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  • As a fan of Steven Silva for a few years now, I feel the need to address GMA Artist Center‘s (Steven’s management for the past few years) statement in turn addressing Steven’s sentiment about his being a GMA talent. Steven has been under GMA Network and GMA Artist Center for the last five years. He won as the Ultimate Male Survivor for the 5th batch of the reality artista search Starstruck.

    It’s unfair that GMAAC is putting Steven in a bad light by implicitly describing him as unappreciative for his career. The statement is uncalled for and harsh. Steven is thankful for what he has been given, but at the same time, he is disappointed with the way his career has been going. He wants to do more, but he isn’t given the opportunity to do so.

    GMAAC even says that they have given Steven many opportunities. That is probably true, but those opportunities are probably not the right ones for his career. Ask a random stranger on the streets of Manila what projects Steven has been in. Sadly, you might not get an answer, as they would probably, and again sadly, have forgotten who Steven is (aside from Kapuso and theatre fans) less so his projects. This is because Steven was given projects that were not up his alley. I know he is very passionate about his music and singing career. Did they give Steven an album under GMA Records? No. Instead they made him one of the regular dancers in their Sunday noontime show, from SOP up to Sunday All Stars. And I think this goes for all the artists under GMAAC’s roster. GMAAC should evaluate their talents and give them the proper projects to hone their talents more. Career planning is what’s needed.

    Nonetheless, even though GMAAC has not given Steven projects for the past few months, it’s good that he has been keeping himself busy. He found his calling in musical theatre, and has been part of 3 theatrical productions so far, the latest being the successful Philippine staging of La Cage aux Folles (which is going to have a rerun soon :D). As Jean-Michel, I have seen Steven’s growth throughout the years, from the first time I saw him on Starstruck. I’m also happy that he’s been doing TV shows by way of TV5, something that GMA and its Artist Center can’t give him right now.

    I’m proud to be a Steven Silva fan, and I support him in whatever he does next. 🙂

    Read the full statements for both sides here:

  • A Simple Request to ABS-CBN, GMA, TV5 and Other Local Channels

    Dear ABS-CBN, GMA, TV5 and other local channels:

    I’ll make this post short. I would just like to request for you to please stop accepting political propaganda ads at least not at this time. I know. I know. These ads are not illegal. No laws are being broken because the ads do not explicitly use the term “vote” or whatever the legal loophole is.

    Finding loopholes through technicalities: This is something we Filipinos, not just politicians, are good at. Hangga’t may butas, lusot lang. Okay lang na di ako mag-seatbelt sa kotse, wala namang makakakita. Okay lang na uminom ako at magdrive, di naman ako lasing. Okay lang na damihan ko ang unli-twirl sa Family Mart kahit di ko maubos, binayaran ko naman ‘yun eh. Sige lusot pa!

    We have this natural tendency to justify wrong actions. May nalalaman pa tayong lesser evil ek ek. Siguro, mayroong mga gray area na applicable ‘to. Pero sa usapan ng eleksyon at estado ng bansa natindi na pwede ang trial and error! Konti na lang lulubog na tayong lahat.

    We need to have this rare quality to not choose the lesser evil, but instead create something for the greater good. Strategize. Think of the long term. Consider what will happen to the future generations. ‘Pag pumutol ba ako ng puno, may epekto ba ‘to? ‘Pag nagtambak ako ng lupa sa dagat, okay lang ba ‘yun? Parang dati binabasa ko pa nung bata ako ang mga signage ng The Four Way Test ng Rotary Club, thinking “Wow! Tama ‘yung mga tanong. Dapat i-memorize ko ‘to para pagtanda ko.” Pero tumanda na ako’t lahat, di naman siya nasusunod.

    Local channels, you should choose to be the greater good. Ang contradicting lang kasi. You campaign for clean elections but then you show political ads that obviously would affect the outcome of the elections. Tapos ‘yung iba pa sa inyo may affiliation sa politics. It’s time to do the greater good: TV is a powerful medium. Politicians pay you to run their ads. You could choose to turn them down. Naturingan pa namang may news and public affairs department kayo. The public is who you should protect, not the politicians who have money to throw at you. I guess you are also businesses, and you also need money. Their money. But wait! Those come from taxpayers’ money too. Our money. You should know better.

    Maybe, this is just a way for you to be fair. Politicians have free speech rights too. Or maybe to show TV viewers which future candidates have the highest campaign funds. There might be a correlation between high funds and possible corruption in the future. I don’t know.

    I really don’t know.

    Thanks,
    XX
    Amiciness