neither an employee of the network nor a regular talent. An explanation would have to be either the network was too trusting or they themselves were ashamed to ask any artist to accept such absurd amounts as talent fees. They simply passed the buck to the director (who vowed not to accept any project from them subsequent to this mortifying experience) who was preposterously expected to scout for his own actors, convince them to work for such diminutive rates and direct the soap opera!

Why did the director allow this? GMA knew how some artists would simply swallow such repulsive conditions just to be given an opportunity to express their love for the arts and the desire to be recognized. It is a sad fact that with the many artists that Cebu cradles, we do not have a sufficient number of producers who create such avenues for us. The network is aware of this and used this to their advantage! Rates of Cebuano artists are a far cry from what is accustomed in Manila's showbiz industry. Yes, yes¦they use national network coverage and high cost of living to justify this, but rates that reflect below 10% (an unreasonable fraction) as compared to Manila's numbers are for me downright insulting and discriminating to us Cebuanos! It simply contradicts to our reputation as an artistic people well-renowned to be the toughest critics with the highest artistic standards in the country. How many times have we heard that Cebu has become a gauging point for thriving artists, particularly musicians, who aim to eventually excel in the national entertainment scene? The now very successful band from Davao, Freestyle, gained a name in Cebu first before making it big in Manila. The career growth of homegrown talents Southborder, Stage Crew, Junior Kilat and most recently, Cueshe, among many others also proves this theory. But instead of asserting ourselves and living up to our reputation, what we do at our very own turf is exactly the opposite, which only encourages not only discrimination but also deceit among fellow Cebuano artists and producers.

The first step must come from us. To my fellow Cebuano artists, assert yourselves! Don't allow such treatment. How I wish we could all work as one and elevate the standards of the local entertainment industry. Some may view this as idealistic with the presence of amateurs and other artists who would recklessly dive down to demeaning pays (Pamugasay lage!) or worse, those who plunge into the industry with eyes half-closed (working without pay) unaware of how this affects the rest of us. To them I plead. We, Cebuanos, deserve to be respected, duly recognized and appropriately compensated for our beautiful and special qualities as artists and as a people.

Those were excerpts from the first post.

Why is it that the local community showbiz "industry" is not progressing? Well the fat TV networks have their part of embarrassment. And then there are those so-called talent managers/developers who do not know what they're doing with their alagas. Some of the "leaders" of local talents abandoned the industry. Oh yeah, there are those local talents who would do anything to make it big in showbiz, even if it means droppoing out of school and disobeying their parents.

I think local community showbiz has a long way to go before it becomes prosperous and important. Meanwhile, teenagers who are thinking about going into showbiz should learn about what happened before. They are better off staying in school, finishing their education and then apply for the more promising jobs that the local community showbiz "industry" could not offer.

[cool_guy]

it's not about GMA only but the discrimination of the Tagalogs sa mga Bisaya, suyaan nla ang mga Bisaya kay mga talented.

[zenred]

To those who are not familiar with the person who started the thread, not so long ago Ritchie D. Nolasco (a name I sometimes see on Sun.Star's opinion pages as a letter writer) previously promoted StarStruck on these forums. At the same time, she declared "Now is a good time for young students to quit school, practice their talents, make themselves look pretty and join the audition!!!"

You don't believe me? See it for yourselves on this thread (the first post). It was an all-out promotion of StarStruck in Cebu.

https://www.istorya.net/forums/tvs-an...rstruck-v.html

Now here we are with this new thread now blasting the network. Can anyone figure out what Ritchie D. "Pro local talent" Nolasco is thinking?

mao cguro naay issue ang TS sa GMA,. tungod cguro sa starstruck?

it's not about GMA only but the discrimination of the Tagalogs sa mga Bisaya, suyaan nla ang mga Bisaya kay mga talented.

para ma sulbad ni RCTV nalang ta support tanan. atong pa dakon ang RCTV para mahimong atbang sa GMA or ABS-CBN.

[leonell]

^ CCTN sad!

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I view GMA as abusive, they try to suppress other networks like TV5 from being able to rival it along with ABS-CBN. I personally hate their talents....... lumoy ra kaayo. Hambog kaayo sa ilang facilities, then the qualities are questionable. They exploit Cebu talents without giving them the fees they deserve .

[peewee_toot]

^^i second the motion...

[KASAAC]

mao cguro naay issue ang TS sa GMA,. tungod cguro sa starstruck?

basin...na hagbong sa auditions


para ma sulbad ni RCTV nalang ta support tanan. atong pa dakon ang RCTV para mahimong atbang sa GMA or ABS-CBN.

pwede sad

[peewee_toot]

mao cguro naay issue ang TS sa GMA,. tungod cguro sa starstruck?






para ma sulbad ni RCTV nalang ta support tanan. atong pa dakon ang RCTV para mahimong atbang sa GMA or ABS-CBN.

hehehe. murag lisud ni bro.