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Aug 9, 2022 · Katips is a musical adaptation of a stage play that depicts student activism during Martial Law, while Maid in Malacañang is a film that portrays the Marcos family's last days in power. Both films are criticized for their poor quality, historical inaccuracies and pro-Marcos bias.
Aug 3, 2022 · Two films about Martial Law and the Marcos family, one a historical drama and one a musical, are reviewed by a critic. The first one is a self-serving haigography of the Marcoses' last days in Malacanang Palace, while the second one is a fact-based account of the victims of Martial Law.
Aug 9, 2022 · “Katips” and “Maid in Malacañang” reflect the depth of what philosopher Jacques Rancière described as “dissensus” in our society: Deepening political faultlines, which have made consensus-building based on objective facts and even our shared history close to impossible.
Aug 4, 2022 · The film dramatizes the final hours of the Marcos family before they left the Philippines, but fails to capture the grandeur and drama of Malacañang. It also suffers from poor editing, acting and...
Darryl Yap’s “Maid In Malacañang” is ranked as the worst reviewed film in Letterboxd history with a current rating of 0.6 stars, the lowest rating of any film in the entire platform.
Aug 3, 2022 · Today, Katips: The Movie will be re-released in theaters to obviously counter the opening of Maid in Malacañang. Tañada, however, clarified at media conference, “Pero ang pinakamabuti siguro panoorin nila yung dalawa at mamili kung ano ang mas maganda at mas matino.”
Maid in Malacañang: Directed by Darryl Yap. With Cesar Montano, Ruffa Gutierrez, Cristine Reyes, Diego Loyzaga. The Last Days of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos tells the untold story of the last 72 hours of the Marcos dynasty.
