29 Responses to “Panawagan Kay Carlo J. Caparas”

1. The Blurb » Video for Caparas on August 6th, 2009 11:35 am

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2. Gohlico on August 6th, 2009 12:17 pm

   You tell ‘im, Gerry! D:<

3. anj on August 6th, 2009 4:01 pm

   Salamat sa malinaw na pagpapaliwanag. Kahit man lang sana sa technicality, pumasok sa kukote ng mga pumili ang kamalian ng kanilang parangal para kay CJC.

4. kate on August 6th, 2009 10:28 pm

   i agree. i super agree!!!

5. dennisvillegas on August 7th, 2009 12:37 am

   Hindi na daw ibabalik ni Carlo J–topu topu na daw hehehe..sayang din naman ang malaking karangalan, ang pagiging kabilang sa Order of the National Artists, 100,000 na pension, recognition sa lahat ng state functions, at pag nadedo—state funeral.

   Tsaka maganda naman daw ang educational value ng kanyang “massacre movies”–na-uplift ang cinematic arts ng Pilipinas.

6. Pinoy Comics USA on August 7th, 2009 3:25 am

   I heard Malacanang is willing to talk, but are staying firm. The sad thing is that, 20 years from now, nay, even 10 years from now, this whole ugly controversy will have been forgotten, and Caparas will be considered to be up there among the near-greats because of his National Artist status. Grrrrrrrr, kakapangigil isipin.

7. Chona on August 7th, 2009 6:46 am

   I totally agree Kuya specially when u explained the situation…makes me thing what the heck are those folks thinking when they decided to add him?

8. gladyegimena on August 7th, 2009 6:48 am

   Gerry,

   isa yan sa mga pinangambahan namin noon pa lamang binubuo ang komiks congress at caravan na yan. may mga alingawngaw na tungkol dyan na nagagamit ang mga inosenteng writer at illustrator para maging supporters ni Ginoong Caparas. hindi nga ba’t nasayang ang isang magandang oportunidad na makabalik sa mainstream ang traditional komiks dahil malinaw pa sa sikat ng araw ang mga pansariling interes? ngayon natupad na ang lahat. nananawagan ako sa lahat ng mga sumuporta noon sa komiks congress na mga writers at illustrator na lumabas at magpahayag ng kanilang mga damdamin. yan ba talaga ang gusto nilang mangyari? nagpunta tayo noon sa malakanyang para kumilala ng mga parangal at magbigay ng suporta. dahil wala tayong kaalam-alam sa mga “pailalim” na trabaho ng mga nagtataguyod ng komiks congress. ngayon, huwag tayong manatiling walang alam. Makialam tayo!

9. gladyegimena on August 7th, 2009 6:59 am

   maaaring hindi ibalik ni ginoong caparas ang titulong national artist. pero ito ang higit na magpapakilala sa kanyang pagkatao sapagkat kinukuha niya ang isang titulong hindi naman niya pinaghirapan. wala iyang ipinagkaiba sa mga taong nagpapagawa ng diploma sa recto na hindi naman totoong natapos ng kolehiyo. at dala man niya ang titulong ito, fake naman, hindi ba? dahil batid ng lahat na hindi siya visual artist. sino ngayon ang niloloko nila? mga sarili nila. gusto ko lang sabihin na hindi naiinggit ang mga taong ayaw tumanggap ng naging parangal kay ginoong Caparas. ang tawag lang sa mga taong ito, “HINDI MGA TANGA!”

10. Gerry Alanguilan on August 7th, 2009 7:19 am

    Maraming salamat, Glady! Tama ka. Panahon pa lang ng Komiks Congress may mga naririnig na akong mga usap usapan na gustong maging National Artist ni CJC, lalo na nung panay ang pasalamat nya kay GMA. Tinatanong ko sa sarili ko, bakit panay ang pasalamat nya kay GMA?

    At isa pa… yung ukol sa mga stamps… may isa pang bomba. Ipo-post ko ngayon.

