This series is best described by the beginning line from Charles Dickens novel, “A Tale of Two Cities”: “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.” In other words, this story had such salient and poignant moments in it and then it slipped into cartoonish and hackneyed over-the-top silliness, not worthy of the story. It almost seemed schizophrenic in nature.
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BL Mini-Bytes
This week was bonkers with a surreptitious downpour of exclusives and concerning news updates. We haven’t had a single moment to rest with the BL industry churning out more shows/dramas than we could catch up with. While the downpour doesn’t seem to cease for now, let’s catch up with upcoming Asian BLs/GLs on the block!
“Marahuyo Project” Series Review (Ep.1 to 8)
This Pinoy BL is everything one can wish for in the genre. It’s witty, inclusive, empowering, shows the power of solidarity and strength in numbers that is fundamental to the queer community, while also highlighting the challenges most societies still face with backwards thinking homophobes and transphobes. While queer representation is quite high, there are rising sentiments of queerphobia throughout the world, even in the West and it is important to continue to highlight and uplift queer voices that are too quickly erased in the world, as was done to Baylan Nalundasan in Marahuyo.
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“Sparks Camp Season Two” Series Review (Ep.3 to 8)
I never thought that I could get addicted to a reality dating show, but “Sparks Camp” proved me wrong!
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The Dawn of a New Era- With “Sparks Camp” Director Theodore Boborol
Reality television seems to be the recent trend, with countries like South Korea, Japan and Philippines jumping into the foray. While dating shows have been omnipresent for quite sometime; queer representation was almost nonexistent. Stemming past the rampant negligence & abundant homophobia, dating shows are now more daring in their portrayal of homosexuality. But does a dating show only revolve around the emotional sojourn of the contestants?
Join us as we answer this question in our intriguing exchange with “Sparks Camp” Director Theodore Boborol. The show is gaining popularity across the globe and the impact is truly commendable!
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Weekend Exclusives
We are winding up the long week with some interesting tidbits from the industry. These include some long awaited surprises, staples that were overdue. If you have been anticipating these releases, then you will be in a blissful state with the latest updates!
Reality Television at it’s Best or Worst- “His Man S3, Sparks Camp S2 & The Boyfriend”
Gone are the days when we had to hook up on western shows for our fix of queer reality dating, we have our own Asian versions now & they are truly enterprising!
“Sparks Camp Season Two” First Impressions (Ep.1 & 2)
Black Sheep and ABS-CBN Studios are back with the second season of their queer reality dating series Sparks Camp. Beating major competition from their Korean counterpart, “His Man Season Three”, Sparks Camp 2 has grown bolder and versatile. The contestants this season seem much more mature and yet vulnerable; that’s as real as it gets on reality television. They had some interesting stories to share and I like the Season Two contestants far better than the prequel; it could be because of the slight change in the format too. Most dating shows follow a formulaic concept, tried and tested, which gets boring as time passes. The first two episodes had some surprising elements, so let’s get down to the business of reviewing. After all, “First Impressions” are important!
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Midweek Updates
Unassumingly, the weekend didn’t bring much news about upcoming shows. As the Pride Month comes to a joyful end, the momentum seems to be down. That doesn’t mean, we are slacking at our job; neither are the social media outlets who are campaigning their new shows gearing up for release. All in all, this was an eventful month!
Weekend Exclusives
Being Pride Month means that the celebrations don’t cease to exist. While everyone is still overwhelmed about same sex marriage being legalized in Thailand, the potpourri of queer culture; we have a consistent out pour of trailers and new updates. Suffice to say, our newsroom is atypically busy these days!
The BL Xpress 