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Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Bribing Its Way

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Yes, it’s true, it’s common knowledge that politics is in every corner of the entertainment industry. Showbiz politics is ever present among business relationships: manager and talent, talent and network and even talent and advertising. Nonetheless, it is an accepted norm in showbiz that thrives and capitalizes on industry big names.

However, there’s a new kind of politics that has slowly inched its way on television - allegedly between talents and writers. It comes as a shock the first time we hear about this, but it is happening. Indeed, politics coupled with greed is the latest game in town. Now, this must be alarming.

Most writers have expressed disgust at the growing backroom politicking at the Creative Unit CU of a major organization to which they belong. Not all showbiz insiders know how the CU people work, with all the intricacies attendant to the work that they do. This story is about the current Hit Series HS and a much-awaited Classic Story CS.

Talks have it that the scripts for HS and CS are being intensely brainstormed in CU for quite a time. Writers’ Group WG shares their inputs and ideas to be approved by the Head Writer HW. For HS and CS, WG have struggled and burned the midnight oil so to speak, to come up with the best scripts worthy of the two series’ audience and rabid followers.

However, WG finds something quite disturbing about HW. Reportedly, HW saves and withholds all the highlights and/or the ‘kilig’ parts that they have written for HS – meaning, those highlights do not appear in HS at all. Thus it pains WG to hear of comments that HS has become quite a bore and not as exciting to watch as before. WG further remarked that it is their hard work, their original idea for HS, thus there’s no point of HW saving it. Yet, like true soldiers, WG followed.

Until one day when HW called for a recreation session with WG. It was there that HW announced that WG members will each receive a bonus from him. WG were puzzled. It turned out, HW had been regularly receiving gratuity from the camp of the leading stars of CS. The reason? As payment for the job done of saving the highlights meant for HS but had to be used for CS. WG were enraged!

They felt insulted that CS camp would go so low as to resort to bribery just to feel secure about themselves and CS. WG lamented that CS camp is paranoid and doesn't trust WG enough, as CS people belittle their efforts, when, just like with HS, they have been doing their utmost best for CS to shine as well. Now, they feel nothing but empathy for the stars of HS, particularly its lead actress who is such a good person, yet is being robbed of what is rightfully hers.

Hmmm, this early, CS camp has been behaving badly. Will they be able to sustain the public’s high expectation of CS? Wish we knew.

“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.” ~ Elie Wiesel

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