11. johnbecaro on August 7th, 2009 10:34 am

    To Glady:

    Oo nga, talagang nagamit nga ang Komiks Congress para lamang sa kapakanan ni Caparas at hindi ng industriya, nung ma detect ko yun, hindi na ako sumama sa sumusunod na meeting at follow up after comics congress, shock kami bakit biglang innapoint si Caparas as President.Dun palang napansin na natin ang hidden agenda, at tama ka nga, ito na yun.

    Nasira na ang prestisyosong pagagawad ng karangalan dahil huwad at pekeng pagbibigay nito sa hindi naman karapat dapat.Nawalan ito bigla ng
    integrity at sa susunod pang mga taon, mawawalan na ito ng bisang magbigay inspirasyon sa mga susunod na henerasyon ng mga alagad ng sining.
    Sayang.

12. Rolly on August 7th, 2009 10:43 am

    Kuya Gerry,

    I just watched an interview of Caparas in one of early morning shows on TV, and he appeared to be firm and unwilling to give the award back.

    And you were right, he basically just defended his comics, “movies” and thanked the president the whole interview instead of just answering the host’s questions directly. I just don’t buy all the crap he is saying that his “movies” were of social importance and were able to solve the crimes his “movies” portrayed.

    Even my relatives who were watching and only saw this issue the first time he is being a complete jerk and his recognition was rigged.

    I can’t believe the man…

    He should have just give the award back and this issue will just drift away as time goes. But by being a headcase that he is and insisting to keep the award, every Filipino should laugh at the guy’s “achievement”/award like it’s a diploma from Recto University (like what Glady said).

    With all the honorable people questioning him, I hope it will only be a matter of time before Caparas question his own self.

    What his actions explain right now, and what the people who gave him that recognition, is the real massacre that is killing the culture of the Filipino people.

    Mr. Caparas, you have managed to make another one of you massacre “masterpiece”. I have a question for you though, how do you sleep at night?

13. Richard Ramos on August 7th, 2009 2:02 pm

    I sincerely think that the problem here is that the laws, the definitions and the categories concerning National Artists have to be seriously overhauled.

    As for CJC…after watching him on TV just now, all I can say is that he will never, ever give the award back. He will always be proud of it. He will never think for a second that it was morally or ethically wrong. He’s that sort of a person. He’s a bully, and he is willing to do anything to get what he wants, because it has always worked for him. He has an overriding contempt for people who are artistically better than him, because in his mind, he has made more money using only a fraction of talent that the ones above him have.

    All I can say is: he may have the award, but I will never, ever respect him.

14. Richard Ramos on August 7th, 2009 2:03 pm

    oops, I just read that it isn’t exactly an award, but a title. sorry about that. either which way – he may be a National Artist, but I won’t respect it. It takes more than a title to gain respect.

15. Gerry Alanguilan on August 7th, 2009 2:27 pm

    Yes, I gave the suggestion that he give it back knowing fully well that he wouldn’t. I just had to say it. He’s spent a lifetime grabbing the credit away from the many artists he has collaborated with, I don’t see why he should change now. The sad thing is, he believes he’s right, and there’s no amount of argument, even if logic and reason are already staring him in the face, will make him see he’s in error.

16. Jun Pamintuan on August 7th, 2009 4:20 pm

    This CJC issue definitely kills the remaining respect, credibility, and democracy that we have in this country. In the end, only one person has the power to change it all which is our President who put him there in the first place. Or CJC can let go of the title which I very much doubt seeing that he is so full of !*#$^%$* for grabbing what is not rightfully his. This is one good example on how corrupt our system is. Also one good example on how to ruin your country’s future. Just imagine the effect this will have to our future artists. Any more respect, motivation, or inspiration for our young and upcoming artists after this event? likely none. The title has been reduced to a mere JOKE because of what happened. CJC can eat his EGO all he wants, he will never get any form of respect from me.

17. ramontaguchi on August 7th, 2009 9:14 pm

    Sir Gerry, first off, i totally agree with what you asked of CJC as something decent and proper.

