FINAL THOUGHTS The Viral Event No need to reheat the issue and offer a blow-by-blow account. I don't mind discussing it in person, but on the internet, things become weaponized. Once they do, we engage in the kind of discourse that devolves into commodified noise. In the end, we change nothing while giving social media companies everything. Let's not play that game for once. Suffice it to say, thirty minutes before the event, sensing what was about to take place, we made the deliberate...

QUEZON v AGUINALDO You Can't Lose With Quezon! The Bataan Miting de Avance. A fictional meeting of the three camps, but with speeches and events derived from the books. The entire scene, from start to finish, took two days to shoot, with around 50 shots to cover all necessary angles, reactions, and spatial relationships. To be honest, I could've used a few more shots to really sell the drama but we couldn't afford to add more. Also, we could've used maybe a hundred more extras, but aside...

QUEZON v AGUINALDO You Can't Lose With Quezon! Despite his mestizo lineage, Quezon didn't come from a rich family. That is why the support his lavandera gave him during the gubernatorial campaign—she provided meals for his supporters using her own life savings—meant so much to him. It's a great underdog tale, but of course, by this point in his life, Quezon already had the necessary support of the Americans. His opponents proved no match for Quezon's tactical alliance with the...