It is indeed very hard to
act or behave properly off-camera since there are no scripts involved and you rely
on just plain spontaneity. This is happened
with ABS-CBN media stalwart Doris Bigornia dubbed as “Mutya ng Bayan” for combining her own
brand of “down to earth” media reporting and personal charm. She and her children went to see The Script
concert last April 17, 2015 at the Mall of Asia Arena. And little did she knew and that of Richard
Lim, that she would act without a script and ended up behaving rudely in a rock
concert.
According to Mr. Lim, Ms.
Bigornia and her family's entourage block their view from where they were seated
as her team went out of their seats and moved forward towards the stage to get
closer to the band as The Script finally made their entrance at the front
stage. According to Mr. Lim, Ms Doris
and her children were ward off by the bouncers but to no avail. They did not
follow the bouncer’s plea to remove themselves in front of the stage and go
back to their seats. Instead it encouraged other concert goers to follow her
script. To cut the story short, there was ruckus involving the Bigornia and the
Lims and exchanged verbal tussles any would be scriptwriter would not dare to
write as the words were too clichรฉ to be uttered in a rock concert.
In the eyes of Richard Lim
and of course haters of Ms. Doris Bigornia and of ABS-CBN too, this brouhaha
tarnished the image of this Kapamilya reporter and transformed her as “Muta ng
Bayan” and no longer “Mutya ng Bayan.”
Ms. Bigornia on the other hand, apologized for bad script she
spontaneously followed and narrated her own version of the story which is of
course different from the script of Mr. Lim.
Both camps would not bow down and accept defeat so far. So who’s at fault?
Neither; and I consider
both as victims. Surprised? Of course, I
bet all of you readers are astounded with this judgment. When I reviewed this story, I remembered a similar incident decades ago when Bon Jovi performed here in Manila and in the
middle of the concert chairs were flying and hurting people that included
Richard Gomez and Lucy Torres. The riot started when fans and even those who
were seated at the far away bleachers started to rush in front of the stage, creating terror and fright to concert goers who were seated in the middle. It
was a big issue at the time and I remembered that one of the comments that
lingered in my mind was “who ever thought of having a seated arrangement for a
rock concert must be dumb and an idiot at the same time.” Yes, indeed, the same thoughts can be
expressed in this Doris Bigornia scandal if others wish to call it this
way.
The concert situation just
provided both the Lims and Bigornias to be natural Filipinos; behaving as if
they own the stage. Bigornia acted
thinking that she has the media mileage and privilege and Lim reacting as if
everyone should know him and be frightened with what he can do. The children of course were the usual
“aliping namamahay” and aliping sanguigilid” protecting their “datus” who
happened to be their parents.
So, to be avoid situation
like this in a concert venue, please do away with the seating arrangement as this
is not a seniors ball or a graduation ceremony.
Watch the video of the confrontation below:
Watch the video of the confrontation below:
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