With the coming of the new year, there’s no denying that sundry wishes and high hopes are again sprouting aplenty, ranging from the most trivial to the grandiose, even to the bizarre. The new year—or every new year, for that matter—offers no guarantee of smooth sailing. But it’s our natural inclination to crave what we...
Tag: hope
Post
‘Mula sa Buwan’ switches its focus from past to future
It’s easy to get “Cyrano de Bergerac” wrong. If you overstate its romance and its inherently ridiculous premise, this story of a cartoonishly long-nosed soldier helping a young cadet woo the woman they both love can come off as frivolous. To an extent, this is how I felt about the 2016 production of “Mula sa...