soooooo cute it felt like a titas and pamangkins get together the way they were talking to each other 😭sana sinagad na nila at sa Mary Grace ginawa yung interview hahahaha
If I can't have her singing voice, maski clarity in speaking nalang. Didn't know she had photographic memory! Pitch perfect + photographic memory = 1st Tony awards for Philippines!
The fact that Lea speaks straight English in this interview even if she is in the Philippines should not be interpreted as snobbish or arrogant. She has a very businesslike tone which is typical of interviews. She is speaking to a global audience and Filipinos watching understand every word of it anyway. Lea is a global icon and a trailblazer to generations of Filipino performers for the world stage.
Yes, I agree! Even her interview when she was 18years old about he role as Kim, she had already this kind of English including her diction. So proud to be a Filipina bcoz of how you portrayed us Filipins women! 💖💖💖🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭
Miss Saigon is one of those works of art that has aged poorly. It is cringe-worthy when many Filipinas still think a role in this play is covetable. There's a reason Vietnamese themselves don't want to be a part of it. 😬 It is demeaning for Asian women, reinforces American interventionism, white man’s burden, and white supremacy, pero here are Filipinas, celebrating being a part of such play.
This is not reinforcing anything, this is only telling a story through art, a story that has happened in real time in the past and yes they should be proud because they have done so well with their talent & hardwork
Lea's right. Filipinos in the Philippines are a class of audience of their own. When Filipino audiences love you, they really love you. But when they don't like you, you will really feel it. :)
Truly a core memory being made in that room. I’ll never forget this moment. Eternally grateful to be sitting by these 4 women that I’ve looked up to for the longest time.
Original Miss Saigon is it. Sana, magkaroon ng original musical ang mga pilipino instead of wasting their time and talent trying to recreate an original. Miss Saigon is getting old and its music is just soso but the original was an experience BECAUSE IT WAS SOMETHING NEW AT THE TIME. The only songs or numbers in the show that really stood out were Isay Alvarez “Movie in My Mind” and Jonathan Pryce “American Dream.” Other than that, the musical was just average. Filipinos are talented on stage, no doubt. But are Filipinos talented enough to produce its own original hit production instead of being musical OFWs working for a foreign production?
Hi po! Please support local theatre productions dami dami especially this year! Three of us in this vid are proud to be alumnae of Ang Huling El Bimbo! So grateful to my many theatre mentors and directors who were Miss Saigon alumni that ended up taking their international training and bringing it back home to the PH. Ang saya!
You cant beat the original but versions are exciting and appealing. It is like adobo but with vinegar soysauce as original ingridients now you added more spices to suit different taste same as Ms. Saigon. The Engineer is flambouyant and queer, mqybe later on he will be notorious ganster or model like handsome guy. Or maybe Kim is not 16 yrs old but 20 something intelligent woman who are in university but a victim of war.
I agree, but the new Asian cast is a revelation… there something that will magnify you to be glued with this cast.. I’ve seen the revival here at NYC but I’m sure all our kababayan will be just as I amazed with entire production !
pls post how your age looks and let’s compare it to Lea’s. aging is part of human life. i find it strange that you dish it out like some do not show their age in the long run.
Oh have you forgotten that English is a universal language? For everybody around the world to understand the interview, it is but fitting that Lea Salonga is speaking in English. That’s that. 😊😉
I like her to speak the English language. Very clear inunciation. What is wrong with speaking English? It is the Philippines' second language. What is wrong with you? The questions asked are in English. So answer in English if you know how to answer them. Open your ears. She's intelligent and can articulate very well.
Why do female empowerment, inclusivity, diversity, woke political bs always get mentioned? THIS IS ABOUT THE VIETNAM WAR WHERE AMERICANS AND ASIANS WERE THE CENTER OF THE STORY, OF COURSE DIVERSITY IS A GIVEN…..the bottom line is hire the best appropriate person…..UNLIKE HAMILTON WHO OBVIOUSLY ONLY FOCUSED ON DEI BY HIRING BLACK PEOPLE TO PLAY WHITE CHARACTERS, that’s like hiring Bruce Lee to play count dracula or hiring Lea Salonga to play Joan Crawford.
I watched Miss Saigon here in Melbourne. I'm excited for the Filo audience to get to see the talented cast. I love Sean!!! His performance is exceptional!!! I highly recommend our kababayans to watch Miss SAIGON!!!
The revival of Miss Saigon always change in a direction we are heading to. The Engineer become queer and the American dream is no longer there in this generation..
It's been almost a fixture in bars where gay managers are pushing their bar girls to US servicemen in places where there are US military bases. It's NOT new, it's not patronizing the gay "movement".
