Post by Admin on Oct 6, 2015 14:38:21 GMT 8
MTRCB summons ‘It’s Showtime’ producers over Pastillas Girl ‘pimping’
In an apparent response to the letter of Gabriela Women’s Party requesting an investigation of the ABS-CBN noontime program “It’s Showtime” for “exploitation of women,” (link: www.interaksyon.com/entertainment/gabriela-urges-mtrcb-to-probe-its-showtime-for-pimping-pastillas-girl/) the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board posted this tweet late Monday night.
The GAD in the tweet stands for Gender and Development which is a committee chaired by actor and MTRCB member Bobby Andrews.
In similar letters earlier sent to the show’s executive producer, Mark Rejano, and MTRCB chairman Atty. Toto Villareal, Gabriela secretary general Joan May Salvador said her organization had received many complaints from concerned citizens “alleging that the show seems to be pimping… Pastillas Girl to various interested men”.
“As an organization dealing with the protection and advancement of women’s right, we cannot dismiss such complaints,” Salvador said in her letters. “We have been consistent in our statement that competition to sell the show and the ratings war should not be done at the expense of women.”
Addressing the issue, the mother of Angelica Jane Yap a.k.a. Pastillas Girl appeared on “It’s Showtime” last September 29 and tearfully denied that she was pimping her daughter.
“Yung sinasabi nila na binubugaw ko ‘yung anak ko, hindi nila alam kung gaano ko kamahal ‘yung anak ko… Hindi ko kayang gawin ‘yun (What they’re saying about me pimping my daughter, I don’t how much I love her but I can’t do that),” said the woman simply referred to in the show as “Mommy Pastillas.”
Pastillas Girl is supposedly the answer of “It’s Showtime” to Maine Mendoza, the Dubsmash sensation better known as Yaya Dub on “Eat Bulaga”. Yap earned her ticket to instant fame with a viral video in which she recites a purported recipe for making pastillas (soft milk candy) that segues into a rant against an unfaithful ex-boyfriend.
As a result of the favorable feedback Pastillas Girl received in her first appearance on “It’s Showtime,” Pastillas Girl has become a regular on the noontime show which created a dating segment called “Nasaan Ka Na, Mr. Pastillas?” in response to her search for a new potential boyfriend among a number of male suitors.
While “It’s Showtime” is still trailing “Eat Bulaga” in the ratings, Pastillas Girl has developed a following of her own and, as a result, ignited an ongoing social media feud between fans of the two shows and their respective segments, “Nasaan Ka Na, Mr. Pastillas?” and the “Kalyeserye” portion of “Eat Bulaga” that features the phenomenal AlDub love team of Alden Richards and Yaya Dub.
In an apparent response to the letter of Gabriela Women’s Party requesting an investigation of the ABS-CBN noontime program “It’s Showtime” for “exploitation of women,” (link: www.interaksyon.com/entertainment/gabriela-urges-mtrcb-to-probe-its-showtime-for-pimping-pastillas-girl/) the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board posted this tweet late Monday night.
The GAD in the tweet stands for Gender and Development which is a committee chaired by actor and MTRCB member Bobby Andrews.
In similar letters earlier sent to the show’s executive producer, Mark Rejano, and MTRCB chairman Atty. Toto Villareal, Gabriela secretary general Joan May Salvador said her organization had received many complaints from concerned citizens “alleging that the show seems to be pimping… Pastillas Girl to various interested men”.
“As an organization dealing with the protection and advancement of women’s right, we cannot dismiss such complaints,” Salvador said in her letters. “We have been consistent in our statement that competition to sell the show and the ratings war should not be done at the expense of women.”
Addressing the issue, the mother of Angelica Jane Yap a.k.a. Pastillas Girl appeared on “It’s Showtime” last September 29 and tearfully denied that she was pimping her daughter.
“Yung sinasabi nila na binubugaw ko ‘yung anak ko, hindi nila alam kung gaano ko kamahal ‘yung anak ko… Hindi ko kayang gawin ‘yun (What they’re saying about me pimping my daughter, I don’t how much I love her but I can’t do that),” said the woman simply referred to in the show as “Mommy Pastillas.”
Pastillas Girl is supposedly the answer of “It’s Showtime” to Maine Mendoza, the Dubsmash sensation better known as Yaya Dub on “Eat Bulaga”. Yap earned her ticket to instant fame with a viral video in which she recites a purported recipe for making pastillas (soft milk candy) that segues into a rant against an unfaithful ex-boyfriend.
As a result of the favorable feedback Pastillas Girl received in her first appearance on “It’s Showtime,” Pastillas Girl has become a regular on the noontime show which created a dating segment called “Nasaan Ka Na, Mr. Pastillas?” in response to her search for a new potential boyfriend among a number of male suitors.
While “It’s Showtime” is still trailing “Eat Bulaga” in the ratings, Pastillas Girl has developed a following of her own and, as a result, ignited an ongoing social media feud between fans of the two shows and their respective segments, “Nasaan Ka Na, Mr. Pastillas?” and the “Kalyeserye” portion of “Eat Bulaga” that features the phenomenal AlDub love team of Alden Richards and Yaya Dub.
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