Time and again, we Filipinos have proven our toughness and resilience in the face of life's misfortunes – calamities, disasters, idiocy of some public officials. Despite this strong Filipino spirit, however, we're a pretty sensitive bunch. The smallest mention of anything Filipino elicits kilig, while the tiniest slight at our country, culture, or fellow Filipinos incites rage.

  Francis Ford Coppola directing in Pagsanjan An Officer and a Gentleman Before Richard Gere was picking up prostitutes in Pretty Woman, he appeared in An Officer and A Gentleman where he played Zack Mayo, a young man who was living in the Philippines with his US Navy Officer dad. In the film's opening scene, young Zack falls victim to petty theft when he gets mugged by some Pinoy toughies who wanted to "gut that sonuvab*%$^!"

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Desperate Housewives The Filipino medical community was enraged by the US comedy-drama when in 2007, Teri Hatcher's character Susan Mayer let loose a racial slur. When her doctor says she might be hitting menopause, she responds with, "Before we go any further, can I check those diplomas? Cause I want to make sure they're not from some med school in the Philippines." Upon violent reactions from Filipinos and Fil-Ams in the medical field, even from ex-president GMA's Executive Secretary, ABC network issued an apology and recalled the episode to cut out that line. GLEE Little did loudmouthed Rachel Berry know that this pint-sized diva has an explosive voice. Constantine Keanu Reeves plays John Constantine, an exorcist who can communicate with angels and demons. Early in the movie, Constantine tries to rid a possessed girl from a demon when she says, in Hollywood's go-to demonic voice, "Papatayin natin sila." Woah! The devil speaks Tagalog! The Dictator Sasha Baron-Cohen's latest comedy The Dictator didn't spare us Filipinos from straight-up racism and political incorrectness. Personally, I don't take any offense from liking to talk, work, and sh*t -- I find it quite accurate, don't you? However, Baron-Cohen could use some tips from Russell Peters on mastering his Asian accents. Brokedown Palace Back in 1999, Claire Danes and Kate Beckinsale portrayed best friends who were caught in a drug bust while on vacation in Thailand. The movie, Brokedown Palace, was filmed in several impoverished locations in Manila. After shooting the movie, Danes told Premiere Magazine that Manila "just f*%$ing smelled of cockroaches. There's no sewage system in Manila, and people have nothing there. People with, like, no arms, no legs, no eyes, no teeth. Rats were everywhere." She was also quoted in Vogue describing Manila as "a ghastly and weird city." Many people reacted violently to her sharp tongue, including Hollywood A-listers and even then-president Estrada, who wanted to ban her from setting foot on the Philippines.

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Survivor And no, we don't mean Survivor Philippines hosted by Richard Gutierrez. We mean the 25th season of the American reality show that started it all. It's been a long time coming, but Jeff Probst and the Survivor team has finally landed on our shores. But they are by no means the first to set foot on Caramoan to film the reality show. Caramoan is a favourite for the different franchises of Survivor, including Serbia, Israel, Bulgaria, Sweden, and France. Outwit, outplay, outlast - in any language - is definitely more fun in the Philippines! Twilight As much as you'd like to deny it, Stephanie Meyer's Twilight is an international bestseller. And somewhere in those pages, she mentions the Danag, a creature taken from Filipino lore. We don't know how accurately Meyer portrays the danag because most Filipinos aren't familiar with it themselves. The most we can hope for is that the vampires this side of the world don't sparkle.

 

The Bourne Legacy Even before The Bourne Legacy was released in cinemas, Filipinos were abuzz when Jeremy Renner and Rachel Weisz arrived in Manila to film parts of the movie. I even routed myself through Aurora Boulevard to catch a glimpse of their shoot. Unfortunately, all I saw was our everyday tangle of jeepneys, motorcycles, and buses -- and that's also exactly what went onto the big screen. At the first mention of Manila, the entire theatre sniggered with excitement. The gritty portrayal of our city was as true as they come, sans our security guards speaking with an American twang.

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