CommTheories-For Finals

1. GANITO KAMI NOON, PAANO KAYO NGAYON?
Ganito Kami Noon, Paano Kayo Ngayon? is a story of an uneducated and arrogant young man named Kulas who is searching and keep on asking to every people he will talk with of who or what is a “Filipino”. A pure Spanish and pure Chinese friend of him told him that they were Filipinos because they were born on the country (Philippines). Seems like being born in the country is the main criteria. The movie wanted to portray and to present the true meaning of being a Filipino. As the story proceed, we could see and realize that being a “Filipino” does not matter only or does not have a meaning of just being born in the country. Because it’s the heart for the land that counts. We could see in the movie those revolutionaries who have that strong courage to go and fight the foreigners who keep on ruling the country under their unjust system and authority. See? True Filipinos do not just sit and allowing themselves to be a slave of strangers in their own land. As much as they could, with all their might and heart, they would fight to save and to get back their rights and their lives as well.
The movie also presents how our country face its struggles in establishing its cultural identity. It shows how cheap a life of an individual costs to a colonizer before, how rude and how easy it is for the aliens of the land to shot, punch and imprison Filipino people. It tries to awaken our love for our country and to strengthen our nationalism.
The movie evidently depicts Interpersonal Deception Theory. It showed how Diding (a woman who wants nothing but fame and wealth and she’s the love interest of Kulas) and Don Tibor (a greedy Visayan Lawyer of Kulas, who also has an interest with Diding), made Kulas be fooled and be manipulated in their own ways. They used Kulas’ innocence for them to enjoy and abuse his kindness and their part on Kulas’ wealth as well. It is the time when his Chinese friend, Lim, who helped him in many circumstances and in many ways that made Kulas’ vision and maturity awaken towards his life and the present situation of his country.
Katanyag, Melody S.
BACR II-1