The Bear Bitch’s Project

"My good opinion, once lost, is lost forever" - Mr. Darcy

In my book, there are few things more serious an offense than speaking ill about my country. You can insult the politicians all you want but don’t dare say anything against the Philippines in general. I know full well that its completely "third world", and that Manila is polluted and noisy, but honestly, mind your manners and keep your opinions to yourself unless you want me to punch your teeth in.

I’m not in denial. Like I said, I’m quite aware of my country’s faults, but for some reason, verbalizing them hits me like a personal insult. I guess its like insulting my mother or something. It has the same vibe as:

"Yo Momma is so fat, she . . ."

"Now, don’t you talk about my Momma like that!" (rolls up sleeves)

So its not surprising at all that top on my list of "People Whose Head I’d Like Served to me on a Platter or at the tip of a Spear" is Claire Danes. When she said all those awful things about the Philippines back in 1999 I swore to myself that I would boycott her projects till my last breath; it was the very least I could do since I couldn’t very well fly to Hollywood and eat her still-beating heart in the marketplace like I so desired. Being the lousy-ass actress that she is, it was quite an easy feat to stick to my promise - until now.

Claire Danes (Zeus, strike her down with lightning) is starring in the movie adaptation of the book Stardust by Neil Gaiman, a book that I really, really like, have read 2x, and whose movie adaptation I’ve been anticipating since it was announced.

Bloody effing hell!

Yes, I know it has been 8 years since she made that "ghastly" comment about Manila but her quasi apology (i.e. reinstatement of her opinion masquerading as an apology)  was just so insincere and inadequate that it was just laughable and I simply cannot force myself to forgive and forget however much I’d like to see the movie.

I’m practically doubled over in frustration. On the one hand, I’m dying to see a book I love translated to the big screen, but on the other hand, I’d rather cut off my pinky toe than pay $7 towards a movie starring that *ahem* witch. At one point I tried to find a loop-hole; maybe i could just wait till they release the movie on DVD and then rent it from the public library - that way I would not be contributing to the Box Office and DVD sales of the movie . . . but it would still go against my principles. Sigh.

It’ll all boil down to curiosity vs. principles.

Will my curiosity get the better of me or will sticking to my principles hold out? Stay tuned.