GERONIMO. Needs the platform and opportunity to be the star and woman she is.
NOW that Sarah Geronimo has a new TV show to promote, she’s agreed to a number of “in-depth” interviews that have given fans a number of insights into her “heart of hearts.” —It really is about time because, at 23, she should be more cognizant of the defining prospects and baggage she bears as a young-adult star and person.
Sarah has dutifully “won the bread” for her entire family for over a decade now, and should be praised for her dedication and self-sacrifice. But, it’s also taken a toll on her as a person and performer.
She’s been working so hard that she’s sometimes neglected her emotional and psychological development. And, unlike the siblings whom she supports, she hasn’t completed her studies.
Focus
Her focus on working and making (a lot of) money for her loved ones has also adversely affected her development as a performer. There was a time when she was singing so often and so loudly that her singing voice suffered. As for her acting, she’s become pretty much a push-button talent, giving her roles what’s “required,” but not really making them her own.
Even in her comportment and behavior, she continues to hide behind the “pa-cute” and “pa-giggly” front that has been her psychological crutch for years. She still behaves like a peppy and eager-to-please 17-year-old, even if she’s now in her early 20s. Clearly, she has a lot of real growing up to do, if her performances are to do justice to her actual persona now.
All of this, by the way, isn’t Sarah’s “fault”—the blame game, if it has to be played, should involve her relatives, mentors and handlers. They should have given her the time to grow, study, be herself and have a good time, as young people must. The fact that they often didn’t helps account for Sarah’s limitations now.
Despite everything, we trust that it isn’t too late for Sarah to come into her own as a performer and young-adult person. She says that she’s been given greater leeway in the realm of love (well, at 23, it’s about time!), so perhaps she will be forgiven if she’s not as “dutiful” as she used to be, even in matters of the heart.
Musical show
As a performer, perhaps her new Sunday-night musical show (it starts telecasting tomorrow) will give her the platform and opportunity to be the star and woman she is—no longer just pa-cute, pa-ditzy or even pa-sexy—but, really, truly, believably herself.
Kids can get away with “pretend” and play-acting; adults have to be interesting and exciting as themselves. So, we hope that Sarah will be able to “graduate” to another, higher and deeper level of performance.
Can she do it? Will she be allowed to and guided on how to do it? It had better happen, or else her new showcase may end up betraying her limitations, rather than celebrating the genuine show biz star she has become.