Plato and Aristotle speak of the same genre- imitation. If Plato said that everything is an imitation of an imitation, Aristotle however said that there’s only a degree of which of these objects may be imitated. What Aristotle is saying is that, the entire totality of the object may not be necessarily be imitated but the essence will still be present to the object being imitated. Complicated again huh?
Well, it’s like this. If a person, let’s say Manny Pacquiao, who was imitated by Jericho Rosales for The Manny Pacquiao The Movie, Jericho Rosales didn’t have to look, talk, and act or even sing like Manny. He just had to feel the essence of Manny’s life story in order for him to present to the viewers what kind of life Manny Pacquiao had. Even though he didn’t imitate Manny Pacquiao’s features 100%, the essence of Manny Pacquiao in Jericho Rosales was seen. It’s just so happened that Jericho Rosales has a straight Tagalog accent that’s why it’s also hard for viewers to contemplate. =p But aside from that, the role was given justice by Echo.
Last Friday, Tuhog became our favorite movie. Nyahaha. To some, actually. :) It was not really a sexy film for nothing because as a viewer, you could also learn something from it. What the movie had shown was that, an imitation can go over exaggerated and the nature of the piece of artwork will immediately transform to something else. The so-called “real part” of the movie became surreal when it was transformed into a movie. If I was one of the characters, may it be the mother or Ina Raymundo, I would question myself if that was really our story because no doubt about it, the characters were treated like pigs by Amang but it transformed to something else in the movie…something crazy. Well, in the movie, the essence was still there because Amang is still the father of his apo but in a different concept, added with more sex into the movie.
Well, it’s like this. If a person, let’s say Manny Pacquiao, who was imitated by Jericho Rosales for The Manny Pacquiao The Movie, Jericho Rosales didn’t have to look, talk, and act or even sing like Manny. He just had to feel the essence of Manny’s life story in order for him to present to the viewers what kind of life Manny Pacquiao had. Even though he didn’t imitate Manny Pacquiao’s features 100%, the essence of Manny Pacquiao in Jericho Rosales was seen. It’s just so happened that Jericho Rosales has a straight Tagalog accent that’s why it’s also hard for viewers to contemplate. =p But aside from that, the role was given justice by Echo.
Last Friday, Tuhog became our favorite movie. Nyahaha. To some, actually. :) It was not really a sexy film for nothing because as a viewer, you could also learn something from it. What the movie had shown was that, an imitation can go over exaggerated and the nature of the piece of artwork will immediately transform to something else. The so-called “real part” of the movie became surreal when it was transformed into a movie. If I was one of the characters, may it be the mother or Ina Raymundo, I would question myself if that was really our story because no doubt about it, the characters were treated like pigs by Amang but it transformed to something else in the movie…something crazy. Well, in the movie, the essence was still there because Amang is still the father of his apo but in a different concept, added with more sex into the movie.
So it’s still the same with Aristotle’s point of view, the essence of the original piece of work may be copied by the imitated work but it will have distinct features from the original. It will never be a clone of the original... just the essence of it.
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