Joey Alarilla
Happy Slip: Online Media is Not a Stepping Stone
I used to admire Filipina former online star Alicia Bonifacio — until she totally abandoned her online fans (and a national hero’s surname) to become run-of-the-mill colonially-minded American-sounding Philippine showbiz sellout Alicia “Mayer“. Few things are uglier than a global online media star desperately selling out to local offline media.
That’s why I love how Filipina YouTube star Christine “Happy Slip” Gambito is so nonchalant about any offers Philippine showbiz might throw her, as she reveals in this interview with Joey Alarilla. Lest any rabid Philippine showbiz fans think that somehow biased, she holds the same attitude towards US showbiz, too. No longer is online media just a “stepping stone” to offline media.
Let Dinosaurs Die Deluded
Joey Alarilla proposes a great way to deal with dinosaurs: let them die in their delusions. I agree: at least they’ll die happy.
So let the dinosaurs make believe they still rule the earth, while you, the one who matters most, the one that relic Time magazine declared Person of the Year in 2006, blog away; create your own videos and upload them; nurture thriving communities; and express your opinions online. And drive another nail in the coffin of those who refuse to change.
You know the truth, the truth that those clinging to their privileged positions are still trying to deny. The power no longer resides with the rich and powerful of Old Media.
It is back where it truly belongs, where it has aways belonged. In the people. In you.
Of course, sometimes you don’t want a dinosaur to die happy. Sometimes you just want to violently slaughter it.
