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Here are specific bullet points concerning the topics discussed in the video:
- Introduction of Vince, thanking him for coming to discuss his movie "Ako Si Ninoy".
- Vince explains the origin of "Ako Si Ninoy" as a stage play commissioned in 2009 by the Ninoy Aquino Foundation, initially conceived as a musical.
- He shares his discussions with former President Cory Aquino, who advised him to write about the people, not just Ninoy, which influenced him to integrate modern-day heroes that embody Ninoy Aquino's principles into the story.
- Vince prefers to view Ninoy not as a hero but as a principle to be valued and emulated. He includes various characters, such as OFWs, doctors, and students, to reflect on aspects of Ninoy's concept or principles.
- The reason Ninoy Aquino is considered a hero is discussed, highlighting his transformation during and after his imprisonment, where he lost the appetite for power and chose to fight for democracy and freedom upon returning to the Philippines.
- Details of the film's production are given, including the authenticity of key scenes like Ninoy's assassination, which included input from witness Rebecca Quijano ("the crying lady") and efforts to find actors who closely resembled the real figures involved.
- Vince addresses questions about why the film does not include the Marcos family, stating he wanted to focus on humanizing Ninoy and prevent political revisionism.
- Mention of SendWave, a remittance app for OFWs, with a promo code from Boy Abunda.
- Debate on whether "Ako Si Ninoy" is a counter-narrative to other films that possibly represent political revisionism from the Marcos perspective. Vince admits it is possible the release timing was deliberate to provide a concurrent alternative to such narratives.
- Vince's decision to produce the story as a movie is linked to Twitter trends and misinformation, which led him to adapt his play into a film.
- Background of Vince as a playwright, stage manager, and lawyer, as well as the creation of his theater group, Philippine Stages.
- The discussion with his parents about his career choices and their eventual support of his career in the arts.
- Vince's role as an educator and his teaching career in Labor Laws and Humanities at San Beda. He also views theater as a tool for educating youth.
- Commitment to theater production and mention of his ongoing play "Bayani Love" about the love stories of Philippine heroes, which is currently touring the Philippines.
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Kaibigan, tuloy ang usap!
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Vince, maraming salamat.
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Pag-usapan natin ang pelikula mo. Ano ba ang pelikula, Ako Sininoy?
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In the beginning, it was a stage play.
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Back in 2009, I was commissioned by PCCA, the Binigno Aquino Foundation,
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to write a stage play about Ninoy Aquino.
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Which I did. I did it like a musical.
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Pero kasi back then, I didn't know the relevance kung bakit ko siya ginagawa.
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Sabi ko nga, may interview sa akin.
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May dalawa kasi tito boy na klase ng pagiging mabuti at mabait.
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May mabait na tao, may mabuting tao.
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Pero magkaiba yun.
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Pero si tita Cory, parang mabait at mabuting tao.
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She was very welcoming.
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She was very humble.
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And I can vividly remember what she said.
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Ang sabi niya sa akin,
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Vince, don't write just about us.
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Write also about our people.
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So, yun siguro yung nagtulak sa akin,
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para hindi siya maging biopic o bioplay during that time.
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It was actually a mixture of the past and the present.
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I have like 11 modern day heroes
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na naniniwala doon sa layunin, sa prinsipyo, sa idealismo ni Ninoy Aquino.
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At isinama ko doon sa storya niya.
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Dito sa material mo, at para ito sa mga kabataan at sa mga taong interesado,
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Ayokong tingnan si Ninoy bilang isang bayani.
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Parang gusto ko siyang tingnan bilang isang prinsipyo
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na dapat nating pahalagahan,
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dapat nating maging modelo o halimbawa,
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at dapat nating sundan.
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Kung hindi siya bayani,
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siya'y isang, sabi mo nga in your words, konsepto.
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Sa isang bata na hindi ako pamilyar.
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Hindi ako pamilyar sa kwento.
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Hindi ako pamilyar sa 1983.
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Hindi ako pamilyar sa mga kaganapan noon.
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Ibabalik ko ulit yung fundamental question.
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Sino siya bilang tao?
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Sino siya bilang konsepto?
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Kaya nga, ipidaso ko yung labing isa na makakarelate tayo.
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Yung OFW, yung doktor, yung guro,
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yung istudyante, yung senior citizen
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na maaaring sumalamin sa buhay ni Ninoy.
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Kasi kailangan natin makarelate doon sa konsepto na nawala, na matay na.
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Sa iyong pagsasaliksik,
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bakit kinukonsider si Ninoy Aquino bilang bayani ng marami?
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Mga kababayan, ako'y natutuwa po.
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Maraming salamat po.
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Ang pinakamahalaga siguro
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na kailangan akong sabihin sa'yo,
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si Ninoy Aquino ay isang trapo din.
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Nagsimula siyang trapo.
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Pero ang pinakamahalaga yung transformation niya
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nung siya'y nakulong.
