Yes, Visayans should unite and boycott the movie “Sakal, Sakali, Saklolo” for conveying wrong message to our fellow Filipinos. Senator Nene Pimentel has already issued an statement saying that “such conversation smacks of an ethnic slur to non-Tagalog speaking Filipinos as he called on the producer of the film Star Cinema, to promptly take steps to rectify the error.”

Ano ba kayong mga Tanga-Manila, ano ba tingin nyo sa amin? Are we second class citizens?

Pimentel specifically cited a portion of the film in which a grandmother was telling a nanny (yaya) in Tagalog: “Bakit pinapalaki ninyong Bisaya ang apo ko?” (Why are you rearing my grandchild as a Bisaya?)

The mother butted in by telling the yaya: “Speak to the kid in Tagalog. Parang Pinoy. (So that he grows up like a Pinoy).”

He said such conversation smacks of an ethnic slur to non-Tagalog speaking Filipinos as he called on the producer of the film Star Cinema, to promptly take steps to rectify the error. Continue Reading »