(Counter-Clockwise from top left) Picture # 1: GMA right before she attempted to “escape” and fly away to Hong Kong / Singapore / Spain. Picture # 2: Mrs Ligot, acting all weak during a senate inquire, Picture #3: Mubarak lying in bed during his trial and Picture #4: Fictional chairman from “Protect the Boss”, a koreanovella I recently watched. What do they have in common?
Well, together with Ampatuan Senior and the Arroyo brothers – all of these characters suddenly had mystery medical conditions right after they’re implicated in some crime/scandal/anomaly/etc.
The only difference among these 4 pictures – one is a character from a soap opera, no less. It’s the funniest thing. This part of the plot finds the father, the chairman, having a go-to modus operandi, that is, to site in a wheel chair whenever his company is accused of something.
Obviously, this pretending to be sick game has been done too many times that the ploy has moved on as a spoof device in a Korean soap.
The only difference among these 4 pictures – one is a character from a soap opera, no less. It’s the funniest thing. This part of the plot finds the father, the chairman, having a go-to modus operandi, that is, to site in a wheel chair whenever his company is accused of something.
Obviously, this pretending to be sick game has been done too many times that the ploy has moved on as a spoof device in a Korean soap.
Let's Examine this closely: Real politician accused of fraud vis-a-vis fictional chairman accused of fraud = same facial expression, same acting?Life imitating art, art imitating life?
The thing is, in the soap, there were 2 heirs who were sort of competing to become the heir to the family business, the chairman’s son and his nephew.
The son isn’t particularly interested in becoming the next chairman. However, his father is fixated in making him the heir, which is one of the storylines. At some point, the son’s secretary (the lead) told the son that if was to become the chairman, let him not be the kind that pretends to be in a wheel chair.
The nephew, at first, was competitive and aggressive, set to satisfy his mother's wishes, who wanted to gain more power over the family assets. Later though, after securing his position as the next chairman (since he really is the better executive) , he told his girlfriend that he plans to be a “clean” leader. He asked her if she was ready to go through life with him as he knows that company players (who expect you to connive with them) will eventually try to knock him down. He knows this way will be harder but he says he is going to try to go this way anyway.
And so goes this Korean soap that’s supposed to be a fluffy romantic comedy but gifts us with some (sort of sappy) lessons on corporate politics and ethics.
In the latter episodes, the chairman actually gets cancer and gets rushed to the hospital, only everyone thought he was faking it.
Much like the boy who cried wolf, no one really believed GMA when she first said she was sick or have had surgeries, neck brace or no neck brace.
At this point, I don’t particularly care about the validity of her medical condition. She already had her time as president. She plundered and emptied so called calamity funds for almost a decade. Even if she was truly sick, catatonic or immobile or in a coma, she can’t just fly away and get away with everything just because she's no longer the formidable person she used to be.
And, what about her allies? What about her family? What about this Iggy, alleged Jose Pidal, who is hiding out in London pretending to be scared to go home? What about Mikey, the so called party list representative of security guards, who was said to have booked a flight for the US last night? What about these Ligots and all the others? What about them? If say, GMA is truly so fragile, she drops dead... What, will we allow all of them to book a flight and just let them all fly away?!
For that matter, isn't is so blatantly odd why these people are in such a rush to all get out of the country? To just let them leave just like that... Should we all be ok with that? Seriously.
For these political figures and personalities who are for the Arroyos, I don’t know where these characters find the nerve and the gall not to be embarrassed about their stand on letting the Arroyos leave. Seriously.
The son isn’t particularly interested in becoming the next chairman. However, his father is fixated in making him the heir, which is one of the storylines. At some point, the son’s secretary (the lead) told the son that if was to become the chairman, let him not be the kind that pretends to be in a wheel chair.
The nephew, at first, was competitive and aggressive, set to satisfy his mother's wishes, who wanted to gain more power over the family assets. Later though, after securing his position as the next chairman (since he really is the better executive) , he told his girlfriend that he plans to be a “clean” leader. He asked her if she was ready to go through life with him as he knows that company players (who expect you to connive with them) will eventually try to knock him down. He knows this way will be harder but he says he is going to try to go this way anyway.
And so goes this Korean soap that’s supposed to be a fluffy romantic comedy but gifts us with some (sort of sappy) lessons on corporate politics and ethics.
In the latter episodes, the chairman actually gets cancer and gets rushed to the hospital, only everyone thought he was faking it.
Much like the boy who cried wolf, no one really believed GMA when she first said she was sick or have had surgeries, neck brace or no neck brace.
At this point, I don’t particularly care about the validity of her medical condition. She already had her time as president. She plundered and emptied so called calamity funds for almost a decade. Even if she was truly sick, catatonic or immobile or in a coma, she can’t just fly away and get away with everything just because she's no longer the formidable person she used to be.
And, what about her allies? What about her family? What about this Iggy, alleged Jose Pidal, who is hiding out in London pretending to be scared to go home? What about Mikey, the so called party list representative of security guards, who was said to have booked a flight for the US last night? What about these Ligots and all the others? What about them? If say, GMA is truly so fragile, she drops dead... What, will we allow all of them to book a flight and just let them all fly away?!
For that matter, isn't is so blatantly odd why these people are in such a rush to all get out of the country? To just let them leave just like that... Should we all be ok with that? Seriously.
For these political figures and personalities who are for the Arroyos, I don’t know where these characters find the nerve and the gall not to be embarrassed about their stand on letting the Arroyos leave. Seriously.
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