Industry leader backs ad pull-out from 'Willing Willie'

Posted at 04/06/2011 4:20 PM | Updated as of 04/07/2011 7:57 AM

MANILA, Philippines - Retired advertising industry leader and now Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) chairperson Emily Abrera encouraged other advertisers to follow the lead of companies that have already pulled out their ads from Willie Revillame's game show, "Willing Willie."

She said this is a proactive way for companies to encourage quality programming on local television.

Revillame's show got the ire of government agencies and other individuals after his show featured a 6-year-old boy, Jan-Jan, crying while supposedly made to do a lewd dance.

"I laud their action. That is the action that advertisers should do," Abrera said.

Facebook pages and Twitter users are calling for more action against Revillame and his show.

But according to Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Armin Luistro, not one sector should be blamed for the incident.

"This is a collective problem. It's because of poverty, at kawalan ng moral values at edukasyon," Luistro said.

Luistro and Abrera agreed that there are already laws to avoid similar acts on TV, but audiences should be more vigilant over what is being shown.

"The MTRCB (Movie and Television Review and Classification Board) should be more critical of our TV shows," Abrera said.

Clinical psychologist Marisa Marin of the MLAC Institute for Children and Families said parents and children are confused over the value system presented on TV. The institute plans to hold workshops in depressed areas to address the issue.

She cited how some parents don't see anything wrong in Jan-Jan impersonating the body movements of a macho dancer on the game show. She noted that they even defended Jan-Jan's dancing.

"Dapat maturuan sila kung kailan nagkakaroon ng abuso, at dapat maging aware sila na inaabuso na sila," Marin said.

Revillame's network, TV5, meanwhile, announced that they have appointed an internal Ombudsman and a standards advisory board to follow stricter guidelines in programming.

A probe is already being undertaken by the MTRCB, Department of Social Welfare and Development, and the Commission on Human Rights.


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Willing-Willie is truly a

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Willing-Willie is truly a GREAT FALLACY TO EVERY FILIPINO! Ask yourself guys.. Will you allow your son which is a minor dancing an “IMMORAL” macho dance just for a P10,000? Is 10,00 pesos worth your living wherein fact, you are gradually degrading and putting yourself into the fires of money? OH ANUNG KAHIBANGAN IYAN. Hindi lang pera ang nagpapatakbo ng ating buhay.. HINDI MO DAPAT IPAGSAPALARAN ANG IYONG SARILI PARA SA LIBONG PERA NA MAKUKUHA MO LANG SA ISANG SAYAW. Talagang walang maidudulot na maganda ang Willing Willie sa ating mentalidad at disposisyon sa buhay. Sa halip na nagbabanat ng buto tayo ay hayan, naghihintay at araw-araw na pumipila para lamang sa perang pansamantala lamang at hindi naman makapagbibigay ng stable life sa kaninuman unless you have to work for it. Eto namang si Willie, hindi marunong mag-isip. Kung ano ang gusto niya, yun ang dapat masunod. Alam ng di dapat gawin ng bata, di pa pinigilan! Siya ang producer ng show, responsibilidad niyang isecure ang takbo ng show! Puro yabang, pakitang tao kahit na paulit niyang sinsabing totoo siya just because marami siyang pera. Tinakot pa ang mga sponsors na magbaback-out dahil sa laganap na MALING URI NG KATATAWANAN AT FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT na dapat panoorin ng ating mga kabataan. Huh..Makakarma din yang Willie Revillame na yan.. MASYADONG MAYABANG at kahit na ipagkalandakan mo pa sa ibang tao na sinsabihan kang mayabang at sinsabi mong totoong tao ka para kampihan at mahalin ka nila, sa mata ng lumikha, hindi na tama ang ginagawa mo. Mga kapatid, pag-isipan mo at baka NALILIGAW KA NG LANDAS ng dahil sa PERA LAMANG.


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Willing-Willie is truly a GREAT FALLACY TO EVERY FILIPINO! Ask yourself guys.. Will you allow your son which is a minor dancing an “IMMORAL” macho dance just for a P10,000? Is 10,00 pesos worth your living wherein fact, you are gradually degrading and putting yourself into the fires of money? OH ANUNG KAHIBANGAN IYAN. Hindi lang pera ang nagpapatakbo ng ating buhay.. HINDI MO DAPAT IPAGSAPALARAN ANG IYONG SARILI PARA SA LIBONG PERA NA MAKUKUHA MO LANG SA ISANG SAYAW. Talagang walang maidudulot na maganda ang Willing Willie sa ating mentalidad at disposisyon sa buhay. Sa halip na nagbabanat ng buto tayo ay hayan, naghihintay at araw-araw na pumipila para lamang sa perang pansamantala lamang at hindi naman makapagbibigay ng stable life sa kaninuman unless you have to work for it. Eto namang si Willie, hindi marunong mag-isip. Kung ano ang gusto niya, yun ang dapat masunod. Alam ng di dapat gawin ng bata, di pa pinigilan! Siya ang producer ng show, responsibilidad niyang isecure ang takbo ng show! Puro yabang, pakitang tao kahit na paulit niyang sinsabing totoo siya just because marami siyang pera. Tinakot pa ang mga sponsors na magbaback-out dahil sa laganap na MALING URI NG KATATAWANAN AT FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT na dapat panoorin ng ating mga kabataan. Huh..Makakarma din yang Willie Revillame na yan.. MASYADONG MAYABANG at kahit na ipagkalandakan mo pa sa ibang tao na sinsabihan kang mayabang at sinsabi mong totoong tao ka para kampihan at mahalin ka nila, sa mata ng lumikha, hindi na tama ang ginagawa mo. Mga kapatid, pag-isipan mo at baka NALILIGAW KA NG LANDAS ng dahil sa PERA LAMANG.


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