Why did we make Jessica Sanchez eat Chicken Joy?
So we can believe she is one of us, because we know she isn't.
Even before Jessica Sanchez arrived in the Philippines, before she won or joined American Idol, we have always claimed Fil-Americans/Fil-Australians/Fil-Brits/Fil-Europeans/Fil-Whateverians as our own -- as long as they make us Filipinos living in the Philippines look good.
That is why we are sensitive to Fil-Whateverian celebrities as they are more easy to spot compared to a Fil-Whateverian engineer perhaps, a scientist, a university professor or a store keeper. Plus, it is easier to see how Fil-Whateverian celebrities make us look good.
Naturally, we disown Fil-Americans/Fil-Australians/Fil-Brits/Fil-Europeans/Fil-Whateverians who are murderers/thieves or who have shamed us by exposing the dark side of being human. e.g. Sef Gonzales, Andrew Cunanan.
Other than us seeing Fil-Whateverian celebrities as extensions of ourselves, they are the closest thing we can come up with to avenge what Magellan did to us. Now we're doing a Magellan on the world.
But unlike Magellan - because we are Filipinos - we are not out for gold, guns or land.
Gold?! We're not greedy.
Guns?! We're not violent.
Land?! We wish. If we had tons of gold and guns, we could easily claim any land as our own. But see, we are not born to yearn for gold or blood-thirsty enough to want to shoot people. That is not in our nature. We're not born that way.
The least we could do is claim people as our own. That is our land.
Our gold is prestige.
Our guns is our talent, our skill, our inherent prowess.
All we're after is glory.
Claiming Jessica Sanchez as our own - despite her being an American citizen with Filipino-Mexican blood - is akin to us claiming a part of that land where she is from.
Claiming any Fil-Whateverian as our own is us claiming a part of that land where she/he is from. We're transporting ourselves there while planting that Fil-Whateverian here with us.
The fact that there's a Filipino inside an American, a Norweigan, a European is us conquering that part of the world by being inside a citizen of that world.
Our blood runs inside a citizen of THAT world. That is what we are proud of.
We have conquered that country not by force but through intercourse.
There's a Magellan inside all of us in a good way.
We are the new conquerors of the world. And we do not need land to do so, only intercourse a.k.a. making-love.
That is why we do not need to claim Charice as our own, we know she already is. Charice is doing her own conquering.
Why did Jollibee make Jessica Sanchez eat Chicken Joy? It is akin to Jollibee doing a Magellan on the US fastfood market - or at least they wish.
0 comments:
Post a Comment