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Mr. Antipas Delotavo just gave us the blessing to use his artwork for the daily random discussion threads. Became a fan of his after seeing today’s painting on Podium mall’s Art Lounge a few years ago.
Bukas na screening ng Barbenheimer, mga ka-Plema. Adbans tayo sa U.S., eh
Just picked up our tickets, going for Oppenheimer then Barbie tomorrow. Sana konti lang manonood bukas.
Have my tickets for tomorrow lunch na. Not accompanying the wife for Barbie, though. So, she’s watching on another day. 😆
Edit: Told her I will join with Barbie after seeing Phil Dy’s tweet. Wala pa nga lang araw when, but likely before the weekend. Same day isn’t possible because of work.
Weekend pa ako free but Phil Dy stated that Barbie is one of the most thoughtful films [he has] seen all year.
Barbieheimer pa more
Just a random German here. Please don’t trivialize the Holocaust. Thank you.
Hello! If you’re referring to the posted artwork, let me offer some context. The people depicted are Filipino low-income laborers.
The art can be read as saying, “Capitalists are the new Nazi.” With what’s going on in the world, I don’t think it’s a trivial statement. It’s a warning.
Going by our depressingly low literacy rates, proliferation of fake news/disinformation, a malfunctioning quality of education, and dramatic increase of malnutrition, we can’t fully promise that. 😔
There’s also memes. Memes are arguably more likely to trivialize issues even if it was not the intent. I was surprised to learn when a friend talked about a stuff toy their kid wanted. They were not familiar with the character/s until I gathered from their description that the kid wanted countryballs merch.
But what’s alarming is that the kid seemed like they enjoyed memes around Nazi Germany and Russia as if they’re Saturday morning cartoon anti-heroes.
They are referring to the cover image used for this daily post, which closely resembles the Nazi concentration camps’ (most likely Auschwitz here) entrance
This painting was made in 2020 during the height of the COVID pandemic. Filipino laborers were being forced (or have no choice but) to come to work without the option of WFH or the luxuries others have. Some of them are also being executed for violating quarantine when purchasing essentials and not having the benefit of Grab or deliveries.
In some ways, it also ties into their other concerns like income inequality and capitalism being bad, as someone mentioned already.
It’s not making a 1:1 comparison to Auschwitz (I think that goes without saying - it’s a catastrophically reprehensible event without equal), but merely using the imagery around it as inspiration.
Morning to every Phlemmy out there