is this something to be proud of?? glorifying a filipina for being a housemaid??

sadly, asians are either identified as housemaids or as prostitutes in most foreign films. i have yet to see a film where filipinos are portrayed differently. this very filipina aced her auditions, and i give her credit for taking this chance to act on the big screen, and the guts to do her own PR by informing a local biz writer. kudos!

and what’s wrong with being a housemaid???

well, ren, her name’s gloria…
besides, it’s only a movie.
the reality speaks better than this movie.
probably, you have forgotten that many of our countrymen work as housemaids. it’s not about being proud of it, but rather seeing the truth, it hurts, yes, but we have to live with it.

is there something wrong being housemaid? and so what if Filipino is known being a housemaid?

Great! Another Filipina Maid Story. Can she cook a mean Garlic Fried Rice in the movie?

With due respects, landing a film role - more especially, a lead role, like the subject of the write-up, requires quite high caliber of talent. The role is merely incidental. It’s the talent. The role just happens to be that of a housemaid. How the actor or actress delivers the performance required by the script is what counts. I have yet to see the movie but I trust, the role would not have been entrusted to that Pinay if the film mgt saw no good reason for her to give justice to the level of performance expected of her.

Ren,

But it’s the truth! It’s a very decent job. Check Singapore and Hongkong on a good Sunday - very hard to miss.

Maybe you should tell all the macho men in the Philippines to man up and take care of their women.
So you won’t have to be ashamed of our sister workign as maids

its not about “being a housemaid”, but being a good actress…being in a movie of international release….of being choosen to act opposite the best and the popular in holywood….

A nanny is different from a housemaid.

and what’s wrong with that? are you saying that filipinos should only be portrayed as doctors, engineers or rich socialites? and other than that is not something to be proud of? i guess we are all drowned with our insecurities. Jennifer Lopez played the role of a Mexican hotel maid in Maid of Honor, and there was nothing wrong with that because its reality. people should be proud of the fact that a lot of us here in abroad are working all types of job, regardless of how much we earn.. as long as its an honest one.

@ren:

Definitely, yes.

Though ‘many’ have looked down at this profession, being a housemaid is something worth being proud of just like any other professions. And with a Filipina being a housemaid, what’s wrong with it?

@Mammoth, the movie:

Great movie! Hopefully, it’ll be shown in theaters here in the Philippines. And hopefully, it’ll make ‘others’ realize how noble and worthy of the Pinoy’s Pride Marife Necesito’s performance for the movie and the profession of being a housemaid. ^_^

hahahahaha… ganyan talaga ang pinoy, basta’t maging part ng isang pelikula kasehodang housemaid ang papel sa pelikula, basta’t gawa ng PUTI ay ipag-sisigawan sa buong mundo na INTERNATIONAL actress na!.

is this something to be proud of?? glorifying a filipina for being a housemaid??

BEING A HOUSEMAID SHOULD NOT BE A REASON TO DEMEAN OTHER PEOPLE.
EVEN HOW INOPPORTUNE OTHER PEOPLE’S WAY OF LIVING,THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE HONOURED AND RESPECTED!!

why sound so negative? are you saying that being a housemaid is a degrading job? don’t you think they have dreams? they have plans in life?

who do you like best? the tambay in front of the sari-sari store, not doing anything to better their life. or those, like the housemaids, that works, legal and moral, hard to have a better life?

i have a maid that works hard and in exchange i send her to college. once she’s finish with college she can have a different life. she has goals and plans to have a better life. isn’t it better? to do everything in your power, legal and moral, to reach your goal? and not be too choosy? not be stagnant and give up?

oh and the movie is about a Filipina getting into an international film. isn’t that something?

Let us not be hypocrites. We know that we have a lot of of our fellow Filipinos who work abroad as DHs. We should be proud that for a key role in the film the production chose to cast a Filipina maid. I think this is because the Filipina maid’s experience (and the OFW’s in general) fit the storyline of the movie which according to the website is reminiscent of Babel but a tidier version of it). I commend Ms. Necesito for bagging the role and giving justice to the job which a lot of Filipinos do not appreciate and seem to be ashamed of.

Also, I appreciate the fact that the Filipino characters were made to speak in their language. Hail Filipino! Both the language and the person!

What we are going to see is the plight of a Filipina becoming an international actress.That’s something to be proud of.

the film is not about the filipina maid. her character happens to play a pivotal role in the film.

let’s watch it first before we put our judgement on it. And so what if the Filipina plays a housemaid role? It is a movie and any actor on it was just given roles to play.

Let’s not start up from connotating a maid with less or totally nothing to be proud of.
Nakakapuwing ang maliliit

Whats wrong for a filipina of being a housemaid? Ren must have forgotten that they are also part of the OFW who are the unmentioned heroes of the philippines. even some of this overseas housemaids are qualified teachers who are making our country proud of their professions, some of the employers of this housemaids are quite thankful for some of them are quite thankful to hire this maids for they are hiring highly qualified maids and thats what makes them great, doing simple things greatly.

whats the problem with being a “housemaid”?..whatever you do you must be proud of it…

To Ren: But that’s reality. If many Filipinas work abroad as housemaids, it’s not their fault, but the government’s for failing to provide them with opportunities to make a decent living here in the Philippines. We should be proud of these Filipinas, since they’re trying their best, sacrificing even their time with their families, to give their children better lives. Would you rather see them begging in the streets?

what’s wrong with being a housemaid? it’s a noble job. besides, the article is about the actress who got an important role in this movie.

we are not glorifying her for being a housemaid…. this is a fact so just accept the movie as is…. there’s no pride nor ego being trampled here

ano naman masama sa pagiging housemaid?

