Cheekily irreverent and painfully honest comedian and self-appointed social critic and debunker Vice Ganda usually gets away with “murder,” but it turns out that he bit off more than he could chew when he made Jessica Soho one of the targets of his uncivil tongue in his recent show at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
Rape jokes, such as the one recently made by comedian Vice Ganda, are more than just ill-advised humor and reflect Philippine society’s attitudes toward women and women victims of violence, according to the party list group Gabriela.
“We really need to reach out to Vice Ganda,” actress/activist Monique Wilson told Inquirer, “not in an aggressive or accusatory way, but in a way that can help shift and transform consciousness.”
Not too many people know that Jessica Soho and I are “textmates.”
After watching the much-ballyhooed Vice Ganda “apology” to Jessica Soho, scriptwriter-actress Bibeth Orteza quipped on Facebook: “Willie Revillame comes in many forms.” A former media director of feminist group Gabriela, Orteza has consistently protested all forms of violence against women and performed in Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues” several times.
The Philippine government’s policy-making body on women and gender equality on Thursday expressed “grave concern” over Vice Ganda’s “tasteless and revolting rape jokes.”
When it comes to apologies, how big is the difference between “acknowledging” and “accepting”?
Television host and comedian Vice Ganda apologized to GMA 7 executive Jessica Soho for making fun of the latter during his concert at the Araneta Coliseum on May 17.
The network wars just got personal. On Tuesday, GMA 7 vice president for news programs and news anchor Jessica Soho slammed comedian Jose Marie Viceral—more popularly known as Vice Ganda—a talent of rival network ABS-CBN, for a “cruel” joke the latter made about her during his recent concert.
Over the past few years, Vice Ganda has coined various phrases that have become part of the local pop culture slang: “I-Dawn Zulueta mo ako,” “unkabogable,” “PBB Teens”… During his packed solo concert Friday night at the Big Dome, Vice introduced a new one: “I-Vice Ganda mo ako!”
He was a full-fledged stand-up comic not so long ago, performing in small comedy bars around the metro. Now, Jose Marie Viceral, better known as Vice Ganda, is one of ABS-CBN’s prized stars. He hosts top-rating television shows, one of them with his alias in the title; stars in blockbuster fun movies; endorses high-profile products and holds sold-out concerts.
When Martin Nievera launched his late-night talk show on ABS-CBN, hopes were high that it would make the neglected format popular again, like it was in the ’70s and ’80s. Sadly, however, less than robust ratings indicate that has yet to happen, so Martin and his show should redouble their efforts to tickle today’s viewers’ fancy.
