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So I went incognito on pop-star stan twitter because for some reason trending si Sharlene
and I was like "bakit siya trending anong meron"
but nope
just stan twitter being stan twitter
so mostly I paid no mind.
Pero na-realize ko:
mga taga-Goin' Bulilit sila, right?
it makes sense
that the audience who grew up watching that show
would also bias these stars once they grow up
like it's such an obvious thing to happen
but I'm still kinda taken aback
maybe because I wasn't into celeb culture and never have
but yeah
these kids grow up
puberty hits
and being hella rich from TV money and fame
it goes well for them than it is for plebs
and they become hot
they become more marketable
just in time for them to enter college
and be a bit more set to get back in the spotlight
as absolutely beautiful people.
Tapos lahat ng mga nakapanood sa kanila naa mga bata (tsaka parents at mga tita rin)
get all hot and bothered kasi nga ganito ganyan
naging endorser or may theme song or NASA teleserye or nasa PBB
all of that I get logically
but emotionally I'm simultaneously "yeah they're hot"
and also "THIS is what you're all getting worked up for, really?"
like
very clear sign of media culture and capitalism and all other school shit that no one has time to learn
and also because they really just look so good
it helps that unlike Hollywood
talagang emphasized yung "study first".
Doesn't matter na nanalo ka sa The Voice o sa Tawag ng Tanghalan
dapat nakapagtapos ka
kasi hindi forever ang pagiging artists
ganung advice
and totoo naman kasi
then just take a year to get back into celeb training
you already got the parents a house and car
you're set for life.
They already know you as "that good singer who won all the things"
leave it to Star Magic or something for the rebrand
and it works so consistently well
it's honestly scary.
like I tell ya
if it wasn't for all the horror stories of past child stars meeting bad ends everywhere
and that "finish school first" doctrine
baka iba ang kahinatnan nila ngayon.
TL;DR:
kids become teens
and old man yells at screen
(but not angrily or despondently; I'm a millennial, I'm basically elder brother material)