Advocacies, reforms deserve a boost

This season, let’s pray for renewed vigor and optimism in pushing for much-needed advocacies and reforms, so we can truly benefit from the output of our artists and “creatives” and—everybody wins!

Topping our list of must-dos is our nation’s need to realize its authentic strength and worth, by facing up to and finally rising above our “deathless” colonial mentality.

Specifically, in the field of arts and entertainment, we have to realize that, contrary to our colonizers’ psychologically corrosive teaching, “foreign” is not inherently superior to local.

Thus, we should patronize, sponsor and support homegrown films and stage productions, unlike the current prevalent preference for “imported” shows and films.

‘OPM rule’

Ditto for the field of music, where the official “OPM rule” is not being followed.

In the movies, the indie wave has turned the tide for local film production in a big way—but the best indies still have a hard time being viewed by their intended audience, due to a huge lack of welcoming moviehouses and other screening venues.

All parties involved should address and solve this basic problem as soon as possible, or the indie “wave” will end up as a wet whimper.

On TV, unprofessional or irresponsible situations and conditions urgently need to be mitigated, led by a lack of balanced programming. And we have to belatedly discover and collectively use our immense viewer power to effect much-needed reforms!