Online Petition Against Carlo J. Caparas National Artist Naming
By Rico, 7:07 am Mon Aug 3 2009 - Featured, News - 52 Opinions
Last Thursday saw the naming of new National Artists, among them Carlo J. Caparas. Reaction varied from disbelief to shock, the latter represented by an online petition attempting to gather enough names to protest Caparas’ appointment.
The petition, found here, criticizes the naming of Carlo J. Caparas as a National Artist for Visual Arts and Film. While it recognizes “the work and accomplishments of Caparas within the comic book industry as well as television and film, the petition also wonders how “someone who has made a living exploiting the lowest common denominator in films” was able to get the honor.
The petition also points out Caparas’ apparent lack of Visual Arts contribution, asserting that he was a comic writer, not an illustrator as covered under the guidelines in naming a National Artist for the Visual Arts.
This online drive also voices a common argument against Caparas’ appointment, a particular point that also makes critics of President GMA froth in the mouth:
Our objection and resolve are strengthened by news that have recently come to light that Carlo J. Caparas did not go through the rigorous selection and assesment process of the National Artists voting board. Carlo J. Caparas is a SNAG, or “Singit National Artist ni Gloria”. It is through this Presidential insertion process that a person who is not qualified to be National Artist manages to be one.
What do you think? Personally, I’m not that familiar with the works of Caparas—and many other local artists. Though I’m sure his reputation as the director of sensationally-titled films like Lipa Arandia Massacre (Lord Deliver Us from Evil)—and the naming of executive director of the commission selecting National Artists as a National Artist—definitely doesn’t help his case.
Konsento_arts
10:10 am Mon Aug 3 2009
Caparas wasn’t in the FINAL FOUR that was submitted by the commitee to the Malacanang… obviously, he was inserted by some “powerful hands” in the arts close to the President.
National Artist should be awarded FIRST to FRANCISCO V. COCHING, who was the writer AND illustrator of over 60 komiks-novels (50 of which adapted to movies).
Probe CJC
3:03 pm Mon Aug 3 2009
Sorry kung inuna nila yung “buhay” pa. Para naman mapahalagahan niya pa. Yung patay naman kayang mag-intay habang buhay diba? Una-una lang din yan, ok?
GM Tristan
1:01 am Tue Aug 4 2009
Ipakain kay Zuma!
Ay! Sya ba nagsulat nun? Lolz
Disappointed
1:01 am Tue Aug 4 2009
@Probe CJC
anong klaseng paliwanag yan? porke’t buhay pa eh siya ang uunahin? ang pinag-babasehan dito ay ang kwalipikasyon sa tamang proseso.
john porter
8:08 am Tue Aug 4 2009
i’m ashamed enraged disgusted and filled with anger and hatred at how the arroyo government manipulates every facet of filipino society by shoving down our throats their crap, their will, their arrogance, and their bad taste AD NAUSEAM…SHAME ON YOU CARLO CAPARAS! THAT HONOR IS RESERVED FOR PERSONS MORE DESERVING THAN YOURSELF! IF YOU HAD ANY INTEGRITY, IF THERE WAS ANY TRUTH IN YOU, YOU WOULD NOT ACCEPT THIS SHAM! SHAME ON YOU GLORIA ARROYO!!! FOR PERPETRATING YET ANOTHER SHAM!!! VOX POPULI VOX DEI! NOT GLORIA ARROYOS!!! SIC SEMPER TYRANUS!!!
Probe CJC
11:11 am Tue Aug 4 2009
@ Disappointed
So kaya mong patunayan na hindi “tama” yung ginawa nilang process?
Patunayan mo nga?
Ebidensya mo?
Kung wala kang mapapakita na “legal na dokumento” mamundok ka nalang.
Wala lang talaga kayong magawa.
Probe CJC
11:11 am Tue Aug 4 2009
@ john porter
Kailan pa ba nawala ang galit at poot ng mga pilipino sa kapwa nila pilipino?
Ilang beses nyo na bang sinabi na binababoy tayo ng ating gobyerno?
Bakit kasi hindi KAYO-KAYO nalang ang mamuno sa bansa nato kung laging alam nyo na kayo lang ang TAMA.
Mga hangal!
bursky
11:11 am Tue Aug 4 2009
inasmuch as i appreciate his works, most specially Panday, and his advocacy of the Filipino Komiks, i can’t help but say that the movies he made just leave a bad taste in the mouth.
i would pick Mars Ravelo over him, if it were only based on comics. sorry CJC. i don’t think you deserve the title. i really feel others are more deserving. both alive and dead.
earl digo
7:07 am Wed Aug 5 2009
why not hold the national artist awards every five years para bumalik ang prestige? gma agaub shows her penchant for bad taste.
Ishmael Ahab
11:11 am Wed Aug 5 2009
Mas mabuti pa na pinili yung gumawa ng Combatron sa Funny Komiks. Pangit kasi ng ka-epalan ni Caparas eh.
observer
10:10 am Thu Aug 6 2009
…CARLO J. CAPARAS??? ARE KIDD’N ME???!!!!! AGAINST DOLPHY?????….
CARLO??? WALA TALAGANG TASTE MGA TAGA GOBYERNO….UN LANG…..
