[49] Maricris on Forced Refrigeration

[49]

Maricris on Forced Refrigeration

I have not been watching PBB (the phony ludicrous franchised Pinoy Big Brother) lately that I was shocked to see Bruce Quebral and Wendy Valdez to have some recondite romantic affair as well as Nel Rapiz and Maricris Dizon. Enough reason on my rare viewing is because of the apprehension that this show has no concept at all: no sense, relevance or significance. This show that hails all 'big' sponsors and extravagant publicity is nothing but a gimmick-- ABS-CBN can not find its worthlessness thus overusing the Filipinos' exceptional mentality of voyeurism. We like to see what's going on. So we sneak a look. We like to involve ourselves with other people’s lives (tsismoso po tayo). For your information, Big Brother in other countries generally has an episode broadcasted only once a week. That measures our pagka-tsismoso a lot, don't you think?

But last week, I tuned in once again.

A controversy was heating up the wok as Maricris, whose voice is crispy enough, kept on interrogating Beatriz Saw if she too liked Nel. "God, forgive her, for she does not what she was doing." It went s omething like this:

MARICRIS: Gusto mo ba si Nel?

BEA: Hindi.

MARICRIS: God knows.

To that, Cris can not stop herself from being jealous (or so we thought) that she found herself having a rage against Bea. And it started.

Mornings after and finally a stimulating confrontation occurred in the cool kitchen. Cris babbled and babbled, questioning Bea's avoidance against her while the latter tried to calm herself down. Last Sunday’s episode almost ate its time with their frenzied and infuriated argument. I was thrilled!

Many friends then sent me text messages that same moment which went like, in derision, criticizing Cris as an insecure ill-tempered ngarag palengkera who has some interest in the least interesting man (well, at least in the House). It's also quite amusing, that this Bea girl has found something called bursting-the-bubble phase in her demure, not to mention boring, personality.

Meanwhile, I think Cris needs some hibernation in a refrigerator or even a freezer. She can already substitute Pyro in X-Men, Human Torch in Fantastic Four or Incredible Hulk. She needs a break, and that is no joke. I think her eviction by force from the swampy House is apt for her case. If her blood pressure is low, thanks God! And the cause behind this (which is Nel) is so, umm, petty. Who dares to disagree?

The latter part of the program had Cris as the superior loser: one person you would love to hate. She had grasped at least Bea's opinion towards her that she was indeed 'pushy'. And it ended there. She walked out having in mind that she’s one pushy personification of Mount Pinatubo. It occurred to me that she's also one of the people in this world who are misunderstood, though likewise she too misunderstands. She has insecurities in herself apparently that she cannot even express in her abysmal delivery of Tagalog (of course, she’s an Italian citizen!). She’s a human who cannot contradict for once, because the whole of humanity contradicts her. I pity her, with no questions.

But still, I think that PBB is a complete nonsense. I have reliable sources that say it’s scripted; well it would seem that way for me. So much that it’s not a 'telesrye of totoong buhay’'for these people do not even have lives to begin with. And so are the people watching it. But for some, it’s just symptoms of pure boredom. Just in case that this thing is really real, I say that Kuya is stirring their emotions. Honestly, as Maricris left the house, she did not learn anything.

MARICRIS: Kuya is so stupid that I must pretend I'm crying to hide my scorn fo him