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Jay (2008)

CENSURING TV ‘INFOTAINMENT’
BY LITO B. ZULUETA

IN FRANCIS XAVIER Pasion’s mordant “Jay,” the brutal killing of a gay TV employee in his own pad in Manila occasions a media scramble. TV journalist Jay (Baron Geisler), the victim’s namesake, gets to the family in Pampanga ahead of the pack, lures the relatives to Manila and turns out a footage of the mother breaking down at the sight of her carrion-son at the morgue. High TV drama, except that it was staged. Finding the footage damaged after the victim had been buried, Jay had asked the woman to repeat the “breakdown.” She had performed like a pro. This is what televiewers see. Read complete review

CINEMA GETS BACK AT TELEVISION
BY BUTCH FRANCISCO

MEDIA HAD ALWAYS been very useful—at disseminating news and information, providing public service and exposing society’s ills, especially corruption in the government. Read complete review

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