Film and theater operate on fundamentally different contracts with their audiences. Cinema is more controlled: It is edited, color-graded, scored, and packaged for the screen. Theater, on the other hand, refuses all of that: It is raw, immediate, unrepeatable, and alive in ways that no camera can fully simulate or contain. For “Ang Babae Sa...
Tag: Eugene Domingo
Post
‘Sisa’: On madness and other forms of resistance
Because of the many scars of our past, any retelling of Philippine history is bound to carry a certain lugubriousness for those who are heirs to this history. Sisa, directed by Jun Robles Lana, is no exception. This was especially true for me as I watched the film just a day after the passing of...
Post
Peta unveils lead cast of ‘Ang Babae Sa Septic Tank 4’
Eugene Domingo returns as a gloriously amplified version of herself—navigating ego, ambition, and the beautiful absurdity of mounting a live show–in “Ang Babae Sa Septic Tank 4: Oh Sh*t! It’s Live Sa Cheter!” The Philippine Educational Theater Association (Peta) officially announced on Thursday, Feb. 26, the headlining cast led by Domingo of its upcoming production,...