    Heck! Even if National Artist for Film/Cinema lang ang na grant nga title sa kanya, I’d still say its questionable (he’d probably make a movie out of all this… “National Artist Talaga si Carlo J Caparas – God, Jesus, The Virgin Mother and even Chuck Norris SAVE US… he he he)

    Its awesome how you skipped from saying “hinde siya artist” or “P&*$ yang artist siya!”, but rather sticking to the fact that he swiped a title which he doesn’t deserve. Other artists would’ve said “he’s not an artist” or something…

    Being a nobody illustrator myself, i’ve had “mentors” turn me down for doing things my way or doing things different from them, then have them say “you have no real future in the field of arts” or “you’re not really an artist, but you’ve got potential as an artisan”.

    Perhaps its the ego of an artist that makes them what they are, but, seeing your video, seeing that you, a REAL ARTIST, not questioning the being an “artist” of CJC, but sticking to the facts, is really something.

    Comments and such around the net have dabbled on this topic… and the arguments and all that have become mishmashed… elitist daw silang Bencab, the masa loves CJC and his works, there’s even one where this bakla’s making a statement against another bakla… and then there’s the one where this artist says CJC is not an artist, coz he knows what an artist is, because he’s one.

    CJC is an artist… he directs movies and writes scripts… bad ones, in my personal opinion, but to be able to do those things… well, i guess that’s his breed of “art”.

    All i’m saying here is i admire how you made your video, how you, as an artist managed to stave off saying CJC is not, but rather sticking to the obvious swipes CJC did…

18. Gerry Alanguilan on August 7th, 2009 9:20 pm

    Ramon, thankfully, the definition of “artist”, at least as far as the National Artist awards are concerned, is pretty clear cut. Definitely, CJC is an artist in that he’s a writer, and a filmmaker. One can argue that FILM is visual art. And it is. But when it comes to the NA, Film a Visual Art are two different categories. And the guidelines further define what covers “Visual Art”. And unfortunately CJC is not covered in any of those. This is the issue that I’m pointing to that many people just absolutely refuse to see.

19. Maan Simbajon on August 8th, 2009 2:15 pm

    i’m a student of PHSA and i stongly agree with you Sir Gerry Alaguilan. Your the man! :P

20. SEO Philippines on August 10th, 2009 11:29 pm

    Funny when one really thinks about how artists are getting support for the recent “National Artist Scam” They felt they were robbed of their souls, I agree definitely but unfortunately one has to take into consideration that when we let a President the highest seating official in the country CHEAT in the last elections then we should’ve braced ourselves to the eventuality of a “National Artist Scam”

21. Gio Paredes on August 11th, 2009 1:54 pm

    Post ko po itong video nyo sa blog ko para mas marami ang maka panood.

22. Gerry Alanguilan on August 11th, 2009 2:11 pm

    Salamat Gio. :)

23. Reis Luke Aquino on August 11th, 2009 11:28 pm

    ..I certainly agree!!!
    Anu ba ang basehan ng pagiging national artist? publicity?!!!
    ..What matters is the content of the work. It is unhealthy for an artist to seek fame.
    I hope nobody would ever put the words “Massacre” and “Filipino” together again..
    ..CAPARAS DOES NOT DESERVE THAT TITLE!!!!!

24. Joe Galang on August 11th, 2009 11:50 pm

    sobrang wag nating kilalanin si CJC. sobrang hambog niya. sobrang desperado niya para sa award. kung marangal kang artist, hindi mo ikakalat yung mga drawing mo sa lamesa ni che che lazaro para lang mapakita mo na marunong ka magdrawing. grabe ugali pa lang. di na professional.

    sobrang yung mga gawa ni CJC, halatang pampapera lang. sinasabi niya na yung gawa niya daw ay tinatangkilik ng karamihan. kasi yung mga konsepto niya na ginaya niya lang ay alam niyang mabenta. sinamantala niya yon para kumita. HINDI SIYA ARTIST! MAGALING SIYA SA MARKETING STRATEGY! puro papera!

    ako po ay estudyante ng fine arts sa up diliman. salamat ginoong gerry. hinding hindi ko kikilalanin si CJC

25. Johann Cao on August 12th, 2009 6:19 pm

    Ako po ay sumasangayon na hindi karapat dapat sa titulo na National Artist for Visual Arts si CJC. Napaka dali naman po na makita na hindi siya dumaan sa tamang proseso at naisingit lamang ng Pangulo at mali pa ang kategorya, writer by profession tapos visual arts? Tapos ihaharap pa niya sa media na marunom siyang gumuhit pero hindi naman siya dito kinikilala.

