The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

September 5, 2007

Because our boss is a well-known photographer, he will be featured on a scoop. We, the employees, just received an announcement stating that CNA (Channel News Asia, a Singaporean cable channel) will be here in the office tomorrow morning.

And so we are required to be punctual and to do abso-positi-lutely nothing besides work the whole time, to project an illusion image that we are very productive.

Appearing on TV should make me as excited as someone about to give birth, but I couldn't care less even if it's CNN doing the scoop. I'm not a TV guy, and have this been local TV or Fox News, I might have erupted snide remarks, Tyler Durden style. Why do I hate TV so much? Because it's so fake! The materials there are screened, cut, edited and censored, until the only messages left are that the world is okay, the government is okay, life is one big beauty contest and that we should binge on mass-consumerism (all of these, of course, are mere skimmings of the surface). I don't need all these junk. Step into the real world and I'm always met by contradictions that are never televised.

Anyway, the last thing I need is to see my colleagues acting phony, with all these obligatory gussy-ups for a pursuit of fame. Alas, being around them has made me acutely aware of what they may do. They will dress grandiloquently and feign formality just to be mediagenic. And, of course, they'll pretend that everyone is in good terms and that there's no such a thing as cliques or demarcation - not the truth. That should be a sight to behold. Imagine, candor compromised by artificiality for the disguise of “pleasantry” (which is synonymous to “perfection”, which is always based on personal and cultural biases).

As for me, I wouldn't EVER trade my real identity for a made-for-TV mask. Lost in the marsh flooded by censorship, deception and dishonesty, I believe in sincerity, or in the immortal words of Gil Scott Heron, “You can be so very beautiful when you are who you are”. We are sheep, but let's not BAAAA to a deceitful shepherd, eh?


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just tell me when your segment will be aired in Channel News Asia. Aabangan ko yan! :)

Posted by marien at September 5, 2007, 12:59 pm

Oh great, just when I’m openly grousing, out comes a friend (Marien is a precious friend) who wants to see me on TV! Hahaha! Complication. Indecision. What to do? The outlook is decidedly blue…

I sure hope I don’t appear on TV though. After all, I am a phantom who makes entrances and exits without footprints.

Posted by nightdreamer at September 5, 2007, 1:05 pm

even schools asking for PAASCU accreditation do something similar: teach the lesson today for the visitors tomorrow to see how intelligent and effective the teaching methods are at school.

Posted by dhey at September 5, 2007, 2:48 pm

Oh God, dhey, you just reminded me of what my high school used to do.

I studied in a Chinese school owned by network of Taiwanese. A few of them (primarily those sharing co-ownerships to the one primarily in charge) would come visit only once per year, and to me those are the most dreaded times of a school year. Our principal and administrators would force us to sing or dance in front of these visitors, and all the time I keep thinking: “Is this supposed to be a performance arts school?” I’m all for expressing talents, but aren’t there specialty schools for those? I’m not kidding if I say we waste a lot of time just putting up a show to amuse visitors, as opposed to actually studying.

Eradicate phonies.

Posted by nightdreamer at September 5, 2007, 3:04 pm

Life can sometimes be one big drama. We act parts dictated by those in power. Not quite orchestrated but expected to follow with blind abandon. Its about time we change this and what a better way than to show them the reality.

Too much theatrics on tv even for mainstream media which cloaks the truth of how life really is.

But I’d love to see you on tv.

Posted by Schumey at September 5, 2007, 4:54 pm

I like TV but I don’t wanna see my face in one. The only thing I watch on Tv are newsprograms.

Posted by Daniel Ted at September 5, 2007, 6:08 pm

I, on the other hand, wouldn’t take the news too seriously. I refuse to believe that what they report is entirely unbiased, is uncontrolled by the government, and is a candid view to the state of the world. It’s like what Schumey said: the truth of how life really is is cloaked by the higher-ups.

I mean, geez, soldiers are dying in Iraq, and guess who’s on the headlines? Michael Vicks. These media people has serious priority issues.

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