KAKAHIYA…KAYO!!!!
taga Visayas (from where Caparas supposedly hailed)
10:10 am Thu Aug 6 2009
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3rd msg:
I HAIL ALL ARTISTS WHO DO NOT CATER TO “MAFIANISM”. I HAIL THEIR SENSE OF PROFESSIONALISM…
MAY ALL PROFESSIONS BE LIKE THIS.. not in the context of condemning the substandards, but in the context of good “idealism” and right “light” and “love”, which should be the propelling factors in achieving what we believe we are destined to achieve in this world, created by God and therefore, should be showered only with Godly deeds and intentions!….Godness, added with one more “o” is simply Goodness, after all…
1st msg:
Pres. GMA should not be biased in favor of a Visayan (Caparas comes from Bohol I think?).
She should not be biased just because Caparas was taken as Director by Pacquiao. For Pacquiao’s having a clean,great image and perfection in his craft… yet choosing a substandard Director, is such a very sad and sorry story.
She should respect the process of CCP and the National Artists with it.
She should know that Caparas started with komiks with bold horror and XXX sex stories/pictures, sold at sidewalks before at very cheap prices… making it overly accessible to young and old ordinary Filipinos alike… contributing to the immorality and corruption of some Filipinos’ minds. You know how Marcos tolerated sexual immorality among Filipinos durig his time, what with the proliferation of bold actors/actresses and bold R rated or XXX movies, which was rode on by Caparas, allowing him to gain some fortune…
Does Caparas’ deserve this honor? NOT AT ALL.
Many artists cater to NUDE arts, not because they want to make lots of money out of it, but out of natural gusto… yet they are mostly discrete in showing such works…displaying them only in expensive or exclusive art exhibits, expensive magazines… unlike Caparas who tapped the poor population but at the same time, corrupted their minds, hearts and even spirits.
This is Caparas? Yes, and YES again, he does not deserve the National Artist honor at all.
msg2:
CAPARAS’ MEANS TO “STARDOM” CANNOT JUSTIFY HIS END. WHETHER HE PASSED THE STANDARDS OR NOT, HIS MEANS IS IMMORAL, CATERING TO THE IMMORAL “KILITI” OF UNCIVILIZED OR INNOCENT OR IGNORANT OR SIMPLY “POOR-MINDED” FILIPINOS DURING MARCOS ERA. IF HE IS TRULY A BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIAN (HE IS?), HE SHOULD KNOW THIS AND HAVE THE DELIKADEZA OF DECLINING SUCH AN AWARD. HE SIMPLY DOES NOT REPRESENT WHAT A FILIPINO SHOULD STAND FOR. (granting many filipinos are immoral, should we brandish them and all the more award them and greatly at that?)
Pres. GMA – your background, so far, is clean unlike Caparas. You implemented ideas and projects which served the Filipinos good and well (regardless of questions from the opposition). You should not tow down to the level of Caparas… unlike Pacquiao. Pacquiao’s project for Caparas is only a movie… your AWARD is a national award! This has a very big impact to Philippine history. You cannot possibly include a substandard artist (as his co-artists say of him) in this National Award, just because he is a Visayan (from Bohol? and his wife, a former first class protitute from Cebu?) and he is tapped by Pacquiao as his personal movie director! God fearing rules and delikadeza simply says you cannot do so, even if he probably ”donated” to your coffers there in Malacanang. Did he? If he gets angry in case you take him out of the awardees list.. you can always return his donation after all… My goodness, you are already wealthy even before Caparas became wealthy…You cannot possibly level with their ways!…
You cannot compare Caparas to Mary Magdalene, whose way to ”sainthood stardom” was not deliberately started with prostitution to gain fortune and fame…Magdalene rejected all her former ways when she embraced Jesus Christ and His principles in her life. She did not fight for honor. She was made a saint (but did not fight for it) by RC, as a model that even the worst sinner can be totally changed by Christ!(but only up to this point). If Caparas is truly a born-again Christian, then he should have the sensibility not to accept and even fight for this award, as he truly does not deserve this, amidst furor among his co-artists and many sensible Filipinos!
Unlike some medical doctors who cater to “mafianism” in their hunger to be recognized (identifying and defending a co-doctor, who was/is politically-anomalously recognized in Cebu), I hope you will let professionalism prevail….especially in this controversy where the contested artist(s) are truly questionable….
and undeserving…
Jamie Santos
11:11 am Thu Aug 6 2009
Nakakahiya sa mga previous winners. It’s short of saying na ka-level lang ni Lino Brocka si Carlo J. Caparas, ang layo naman ng “Jaguar” sa “Lipa Massacre”! Malinaw na pambabastos naman ito sa mga National Artists…
Jamie Santos
11:11 am Thu Aug 6 2009
@PROBE CJC
Anung hinahanap mong ebidensya? Ikaw ang maglabas ng ebidensya kung bakit siya dapat nanalo! O baka naman ikaw mismo si Carlo J Caparas?
Kaldict
12:12 pm Thu Aug 6 2009
sana isinanabay na nilang gawing national artist si Dolphy. dahil sa pangagaya niya sa slapstick comedy ni Chaplin, at iba pang antics na insulto sa tamang kaisipan. marami nga nagawang nobela si Carlo Caparas pero kagaya ni DOlphy, mga recycled naman ang tema at karamihan pa ay base sa mga kwento at karacter na pangakanluran(western). maliban sa mga massacre movies na me weird na mga pangalan, wala siyang orihinal na katha. Higit sa lahat wala siyang nagawa bagay na pwedeng ipagmalaki sa buong mundo. Gawin na ring National Arsits sila si Lito Camo, Ogie Alcasid, atbp mga walang kwentang artists (kuno) na patuloy na sinisira ang musikang pilipino sa pagawa nila ng mga kantang walang kakwenta kwenta!