Thursday, February 2, 2017

Tweet Scoop: Lea Salonga Responds with Class to Netizen Commenting on Her Role in 'Allegiance'


Images courtesy of Twitter: MsLeaSalonga

55 comments:

  1. Ayyy, inggit yata si Ate and wants to take Lea's place. She makes it sound like there's a lot of Japanese Broadway stars out there. Even Asian ones are hard to find. Hello, Kim was a Vietnamese character played by a Filipino! Inggit lang si Ate!

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  2. Bakit hindi siya nagmaldita? Kasi hindi Pinoy? Pag Pinoy yan, nakuuuu, alam niyo na.

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    1. pak alam ni Lea di uubra ang taray nya sa mga Japanese Americans

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    2. 12:18 so pagmaayos ang sagot may kuda ka din at paghindi lalo ka kukuda. San sya lulugar tao yan, ikaw nga eh maka opinion! Nakuuu ka dyan

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    3. Lol. Hindi pa ba mataray yung "You'll have to put up with me".

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    4. Mga shu, sinupalpal nga nya

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    5. 1246 and 1248, hindi rin. Ang sabi lang niya, "pagtiisan niyo muna ako." Pero pag Pinoy yan, mas malala ang sasabihin niya. Aminin.

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    6. Mga baks ibig nyang sabihin put up with her sa theater production pero hindi sa film. Aminin racists din ang mga Japanese and they look down on other Asian countries kaya inferior ang tingin nila kay Tita Lea.

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    7. Anon 1:03

      Lol. Pwede ring "wala kang choice". Lol.

      -anon 12:46

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    8. Hindi kasi tagalog kaya di mo ramdam ang supalpal ng lola.

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    9. Supalpal to the max...

      Kung wa class na reply ang dating nito eh..

      Sorry but you have no choice.

      My hubby's Japanese-American and he and his family loved that I'm doing it.

      Why not ask the producers to replace me. Better yet ask George after all he was the one who asked me to do it.

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    10. 12:18 & 12:30 - correct ang observation ninyo. Napaka mapagmataas sa kapwa Pilipino pero sa ibang lahi bahag ang buntot.

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    11. nabahag ang buntot ni ateng lea hahaha... kung pinoy yan malamang pinagmalaki ang mga awards nia imbes na ipasa sa producer ang issue.

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    12. nagmapilit na naman yung mahihina ang reading comprehension. siguro kung masupalpal kayo ni Lea in English, nakasmile pa kayo kasi di nyo naunawaan o ramdam.

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    13. BINGO 1:59 that is what she meant. Malas mo wala kang choice.

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    14. She is really smart. The formula for putting someone in his/her place differs by culture. Kung Pinay diretso bara. Pag mga Japanese pailalim ang Tira. Yung unang magwala sa culture nila kasi talo. So kalmado yung pambara ni Leah. I'm sure nagngingitngit sa galit yung haponesa

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  3. Ha ha one of the very few times Lea is put in her place

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    1. Uhm... more like she put the other woman in her place. Did we read the same convo or am I missing something?

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    2. Naintindihan mo ba article, baks?

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    3. Pink that's not an article, it's a Twitter conversation. Learn to separate the difference.

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  4. Japanese kasi kausap nya.

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  5. Dapat Japanese, not Lea. Or si Megumi if she sings lol.

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  6. nasupalpal ang haponesa! biglang kambyo

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  7. O ayan na sa mga anti-Pinoy bashers/commenters, hindi lang Pinoy ang may good-bad-nega-mean-harsh-etc comments on social media.

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    1. So tama lang na magbash kasi ginagawa naman ng lahat? Nice logic.

      May point din naman si Ate. They should cast the right person. Pero salty kasi yung pagkakasabi niya. And also, Leah is Asian. Misinformed si Ate. Haha.

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  8. Dapat sinabi nya, are you interested to take my place?

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  9. Kelan pa kinailangang eksakto ang lahi ng kailangang gumanap sa theater? Yung Les Miserables is all about French Revolution, so dapat French actors lang pwede? O kaya yung Miss Saigon, Vietnam war yun ah. As long as nagagampanan ng maayos yung role, wag na pakialaman yung casting...

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    1. EXACTLY. WALANG LOGIC IYONG IBA.

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  10. Allegiance is not very popular in NY. Tickets were always on sale.

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    1. yup, aminado si George Takei hindi ito masyado kumita. Hamilton pa din ang mabenta

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  11. Well, might be a good idea to cast Japanese or those with Japanese lineage women for the role. However, for this kind of singing and acting genre, they are quite unheard of in the international scene. Kindly correct me if I am wrong, just that I haven't read nor heard any well-known Japanese women doing theater acting and singing in English.

    Megumi herself is using a non-Japanese surname. LOL. Some folks have to realize that when it comes to music and casting, it is the story that would decide who can play the role and what would it take for the actor/actress to bag the role. Race or nationality aren't really something to be considered, but on who is the best to give life to the character.

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  12. Although ramda ko ang gigil slight or control gigil ni madam lea na sagutin yung tweet, natawid nya ng may class yung response nya, bravo!

