3/9/2024 0 Comments Anekdota ng kilalang taoI do not have any plan of writing a movie script but I really enjoyed reading Lee’s references to the Tagalog movies I grew up watching in the 80’s and 90’s when I was still a young man. ![]() That ability to make audience believe is a mark of a good scriptwriter. Then, he saved the best for last, third, are those who don’t get to arrive in Quiapo and end up in another place but can make us believe that the place is Quiapo. Second, those who do not take the known route, i.e., use other roads, and probably pass by other districts, but still end up in Quiapo. He explained that there are 3 types of writers: First, those writers who use the known route and go straight to Quiapo. The author, the most prolific (in my opinion) writer in Philippine showbiz industry, Ricky Lee used this title as an analogy for three kinds of writers with Quiapo as the metaphor for a good story. Trip to Quiapo is a scriptwriting manual. ![]() That was in the early 80’s when Manila was just a city and not yet a metro. He explained that all jeepneys in the city pass through Quiapo, being the center of the city. When I was a young fresh high school graduate and about to go to the city to enter college, my father told me that if I lost my way, I only have to look for the jeepney that has “Quiapo” on its side. Quiapo is a district in the City of Manila, the capital of the Philippines.
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