Rachel Gem C. Venus March 1, 2013
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ZOMBADINGS: Patayin sa Shokot si Remington

1. What is the main message of the film?

As I interpreted the film per se, it shows how some people in our country haven’t totally accepted the gay community. They most certainly perceive them as what Filipinos call them “salot sa lipunan.” The main message of this film is that either you are straight or gay, it doesn’t make any difference, equality must be measured. Gay people should be judged, thus, should be treated equally.

2. What do you think is the current status of gay acceptance in the country? What does the film project about it?

Given that our country remains conservative (if some may say it), there are people who completely loathes the idea of having a gay member in the family and in the society. Thus, it is not veiled that there are several gay relationships, even gay marriages, that take place in the country. With that, I must say that there’s a very thin line between acceptance and indifference when it comes to this matter. I think sooner or later, the society will completely accept be get used to the idea of having LGBT community. Somehow, I see that the film tries to suggest that gays should be treated accordingly and equally because they showed the inevitable (not the gaydar laser part) and exhibits how people make fun and ridicule gay people.

3. What do you think identity really is? What does your identity lie?

I personally think that a person’s identity is not what other people expects him to be or what he wants himself to be, rather it makes himself who he is. It’s a matter of knowing yourself from deep within regardless of your impurities and imperfections. It’s about what you feel for yourself and what you feel for others, because if there’s one thing any people can lie about is their inner feelings (no denial whatsoever). My identity lie in an “uncertain zone,” (not about my gender ha) I may say that I don’t know myself enough to say that I know what my identity is.