Maid again,im sure they sh0t the film in the depress areas in the phils,sayang lng gnagastos ntn para sa advertisement na mganda ang pilipnas para mggrow tourism kc pg my m0vies gngawa dto puro squatter at khrapan pnpakita.Wlang mgnda!

what’s wrong with filipinos portrayed as a housemaid? it’s a decent job. it’s one of the many things we filipinos are capable of. are you a domineering class A citizen or just plain stupid?

correction: *filipinos portrayed as housemaids.

well, its not a big a deal whether a filipina is portrayed as a whatever. for as long as she can portray the role in a remarkable way, then why not.

Pinay pang DH lang sa tate!

I would love to see the movie and of course, I love to see Filipina or Filipinos on international movies of course. If Chinese actors/actresses could be famous, why not Filipinos?

@ren, not sure about the “gloriffication” on the trailer, unfortunately that’s an OFW fact. My cousin works as a domestic help in Toronto and we’ve visited them there. If you happen to walk into some of the upper class neighborhood in the city, you’d know what i mean.

Maybe after we watched the whole movie, it’s then that we can decide how the OFW was portrayed or what the director thinks about the situation.

Unless you can provide jobs here in the Philippines for all the filipino maids working abroad - then yes it is something to be proud of.
This is reality. It is a fact, a sad one though, that a lot of Filipinos work as domestic helpers abroad.
I suggest everyone check the link to the trailer and read all the comments made there before we get all defensive and cry foul over this movie.

ren:

and who do you want to glorify, our POPULAR corrupt officials?

^^^ There is nothing demeaning with being an OFW or being a housemaid. It’s a decent job & it puts food on the table. In times of economic crisis, you are not in a position to be maarte or mayabang.

to Ren:
and why shouldn’t we be proud of a Filipina being a maid?

I think we should be proud of her. Making to the Hollywood’s big screen is a big opportunity from someone who belongs to a 3rd world country. Who knows if its just a beginning of her Hollywood success. Remember, big things come from a small beginning.

Ren,

I guess I would say yes. Being a housemaid doesn’t necessarily mean being just a maid itself. It encompasses a different paradigm in the arena of giving genuine and persosnal care even to those people who aren’t your love ones.

Just thought I’d voice it out.

-Becky

@ren

Reality Bites… instead of being in denial. Its an accurate reflection of our current society.

what’s new about seeing a pinay in an `international’ movie? i see lots of them. i remember one where this teen pinay was getting the tag-team treatment from 3 black guys. that was HOT!!!

Our Filipina actresses are mostly cast as either housemaids, bar girls, nurse, yaya, etc. This is how the western world sees our women…

Yeah you’re right ren, there’s nothing in the film that filipinos should be proud of.

It only emphasizes the fact that we are 3rd rate citizens.

Ren: At isa pa Innggit ka lang kasi wala ka sa international film. heheheheh

Hello this is only a role , why ,Anything wrong being a nunny? Hello again even here in the United States they have a popular tv show Nunny but the lead actress is British meaning even British can do the job.Here in the states do you know that even american can do that job specially now that things has been change , life is not that easy to americans and a lot of people are homeless due to recession .Lets face it the image of filipina in England are housemaid and i dont see anything wrong with that, maybe in your house you have maid so whats seems to be the problem?

have you seen the film? it depends on how the director/scriptwriter treats the character… i mean it’s just being truthful to what happens in the real world, there are several Filipina maids abroad… nothing new about that

in my personal opinion, the filipina actress is glorified for being a part of an international film.

Having a part as a housemaid, I think it won’t matter, even J-Lo did this kind of role right? (Maid in Manhattan)

Whats wrong of being an international housemaid? Marangal na trabaho and one of the OFW who contributes to our resiliency reason against these Global crunch problem.

OMG another film emphasizing filipinos as maids.. :c Im startin to feel so down bein a Filipino :C

Wala naman masama maging Domestic Helper di ba.. Its a clean and honest job that one should be ptoud of. I think its our politicians who should be ashamed of waht they do the country.

It’s not what she’s acting for or being a housemaid in the film. The important thing is that, you should be proud of being part of an International production.

What’s wrong about being a HOUSEMAID??? It is a decent job… It is a lot better that being a prostitute, swindler, etc.

Ren -
Maybe you have to accept the fact that we, the Philippines, produce and export nannies all over the globe on a daily basis.
For arguments sake, the right question to ask is - why are we allowing this as a nation???

ya, i really don’t know what the fuzz is anyway.

Why Ren is being a housemaid is not a glorifying job? because she’s doing household chores. If that’s the case then being a housewife is a so so job which I refuse to believe.

There’s nothing wrong with being a housemaid. It’s a decent job. Besides, OFW remittances help Filipino families and the Philippine economy.

Of course it is something to be proud of. Being a housemaid is decent honorable work. Would you rather have a film glorifying illegal drug trade in the Philippines or glorifying public officials on the take?

why not? is there something derogatory with a noble job like that? is she a corrupt housemaid? or an abusive one?

we should be proud of becuase of our filipinas abroad work as maid or nanny in other countries. we should not be humiliated of this kind of kind of job that we have. these people are great for our times. without them we could not show the real pinoys to other culture.

Is that what you only see of her accomplishment? Her playing a housemaid character? And besides, have you been outside the Philippines? Is being a housemaid so bad?

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