Imelda, in my opinion, is smart - in her own ways. Because of the power she holds due to politics, she was able to control the nation's growth and at the same time, cover up the reality that has been happening in the Philippines. Politics play a key role in the development of a society. First of all, it has the power (or money) to control over almost anything. For instance, Imelda specifically allocated a lot of money to the expansion of the Arts and Culture in the Philippines, like funding for the creation of CCP and PICC. Why? Because she can. She has the political power and money to do so. She wanted to portray Philippines as a country of exuberant art and culture, however, Filipinos are not as exuberant as her. During the interview about the failed assassination of Imelda Marcos, she has said that she wanted to be stabbed by something more beautiful rather than just a plain old bolo. This signifies how much power and money corrupted her, that even in her death she wished of something beautiful and extravagant.
As for the documentary, we could see different sides of Imelda. Of course, we saw the troubling times during the Marcos era, but we also see her creative and imaginative side, especially the part where she derived the symbol of peace using the cosmos and man. It might quite sound a bit off and just mere babbles to us, but we may never know. It can be true that these connections were true.
This is what is hard for the society. We are easy to judge based on acts, no matter how big or small. Who are we to judge her? Maybe the reason why Imelda has done all this is because it really was her way of thinking - the idea that this is the right thing to do.
We see int his documentary how politics greatly affects the society.
PATRON, Pia Cassandra
2013-14845
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