I saw this movie way back in 2001 during some Manila filmfest. Anyway I was surprised when i saw this since I thought the MTRCB allowed this to slip by since it contains well... countless amounts of explicit content. And how ignorant of me not to even know who Nick Joaquin was at that time. Anyway soon after i saw the movie my mom explained to me once what it was about but I still didn't get it since she said its about "women ruling the world for 3 days".
Uh excuse me?!! ok I know many of you are gonna flame me, curse me, bash me, maul me or other brutal fantasies you guys might have BUT I'M SORRY I CANNOT UNDERSTAND HOW SEXUAL ZEALOTS BECOME RULERS FOR 3 DAYS!!! FTW!!!
Countless times I wonder how did this even make it to our cultural society when I as a Filipino (though not pure) could not even grasp its concept no matter what. I know I watched it carefully (including the exotic stuff of course) set in the 1900's during the American regime much of Filipino cultures we're under patriarchal influence therefore ownership of women were rampant. So if this is a story depicting how women get equal I just cannot grasp it.
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Like it was said in class, Summer Solstice is not about feminism or anything like it. It's about sexuality in itself, and letting our instincts burst out to battle the rules of society (in this case, the Spanish regime.)
:p @ you
"It's about sexuality in itself, and letting our instincts burst out to battle the rules of society"
oh wow no wonder I never got it.X( but cmon 1900's we were already under American regime(does that matter though?).
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