Ate Guy ayaw makatrabaho si Ai Ai dahil Vilmanian daw?

AI AI DELAS ALAS

FOR whatever it’s worth, not only do blind items test our guessing skills, they also provide a rich of information tungkol sa mga bagay-bagay in the life of the subject.

On the part of the storyteller (or writer), it’s his ingenious way of getting away with a libel case waiting to happen lalo’t kung maselan o sensitibo ang paksa.

Other blind items, however, don’t come with the imminent threat of getting labeled as potentially libelous. May mga topic din kasing light, nakakaaliw if not involving embarrassing situations na ang hangarin o layunin ng sumulat ay mapangiti ang kanyang mambabasa, and at the same time allow the reader’s mind to explore the extent of his guessing capability.

Meron din namang mga blind items na kulang na lang ay pangalanan ang tao o ang mga taong bida sa kuwento.

Some writers (and we plead guilty to this style) give aliases to their subjects na katunog ng mga ito so fashionably identifiable.

Ilan naman sa mga babasahin, most especially tabloids, give clues to the subject’s identity sa kicker pa lang just above the main head. Punning ang pinaiiral nila, giving its reader not as much difficult time to guess the subject with utmost precision.

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NORA AUNOR

Pardon the long pasakalye bilang lead-in sa isang blind item (not published here in Bandera) na kulang na lang ay pinangalanan sina Nora Aunor at Ai Ai delas Alas. Apparently, ang source ng nagsulat points to Ai Ai.

Tungkol ito sa mahinaing na kuwento ng komedyante as to the reason (na ewan kung valid nga ba) for Nora’s reluctance if not refusal to work with her on a GMA project.

Kung hindi kami nagkakamali, isa o dalawang taon lang ang pagitan ng network entry nina Ate Guy at Ai Ai. Year 2015 noong lumipat si Ai Ai sa GMA whose show CelebriTV edged out Startalk. The Superstar came soon after.

Dahil magkasama nga sila sa iisang istasyon, getting them both to work together shouldn’t be a remote possibility. Ani Ai Ai, ayaw raw ni Nora na makatrabaho siya dahil openly ay Vilmanian ito. Of course, obvious ang konek ni Nora kay Vilma, her archrival since the 70s at maaaring hanggang ngayon.

What gave Ai Ai that impression ay ipinagtataka namin, casting doubts on Nora’s ability to issue such a directive. Sino naman ang source ng komedyana kung meron man?

Pero ang iniisip na masamang epekto nito kay Nora perceived to be unfairly selective ay tiyak na magba-backfire kay Ai Ai. Mas malawak ang fan base ng Superstar kesa sa binansagang Comedy Concert Queen.

And this says it all.