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Nagkaroon siya ng 40-day hunger strike
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at nung kanyang pagkakulong sa laur,
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question niya ang Panginoon,
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question niya ang kanyang existence
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at nasabi niya na nawalan siya ng appetite for power.
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Nandun niya sa kanyang memoirs,
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nandun niya sa kanyang journal.
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Kaya nung kanyang sa Amerikano,
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nasa Boston siya,
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ang tanging sinabi niya,
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kailangan niyang bumalik sa Pilipinas
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hindi para kunin ang pagkapresidente o tumakbo,
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kundi para ilaan ang nalalabi niyang buhay,
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para ipaglaban ang demokrasya at kalayaan.
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Lahat ng Ninoy Aquino story
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na tatahidun sa labing isang fictional characters
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Yan ay pinagsaliksikan ng mga historyador.
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Yung assassination scene naman namin
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kailangan maging totoo.
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So nagpatulong ako ng blocking
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kay Rebecca Quijano,
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yung star witness, the crying lady.
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In fact, pati audition ng mga artista
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kasi kailangan kamukhang kamukha.
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So kasama namin siyang naminili noon
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pati lahat ng damit, hairstyle.
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Kasama namin si Tita Rebecca.
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Pati nung shooting namin, kasama namin siya.
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Para maging makatotohanan
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yung mga eksena na may kinalaman
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kay Sergio Ninoy Aquino.
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Sa assassination.
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Sa assassination.
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So sa buong aeroplano,
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hanggang doon sa tarmac,
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hindi naman doon si Tita Rebecca
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para masigurado na...
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So bahagi yan ang pelikula?
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Bahagi ng pelikula.
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Ano ang nasasakop ng pelikula?
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Maliban doon sa...
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Hindi nakikipag-away ang pelikula.
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Wala kaming Marcos, wala kaming Imelda.
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Ito ay tungkol...
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Because how can you tell the story
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of Ninoy without the Marcoses?
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Lahat yan ang tanong sa akin.
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Kanya lamang, natapos na tayo doon
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sa lahat ng dokumentary
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o sa lahat ng aklan.
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Mayroon po na munang
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i-humanize si Ninoy.
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Kasi ang iniisip ng marami
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ay itong ako si Ninoy,
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whether deliberate or not,
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political revisionism.
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I'm sure this is not the first time
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that you're hearing this.
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Na, pag napanood mo ang pelikula
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ayan ang nagsasabi ng kuwento
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narinig ko si Senator Aimee Marcos
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hindi kami nagsalita
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kasi wala namang nakikinig.
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Wala namang gusto makinig sa amin.
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We couldn't tell our story.
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We found the right time
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to be able to tell our story.
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na nagkasabay-sabay
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ang inyong mga pelikula.
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So, sa aming manunood,
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ito ba'y sagot dito sa isa?
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Ito ba'y pambalanse
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doon sa naratibo ng isa?
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Nasaan ang pelikula mo
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in this world now?
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Dito sa world ng mga,
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at least 3 kong pelikula,
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yung Oras de Peligro,
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merong pelikula si Daryl,
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Hindi silang nagiging basihan
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para gumawa ako ng pelikula.
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na napasabay ito?
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Pwedeng nagkataon,
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pwede ring sinadya.
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Pero ang magandang sagot,
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Ikaw ang sumadya?
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Kasi ito'y pangalawa
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sa ginawa kong pelikula.
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Yung unang pelikula
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sinaisulat ko na yung katips.
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ginawa ko yung pelikula,
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at isinabay ko talaga
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sa Made in MalacaƱang.
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Sinadya kong isabay.
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Sinadya kong isabay
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kasi nararamdaman ko
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na sinachallenge tayo
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na Made in MalacaƱang
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Kailangan mabigyan
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ng opsyo ng mga tao
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kung anong dapat nilang panorin.
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Nagtagumpay ka ba doon?
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Sobra kong nagtagumpay.
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In what way, Vince?
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Maraming namulat,
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maraming nagpapadala sa akin
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na nagbago ang tingin nila.
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May mga ibang nagsisi.
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na ipaglaban ko raw
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ang pinagdaanan nila.
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Sila raw ay mga pamilya
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noong panahon ng martial law.
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mga desaparecidos,
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na ipaglaban ko daw sila.
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Hindi man lumaba si Marcos doon,
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ay kasama naman siya
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Napanood ko ang iyong pelikula.
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as opposed to katips,
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itong ako si Ninoy
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ay deliberately done
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to narrate the story
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Basta po, there is proliferation
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of this information.
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Lalabas at lalabas po ako.
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August 21, last year,
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I read in Twitter,
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in fact, it trended,
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number one in Twitter,
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yung hashtag Ninoy was a traitor.
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At nakita ko doon
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napakaraming tweets, no?
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Na si Ninoy daw ang mastermind
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na Plaza Miranda bombing.