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  13. @12:18 Anong Hinde ? Ang taray nga Ni tita Lea eh. Ang sabihin mo mahina ang English comprehension eklavu mo. Lol

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  14. Biglang kambyo nga naman...Served her right... Yes she have to put up with Lea... She's Asian do you have a problem with that?

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  15. I liked Lea's response. She played nga naman a Vietnamese girl in Miss Saigon and an American mother in Les Miserables. What's wrong with her playing a Japanese sister? She can give justice naman to the role.

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  16. Haponesa, wala po kasing nahanap na Japanese na magaling kumanta para say broadway. Try mo mag audition?

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  17. Renee Zellweger played the famous British spinster in Bridget Jones and hardly anyone complained. John Lithgow just won an award for playing the British PM Winston Churchill in "The Crown." Its been done everywhere and everytime. The list goes on and on. Both on stage and in motion pictures. So what was the big deal?

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  18. Taray ng response ni Ms. Lea, so classy pero nakasupalpal. Lols!

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  19. Anong ipinaglalaban ng ateng japanese american na yan?! Eh sa si Lea ang world renowned broadway star. Haller naman! As if naman may kasing talented na japanese si Lea. Kaloka si ateng maka kuda lang! Garapalan pamamahiya nya ha. Soplak tuloy sya kay Lea. Hahaha

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  20. Bitter si Megumi. What she doesn't get is that Lea is a class act. On stage or off stage. Walang K si Megumi.

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  21. Mga baks read nyo to--Megumi Haggerty is a bilingual American actress of Japanese and Irish descent. She was born in Louisville, KY and then moved to Japan where she began modeling at the age of six. After seven years in Japan, she moved to England for a number of years before moving back to the States for high school. Once in the States, she began acting in local theaters and trained at The Papermill Playhouse's Summer Conservatory in Millburn, NJ. She continued her training at Emerson College, where she earned a BA and doubled majored in Acting & Theatre Education. Megumi appeared in a number of Emerson Stage shows as well as the musical Surviving the Nian (for the Theatre Offensive) at the Boston Center for the Arts, garnering her first IRNE nomination for Best Actress in a Musical. Megumi now lives in New York City, and has appeared in a number of commercials, film, and voice-over spots.
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    Kaya pala makuda inggit much sya kasi bat di sya ang kinuha.

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    1. What if it was the other way round? A Japanese actress playing an iconic Filipino role di ba marami din aangal na Pinoy.

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    2. YES BUT LEA SALONGA IS A TONY AND OLIVIER AWARDEE!

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    3. exactly !!! she is inggit much !! with all her so called training she is still an UNKNOWN in the theater world...and ms lea salonga already is a tony and olivier awardee !!

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  22. Mema naman kasi yang Japanese American na yan. Pagdating sa theatre production, wala sila pake kung anong nationality mo. Ang tinitignan nila TALENT. Example na lang sa Harry Potter and the Cursed child. Black actress ung gumanap sa role ni Hermione. Maybe she should hone her craft more para siya na ang makuha sa susunod na audition. Nakakairita din yung sinabi niya na America needs more asian actors. Anong tingin niya kay Lea di asian?

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    1. THEY ONLY BREAK POLICIES IF THE ACTOR DESERVES IT. PINAGLALABAN ANG MGA ASIANS NA NAKAKA-KUHA NG ROLE SA BROADWAY KASI MAY POLICY SA UNION NG MGA ACTORS NA DAPAT PRIORITY ANG WHITE ACTORS.

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    2. Nope 2:53. More like east asian americans think they're white too, at tayo mga mas mababang brown asians lang. Apparently, di natin deserve maglead sa broadway hanggat hindi sila muna ang napaprioritize sa mga lead roles. Pag nangyari na yun, then we can have a piece.


      Dapat sinampal siya ni lea ng tony award niya, at isinama niya yung mga previous na miss saigon at si RAG.

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  23. @13:39Hay Naku Kahit Ano pang Haba ng resume Ni ate girl Ang Alam Ko Lang wala pa Syang Tony award at Laurence Olivier Award tulad ng Kay Tita LeaπŸ˜‚ Parang Inggit Lang tuloy Ang drama Nya may pa "we don't need/want lea Salonga ..." line pa Sya .? Tama si tita lea dun sya Sa Producer Magreklamo . Japanese din Ang producer pero bat Di si ate girl megumi Ang kinuha Hinde Kaya kase mas magaling si tita lea πŸ˜€

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  24. 12:39, walang nabanggit na TONY di ba? So not even in Lea's league ang babaeng ito. Kung producer ako gaano ba kahirap to choose ang Tony award winner over a broadway wannabe.

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  25. That Haggerty lady was obviously asking for trouble. Why else would she tag Lea eh ang gripe nya dapat is with the casting folks.

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  26. Sa memoirs of a geisha nga hindi hapon ang mga lead na babae....

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  27. Sorry teh Megumi audition ka sa susunod malay mo it's your time to shine but sa ngayon ishishine nuna ni tita Lea ang Tony at Olivier trophy nya.

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  28. When an actual film will be made, till then you have to put up with me....
    Megumi pinauuwi ka na ng nanay mo!!! May palo ka neng, pinabili ka lang ng suka kumuda ka ja n 🀣🀣🀣

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  29. Aber sino ang may blue check sa kanila?

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