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We’d like to know where these students go to school.
Amid the praises heaped on the movie, Heneral Luna, actor Epy Quizon has revealed one of the saddest encounters he’s had with some college students who watched the film.
Quizon, who plays national hero Apolinario Mabini in the Jerrold Tarog-helmed movie, shared through a Facebook post that a group of college students had asked him why Mabini remained “seated” throughout the movie.
Quizon wrote, “Ano kaya ang itinuturo Sa history classes ng (mga) bata ngayon? May lumapit nga sakin grupo ng college students asking bakit lagi ako nakaupo? Ang tanong ko lang…Hindi niyo kilala Si (Mabini)?”
Transaltion: “What are kids being taught in their history classes these days? A group of college students approached me and asked me why (my character) was just always sitting down [in the movie]. My question is this: ‘Don’t they know [Apolinario] Mabini?
It’s expected that every Filipino would know why Mabini never stands up.
