HINDI AKO BAKLA, DJ BUMBAY AND WAG NA WAG MONG SASABIHIN

At first, I was laughing very hard while watching the three music videos performed by one of the best and funniest comedian here in the Philippines none other than Michael V. or commonly called as “Bitoy”. The first video we've watched was him performing and singing Hindi ako Bakla, Babae ako. At the beginning he was dressed like a man  and he was claiming that he was not a gay well in fact, it was obvious that he really was. In the second video, Michael V. played an Indian man or what we call “Bumbay”. The last video was Michael V. imitating Kitchie Nadal and singing her famous song Wag na Wag mong Sasabihin”. Basically, the three videos showed how we view gays and Indians or the so-called Bumbays in our society. Sad but true but we have to admit that some of the Filipino people loves to make fun of others. We tend to ignore the feelings of our subject just to have something funny. As I analyzed the lyrics of the song Hindi ako bakla babae ako and Wag na Wag mong Sasabihin I felt bad and sad because where is respect in that concept?! Let's admit that in our society or in our culture  third sex is still unacceptable simply because many people think that gays are "salot sa lipunan". Though we are living in a different way now because of the modernization and liberalization in our culture but we still can't deny the fact that some are still attached in the culture we used to believe in. 

While in DJ Bumbay,  I found it a bit offensive and I kind of feel offended too even if I’m not one of them and I don’t know why I’d felt that way.  It may be funny to some who watched the video but we have to keep in mind that we should respect them and not make fun of them because if the same thing happens to us, like other country would make a video like the one we have watched I am pretty sure that we will react negatively. I think it is in our culture that we love making fun of others but we should know our limitations even if it is intended for pure entertainment only. 

 We should accept one another despite the flaws we have and show our respect to them because I believe that if we want others to respect us we should show our utmost respect to them also.