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The recent brouhaha over the Philippine Movie Press Club's (PMPC) selection process came to fore as showbiz columnist Jobert Sucaldito went to air his grave sentiments over his ward's George Estregan Jr's not winning the Best Actor award for "Boy Golden" that went to Vice Ganda instead for Girl, Boy, Bakla, Tomboy .
The controversy over the hotly contested award which had Joel Torre frontlining it for the movie "On the Job" had stirred mixed emotions from the netizens in various social media forums.
Jobert raised his grievances as Estregan's publicist who lobbied for the actor hoping he would clinch the Best Actor award.
On the other hand, some observers say that the award should have been handed to Joel Torre for his performance in "On the Job" that won two (2) awards in South Korea's Puchon International Fantastic Film Fest.
But some showbiz pundits contend that it was not fair to say that Joel Torre's Best Actor win for "On the Job" abroad must be a deciding factor for a PMPC award. They said that winning awards abroad should not be the standard to be applied locally as different criteria are set for each awards body.
Saying that taste is relative, some people say that it is best for all concerned to just accept and respect the official choice of PMPC (on Vice Ganda as Best Actor ), and those of other award-giving bodies' for that matter.