“Philippine Idol” and collective consciousness
Mau Marcelo was named the first Philippine Idol last week. This was a very welcome news especially now that Philippine television is haunted by people with looks but without talent.
That Marcelo, a black and plump gal with very good voice, won the title serves to prove that Filipino viewers have grown tired of an industry that has grown to be so image-based over the years.
Nevertheless, one very important lesson that Mau Marcelo’s victory showed and that most accounts in the blogosphere seem to gloss over was the fact that we, the people, have the right to be heard. We have the power to choose and obtain what we ought to have.
Every time our basic rights are violated, every time those in the echelons of power try to decide for us what’s good and what’s not, every time any form of injustice cripples a system, WE MUST ACT COLLECTIVE TO PROTECT WHAT IS LAWFULLY OURS.
And I am so not talking just about Philippine Idol this time…
