Serious Backfiring

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Versatile Actress (VA) perhaps has everything that one can hope for in a network talent. She’s loyal and once she started her career in her present network, never did she entertain the idea of moving anywhere else. Then, she has one of the most beautiful faces, which comes from a good-looking lineage. Over the years, she has honed her acting skills and has even earned praises and recognition for her portrayal of roles.

VA is a reliable performer as well. Her performances on stage are always awaited and fans look forward to her numbers. Thus, the network entrusted to her a major role in a big project where she is working with two performers who are highly respected for their quality performances. In the project, VA and her team are required to give spontaneous insights. VA was as enthusiastic as the others in expressing her opinion and she’s making good points until she tried to go head-to-head with her fellow panelists in speaking in English.

VA is not exactly known for her skills in English and her attempts resulted in what she deemed was comedic. Given her grammar errors, VA would simply laugh them off. The production team said that they will resort to editing to remove the errors of VA. However, in the succeeding episodes, VA continued her style, which was no longer sitting well with the executives. The project requires expert opinion and not funny statements that might not be helpful at all. Besides, the quality of the project might be affected and if the public gets wind of VA’s errors, the image of the project might be ruined. Editing could no longer fix VA’s antics.

Having no choice, the production team met with VA and informed her of their concern. VA was instructed to speak in Filipino or Taglish and leave the English to her co-workers. VA laughed off the suggestion to save face obviously. However, VA has no choice but to follow, as no other show has been lined up except for this big project.

‘Your grammar is a reflection of your image. Good or bad, you have made an impression. And like all impressions, you are in total control.’ - Jeffrey Gitomer

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