‘John Lloyd kinulang ang powers para iwasan ang kamandag ni Ellen!’
IN LITERATURE, ang sinasabing “hubris” (pronounced as yoo-bri) ay ang character flaw ng isang tragic hero. Ito ang itinuturing na dahilan ng kanyang downfall o pagbagsak.
Ang kawalan ng desisyon is to Hamlet as ambition naman is to Macbeth.
This writer cannot help but find an appropriate kunek ng mga Shakesperean tragic heroes na ito sa kaso ni John Lloyd Cruz, and just what is his character flaw na posibleng magpabagsak ng kanyang career?
Recklessness. Kawalan ng pag-iingat na salungat sa linyang binitiwan niya in his paracetamol TV commercial.
Ang mga caper niya kasi of late have reached alarming proportions both as a prized network artist and a sought-after product endorser.
This writer dreads the day na magigising na lang ang mahusay at epektibo pa man-ding actor at product endorser, respectively, na kahit may patalastas pa ng pink-colored, hard-as-stone, dentures-sticking na tira-tira candy ay hindi na siya offer-an.
Blame it on the “gross-ness” of his conduct unbeco-ming of a supposedly mature adult na naturingan pa man-ding role model lalo na ng mga kabataan.
Kung malaki ang bahagi ni Lady Macbeth sa pagbagsak ng Thane of Glamis, we cannot say na ito ang counterpart ni Ellen Adarna sa buhay ni John Lloyd. Anuman kasi ang tangka o gawing pandedemonyo ni Ellen sa kanyang kasalukuyang karelasyon, if JLC finds his upper head of better use than the one down there ay balewala rin.
Ang mas nakakatakot is the predictability of a scenario waiting to happen.
Ang baguhang aktor na si Joshua Garcia ay sinasabing “the next John Lloyd Cruz.” In more ways than one ay marami raw pagkakapareho ang dalawang aktor sa magkaibang henerasyon.
Magkaboses daw. Magkasinggaling sa pag-arte with the same degree of intensity. Pareho rin ang kanilang genre. At ang tinatahak ni Joshua is the same career path ng kay JLC.
To be referred to as “the next” is not flattering on JLC’s part. Aktibo pa siya, hindi pa siya retired pero may kapalit na siya?
And knowing how ABS-CBN or Star Magic builds up its stars, it can be as snappy as a sleight of hand.
Kamukat-mukat mo, the stars of today wake up one morning to become the stars of yesterday.
Claudine Barretto—for her all quirks—should know.
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