This may just be my opinion, but Mailes Kanapi gave the single best audition in the 2-day open casting call set up by the CCP for all the Cinemalaya entries this year. As Mailes enters the audition hall, Vives Asuncion, one of the panelists jovially heckles her: “What are you doing here? You’re overqualified!” After Mailes gave her audition monologue, the whole MKP hall momentarily fell silent, and then everyone applauded. I have been a fan of Mailes ever since I saw her in the one-woman play The Return of Flor. I was happy for, like, days after seeing that play. Having seen the play gave me a natural high. I was happy not for any other reason, but just because people were stageing something that I really liked, even if I had absolutely nothing to with the staging of that play.
*(My Fake American Accent)
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jhoonb // June 12, 2008 at 5:47 am |
I have heard a lot about the Cinemalaya projects. I am looking forward to watch some if not all of the film entries. MFAA would be number one in my list. I am a huge fan of Mailes Kanapi.