What a day of triumph for the entire nation upon seeing in action our very own Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao demolished one of the most recognizable face in the history of boxing, The Golden Boy Oscar Dela Hoya in a battle of supposed mismatch proven accurate but with an improbable twist. What a day for both Atty. Felipe Gozon (GMA-7) and Wilson Tieng (Solar Sports) for bathing their filthy selves of the revenues of “The Dream Match”. Congratulations!
I felt bad for myself, and so with most Filipinos who anticipated this bout at the confines of their free/cable TV living room—or at worst, at someone’s boob tube set to watch the National Fist (Pambansang Kamao) upstaged a legend. Wonder why some people, despite the sum of money their supposed to splurge, opted to storm into theaters just to watch the megabuck fight it’s because GMA-7 and Solar Sports are borderline crocodile (crocodile in its most figurative definition as someone who would suck up the hell out of you) and downright devious exploiting each and every fight of Pacquiao. Wonder no more. For those who watched it through their TV sets, sure they can relate to what the heck I’m ranting about. And for sure it also caught their ire learning the news of Pacquiao’s drubbing of Dela Hoya beforehand they saw Karylle sang our National Anthem. Am I exaggerating? No. Try this on for size, Both Dela Hoya and Pacquiao would square off on top of the ring for one good round and on the intermission, TV commercials would go round robin. All of them.
And boy, my friend Ted has put up the near perfect narrative of such:
“At the end of each three-minute round, the TV station commences with 15 minutes of inane ads, often repeated only minutes apart. For this fight, the station cut to commercials even after each of the three national anthems and Michael Buffer’s introduction. The products being pitched are a mix of everything the common Filipino could want: beer, brandy, fast food, multivitamins, feed for your fighting cock, weight loss pills, car batteries, courier services and even some substance that will fix leaks in your tin roof. Most of the viewers who have tuned in happen to have tin sheet roofs, just like the tricycle stand. And in the Philippines, nearly every tin-sheet roof leaks.”
Ted Lerner, Ring Magazine
What the fucking fucker is wrong with you, Gozon and Tieng? Aren’t you fat enough that you may no longer get into your car? Give your fucking ass a fucking break!
Gozon, Tieng, and all the sponsors of the event should be ashamed of themselves for simply exploiting this juncture of national celebration. Too much of your capitalist’s greed. Pacquiao is such a national treasure and his fights are to be considered national events. Him fighting on top of the canvass can clear up the streets from heavy traffic. Watching him alone will give burglars, kidnappers, corrupt officials their share of holiday as you would expect them to get their eyes glued to the screen as well—rather than strutting their usual bedeviled selves. He can make truce of the warring ideologues and the continually separating/ alienating societal classification. We don’t need these fucking capitalists dictate what we should get from this type of holiday.
Photo Credit: Yahoo! Sports and some excerpts from Ted Lerner's article in Ring MAgazine.
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