Probing things that confuses me

If nobody did this then I guess there are still decent people in showbiz.Looking at things, I believe this MAY have happened in the recent past. But hey, all of these are simply ideas that entered my mind due to my confusion. I dont state that all of these are true.

Let's make a situation...Im a producer who wants to build up my 'star'...I want my star to reach a certain status...bankable, extremely popular,& of course earn big buck for me & myself. The first thing I will do is promote my star. Intense & relentless PR. Once the idea that my 'star' is someone who have a potential to be somebody important by conditioning people to think that way, meaning napasok ko na sila sa bulsa, next level na.

My star can sing, dance & act relatively well.

Dance...I want everybody to think my star is that good a dancer.Ill put my star in a variety show where there's plenty of opportunity for people to see my star dance & I'll make sure my star will have plenty of opportunity. Numerous solo numbers.

Sing...The same thing with dancing I will do. Nowadays it's easy to get a gold record if you really want to have a gold record fast. One sponsor who can bulk buy is enough. No sweat,Gold record in 1 deal. I can make it platinum if I push hard. Concert in a big or small venue,no matter, it will be a full house. Same idea....bulk buy tickets. Advertisers will write if off to 'advertising expenses'.

Act....Give my star a movie (social relevant or not doesn't matter)...Conservatively, it can easily reach a ticket sales of P90 million maybe....P10 million from international screenings. Not bad...still a healthy profit. But Im ambitious...I want it to be declared a box office hit. Where to get the money? Hmmmm...of course, advertisers. These people spends hundreds of millions for advertising alone. Have to make a deal with those guys. The Deal? Bulk buy movie tickets.If one advertiser spend P20 million, Ill give them back P15 million & the P5 million will be'for placing an ad' in the movie credits PLUS free promotion everytime my star have an appearance during the duration of the promotion for the movie. It's a great deal & cheaper on the advertiser's part. Im aiming P100 million from these advertisers so I'll make a deal with 5 sponsors. Still, I get to earn, plus the movie will be insured to be a box office hit.

Total Ticket Sales - P 190 million

(P90 million from local & international screenings...paid by the fans)
(P20 million from Advertiser A)
(P20 million from Advertiser B)
(P20 million from Advertiser C)
(P20 million from Advertiser D)
(P20 million from Advertiser E)
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My Star is a certified Box office Royalty

Possible? YES.

Nitpicking the Tayong Dalawa leads

Kim (Audrey) = Thumbs up acting for a quietly complicated role.

Here is a young woman in love with the right man but she is caught up between a rock and a hard place. While she doesn't love her childhood friend Dave anymore (the love she felt for Dave was based on misplaced gratitude on kindness shown), she was made to feel bound to their past friendship. Sound like blackmail to me. Audrey is strong but is made to temper it because of her love for family or maybe the limitation was placed in the script. Anyway, it isn't Audrey's fault that she is caught in between and contributes to the cause of the rift between the twin brothers. Great job in the fight with Greta. You showed her, girl. Now that's what Im talking about when I say Audrey is strong. She doesn't let anyone trample her down.

Gerald (JR) = Good job in perfectly playing a military man....and a guy in love.

Yes, Gerald played JR as brooding & 'nakakunot ang noo'. He has to because he is keeping his emotions in check. That's his attack on the role. JR is a military man after all. Tops in his class at PMA at that. Disciplined. As a man in uniform, JR (as well as Dave) is supposed to be non violent, calm in any situation, in control. A perfect soldier. Notice in his past scenes, no matter how provoked he was, JR maintained his cool, always respectful especially to women and even out of his uniform. This is why Gerald is effective because he knows how to use facial expressions to convey emotions even in silence plus he is consistent. We know that he is human too. JR is like a volcano that can erupt at any time especially with what is happening in his life. We can feel this because Gerald played JR since day one accordingly. In the May 5 episode, JR could have done more to Greta but we can see his struggle to keep himself in check. Always the Gentleman. Well done Gerald.

Jake (Dave) = In two minds with his acting.

I could be generous in saying he did a good job in acting like a psycho, an addict, a sinto-sinto & a spoiled brat all in the one scene. Sadly, his role called for a tortured victim so his acting was off with what was required of him. Dave is supposed to be a PMA grad & a military man like JR but Jake portrayed Dave as a whinny, selfish & disrespectful individual. Audrey was right, his only concern is himself, me & I. He blames anyone but himself & refuses to listen. Even if Audrey has repeatedly told him that she doesn't love him anymore, still he refuse to listen & continue his allussion that Audrey still love him. Good thing this is only a show because given Dave's violent tendencies, his doctors could have locked him up instead of giving him a clear bill of mental health. I would be very interested in knowing his military apttitude test rsult. Clearly dave wasn't properly healed but still he was pronounced fit for active military duty. Laughable as well as dangerous. And now that we know Dave is Marlene's son, I'm now thinking that maybe nakakahawa ang pagiging bipolar. I guess Dave is supposed to be selfish & in this area Jake does it perfectly. I wonder whose fault it is, the writers or Jake.

In my uneducated view, Kim & Gerald are following the directors' direction & understands their roles & portrays them accordingly while Jake is maybe improvising. Jake is maybe too enthusiastic with Tayong Dalawa being his first major lead role in a teleserye. talking about losing the translation of his character. But two thumbs up....no, two hands up & a bow for playing a very selfish man & for turning a bida role to a contrabida. Im not saying Jake is a bad actor. He is not but neither is he even moderately good. I have a very big problem with his attack on his role. It is way, way off. Im thinking he gets away with it what with his being alledgedly the 'favored' one.

I would die laughing if I see him holding up a statuette especially for his portrayal in this soap.