    Yun nga lang mukhang walang pag-asa na mabawi pa ang titulo kaya nakakaawa naman ang mga susunod na mahihirang na national artist, kahit legitimate ay ma-kwekwestyon ang kanilang “body of work” dahil sa isyu na ito.

    Salamat po sa video sir gerry, sana naman mas maraming maliwanagan may mabawasan ang sumusuporta kay CJC na hindi man laman siguro alam ang pamantayan sa pag pili ng national artist.

    Side note, ka batch ko po yata yung nag comment sa itaas, Saludo ako sayo pare. Isa rin po akong estudyante sa Fine Arts Diliman at nakaka lungkot isipin na ganito ang ginagawa ng gobyerno tungkol sa mga isyu sa sining.

26. Cholo Olaguer on August 16th, 2009 6:32 pm

    I think it’s best to ask Malacañang for their bases on making CJC a National Artist for Film and Visual Arts because the basis may not be those popular comics that are widely known now but rather his previous works as illustrator, or film being considered as a visual art. A work doesn’t necessarily have to be popular to be considered. If this is a question of whether or not this is the first case of a National Artist who was considered through an override of the selection process, he is not the first one. Like what has been stated in the news, the National Artist is a presidential award, which is first and foremost to be given under the prerogative of the president. If you don’t like the president’s decision, you can clamor and protest, but it is ultimately the president who is the arbiter of the selection.

    If you are protesting how the selection process wasn’t followed, I suggest including all those National Artists who were chosen through an override of the nominations committee from Ramos up to present, as a matter of fairness. Although it seems that other National Artists are blowing whistles only now, which saddens me that their sense of law is delayed, much like the law’s delay of which Shakespeare’s Hamlet speaks of.

    Anyway, before I end, I’d just like to say that basically, almost every National Artist, if not all, have used concepts that are borrowed and copied from other artists, but in the end they are still artists. If the basis of being an artist is originality, it is difficult to be original because so many techniques and concepts were already tried and tested from thousands of years ago. Every artist has to borrow concepts and techniques made by other artists, because obviously they did not invent all the techniques and concepts that they use. Philippine culture in itself is a culture which has borrowed concepts from so many other cultures, but the fact is, any culture also has many borrowed concepts.

    On whether Caparas should be a National Artist, I will withhold my opinion since I do not know him or his works to present a valid opinion. I’m just trying to rebut some of the arguments made.

27. ched reyes on August 18th, 2009 9:09 am

    Well said, Sir Gerry… As for me, CJC only has the trophy and the title, but not the recognition… Unfortunately for him, he has chosen to live with that lie.

28. kathleen on August 20th, 2009 2:26 pm

    So I see… may mga issues rin pala sa Komiks Congress and Caravan ni CJC, hindi lang pala ang NA title. Related rin pala sila.

    Hindi ko sure kung related rin ito sa rason kung bakit walang Komiks Caravan na dumarating sa Komikon sa UP Diliman taun-taon ha? I dunno, kasi kung for the sake of Philippine Komiks ang habol niya, disin sana’y may Komiks Caravan na kong nakikita sa loob ng UP Bahay ng Alumni. Pero bakit kaya wala?

    AS for Mr. Cholo Olauger, I totally agree with his point. Well-written and sensible. Hope everyone here can see it also.
    As for the people who posted their comments, I read somewhere from a columnist in a well-known newspaper that appreciating art is somewhat subjective…from the way he wrote it, it seems that he’s trying to defend CJC as a titleholder for National Artist title.

    Lastly, if you’re interested, you can read Mr.Penman’s blog (www.penmanila.net)for more in-depth response about this National Artist problems. It even have an entry about a letter sent by a National Artist himself to NCCA about his proposal to improve the selection process of giving titles for more deserving artists.

29. cha on August 27th, 2009 2:12 pm

    unahin muna nila si dolphy bigyan nang award mamya di na maabutan nung tao yung recognition sayang naman.