Archives: Oct 2008
Apes of Wrath
Rufa Mae Quinto is better than you and me. While we whine about how life taunts us, the turned adversity into opportunity quicker than you can say “taipan.” She pokes fun at her stalkers,
Take a Number
With a filmmaker’s hungry eye, Quark Henares explores the nebulous world of Amanda Lapus. During the interview, she flits from one ambivalent conquest to another; he, by fair means or foul, pins
The World According to Gary
Gary Lising separates himself from the current crop of comedians, he claims, by sparing the audience from ridicule during his routines—by mocking himself, not them. Yet government officials, their
Squirts vs. Skirts
Welcome to the apocalypse, as imagined by Adam Sandler. For three years in a row, the people of Lapu-Lapu City have hired Aksyon Radyo, a Cebu-based talk and public affairs A.M. station, to stage
Freaks and Geeks
For 38 years, fans have trekked to San Diego to revere their heroes at the annual Comic-Con. Dismissed by the uninitiated as dorky zealots, they are, in fact, part of a vast and financially