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Si Ninoy daw ang founder
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at ang kuwang kong nagpapatay
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that actually prompted me
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i-adapt ko na nga yung play ko
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At sinabi ko talaga
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ng EDSA People Power.
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Na ginawa ko naman.
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Kung una akong naglabas
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hindi ko sinabayang si Daryl.
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Kung ano man ang kanyang
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playdate, hindi ko inintay,
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talagang inilabas ko siya
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for the People Power anniversary.
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So this is an adaptation
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of the play that you wrote
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If you were to share with us,
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kung ano ang iyong pelikula,
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what would you say?
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Ito po ay pagdiriwang
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ng bawat Pilipino,
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at ito po ay ginawa,
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sa panahong kailangan-kailangan natin
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May third part ba ito?
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Pagkatapos ang catips,
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meron ka bang pangatlo,
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Is this going to be a series?
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Hindi po yun pinuplano, Tito Boy.
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Nangyayari na lamang?
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Nangyayari na lamang.
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Hindi po ako katulad ni Daryl
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in-announce na niya.
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Ako po kung siguro mayroong
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magtutulak sa akin
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this is not produced by
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the Aquino Foundation?
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This is a production of
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sa kinita ng catips,
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na ang pinanggalingan naman po
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at ang ginasas ng catips
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ay ang pinagsikapang ko
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sa higit na 20 taon.
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Yun naman ang iyong day job.
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nang naririnig ko, Vince,
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ay magiging bahagi ka
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sa aking paniniwala,
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hindi ka kukuha ng artista
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sa iyong political beliefs.
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political belief,
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Meron ako dito mga artista
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Siguro pag nakita mo
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siguro yung paniniwala
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na kailangan magsabi
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dapat hindi tayo humihiwalay
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doon sa katotohanan.
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More than just the film,
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dapat nalalaman din
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na si Vince po ay
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ng my theater group.
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Philippine Stages?
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But I've been writing
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for the past 30 years.
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May palangka award winning
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Sumusulat ako noon pa.
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Nagtry akong sumulat
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sa television also.
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When I was in college,
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At nagtrabaho ako
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bilang stage manager
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sa Estados Unidos.
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Well, they literally
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forced me to come back
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and to finish my legal education.
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And as an obedient son,
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Kasi naman ang aking
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pamilya ay mga abugado.
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Alam mo, Tito Boy,
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the day after I pass
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hindi ko na talaga
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nag-bully din ako
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tahimik naman siya
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kung anong gustuhin ko.
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Pero nanay ko medyo
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talagang pino-force niya
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akong mag-aral ng law.
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But the day after
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I pass the bar exams,
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I told my parents
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that I really need
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to follow my passion.
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And that was the time
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when I established
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Philippine Statures.
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financially rewarding,
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a good means for livelihood.
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Pero I've been telling them
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that it's alright for me
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to be poor in material wealth.
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to be poor in spirit.
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At ito ang sagot nila.
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Nung una, siyempre hindi.
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Pero hanggang yung nanay ko
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at naging instant fan ko na rin.
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But you wouldn't have survived
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kung hindi rin viable
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kahit papano ang teatro.
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I think you've made it
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to a certain point
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but enough for you
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to be able to produce plays
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for the last 21 years.
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Nagtuturo po kasi ako
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kay isang professor din
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at Humanities sa San Beda.
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Another sideline.
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At matagal na po ako
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nagtuturo since 1997 pa.
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Siguro, Tito Boy,
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jaded na ako bilang artist.
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I have transcended
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from being an artist
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to becoming an educator.
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And that is also the reason
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why I am actually using
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theater as a powerful tool
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to educate our young people.
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Vince, tuloy-tuloy ito.
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I mean, tuloy-tuloy
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ang iyong paggawa
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na paglikha para sa entablado.
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Tuloy-tuloy ang paglikha mo.
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Hindi man natin alam,
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but marami pang mga epiphany
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ang mangyayari sa iyong buhay.
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Malay natin na mag-utsok sa iyo
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gumawa pa ng pelikula.
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You will just listen along the way.
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Doon ako nagsimula sa teatro.
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Yun ang tahanan ko.
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Doon at doon lang ako babalik.
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Ano ang aasahan namin?
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Meron akong running play ngayon
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na iniikot namin sa buong Pilipinas.
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Tungkol ito sa love story
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ng anim na bayani.
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si Gabriela Silang,
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Andres Bonifacio,
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So ito ay iniikot namin
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sa buong Pilipinas.
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We just want to humanize
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na sila maaari rin umibig
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katulad mo at katulad ko
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at hindi sila mga reburto lamang
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at pwede tayo makarelate sa kanila.
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Vince, maraming salamat.
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Hi people of the Philippines
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and people of the world.
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Hit the button below
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Let's keep talking.
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Kaibigan, tuloy ang usap.