“If you become the Mutya ng Ikatlong Lahi 2009, why is your skin color dark?â€
Familiar? If you’re thinking “The Thank You Girls†then you, my friend, are not a “thank you girl!†Yes, the indie film that broke the stigma of gay films as raunchy and borderline porn is back! So here’s one thousand pesos, one thousand pesos, one thousand pesos, Congratulations!
If you were not able to catch the run of “The Thank You Girls†last year, then this is your chance to join five dysfunctional gay beauty pageant veterans in their quest to conquer the grandest competition of beauty, personality and brains!
If God knows, God knows!
“The Thank You Girls†will be shown at the Cinemalaya 2009 Film Festival on July 18, 2009 (Saturday) at 9:00 PM at the CCP Silangan Hall. So what are you waiting for? Tara na!
Question: Another question for you Ms. Adora Gracia. For you, define darkness.
Answer: Well, that is a very enlightening question indeed. And if I were to define darkness, it’s sitting right beside me.
The Thank You Girls, written and directed by Charliebebs Gohetia and is Produced by Brooklyn Park Pictures in cooperation with Bicycle Picutres and Alchemy of Vision and Lights. Visit the official website here: The Thank You Girls and the director’s blog here: Mga Konsepto ng Bagay-Bagay Bilang Tao.
If you like the trailer, forward this message to everybody in your mailing lists and egroups, advertise in your blogs or websites. Better yet, DRAG THEM TO WATCH THE FILM WITH YOU! =))
“You’ll feel more at home here than in any previous drag-queen movie. If you don’t, you’ll laugh, you’ll gasp, you may even hurl. But you’ll come out a better person.” – Vancouver International Film Festival
Welcome 2009 and welcome to a brand new year of kabaklaan here on “Bakla Ako, May Reklamo?”!
2008 was such a great year for the blog and we hope 2009 will be an equally good if not better year.
So let’s do a quick recap of what happened in 2008. Here are some highlights:
Early in the year, I launched the “Are You ‘A’ Gay?” video blog series, which turned out to be just a few episodes. I will no longer promise to start a new series nor to continue the series, I will just post whenever I feel like it. Besides, no one really watched the videos. Haha. It was also in January when I got gaybar-devirginized as I, along with some friends, visited not one, not two, but three gay bars in Manila! And who can forget the Cabalen Trinoma incident? I was one of the few people who got the chance to meet the infamous Anne from Cabalen! What an honor!
In case you haven’t noticed yet,  I have been posting a lot about “The Thank You Girls!” lately, and this is all because I love it so much that I can define darkness now (after watching the premiere night two weeks ago). No, I am not paid to blog about the film, nor am I getting anything in return for posting about it.  I just love the film so much that I would want everyone in the world to watch it.  Besides,  this film was shot in Davao, my hometown, and the cast and director are my kababayans!ÂÂ
The Thank You Girls!  will have its premiere night in Davao City tonight, September 8, 2008 at Gaisano Mall of Davao.  Tickets are pegged at P100.00 only!  So to all our friends in Davao, go na and maki-”Char Lang!”
Regular screening of The Thank You Girls! in Davao will be from September 10 (my birthday!) to September 16 at Gaisano Mall of Davao. ÂÂ
Friends from Metro Manila will have the chance to catch this film beginning September 23 (Advance Screening) at Robinsons Galleria IndieSine.  Regular run in Metro Manila will be on September 24 to September 30.
Our friends over at UP Babaylan will be celebrating their 16th Anniversary and they’re celebrating it with a bang!
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Join  them in Lollipop!  the sexiest, sasiest, and sweetest dance party ever! This party will feature games and mini-Androgyny performances.  Also, get a chance to win more than P20,000 worth of prizes! And the cool thing about it is that the party is open to ALL.  So be you gay, boy, bakla, tomboy, transgender, queer, straight, curiois, straight-tripper, bisexual, bicurious, lesbian,  girl, queen, a “Thank You Girl!“, or whatever you are  you are welcome to celebrate with UP Babaylan!
This event will take place on Friday, 8:00 PM at PUTI bar in Timog Ave., Quezon City (Puti Bar map). Entrance Fee is P200.00 inclusive of 3 drinks.
Text Nicole (0915-221-0838) or Kat (0917-462-7799) for tickets.  Lollipop! is the culminating party of UP Babaylan’s 16th anniversary week-long celebration.
I would like to congratulate Bebs Gohetia and the cast and crew of The Thank You Girls, not only for a successful premiere night but for producing such a fantabulous film!
For those of you who missed the premiere night, don’t fret for you will have a chance to also “define darkness” and take the beautiful journey aboard the “Char Lang” jeepney! Here’s the screening schedule:
Sept 8 – Premiere Night (Davao) at Gaisano Mall of Davao. Tickets at P100.
Sept 10-16 – Regular Showing (Davao) at Gaisano Mall of Davao
In a continued effort to give back to the community and to spread the good word about this upcoming film, I am giving away six (6) tickets to the premiere night of The Thank You Girls!
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The premiere night is tonight, August 28, 2008 at 630PM at the UP Cine Adarna.
So how do you win these tickets? Simply send me a text message over at
0905 – INDIE-LY
(0905 – 46343 -59)
If you wanna bring a friend, I will be giving out a maximum of 2 tickets per person (give chance to others naman no? lol).
Just text me your name and if the number of tickets you want (1 or 2 per person).
The long wait is over. The much talked about and much-awaited film The Thank You Girls will finally have its world premiere!
The Thank You Girls
On August 28, 2008 (Thursday), The Thank You Girls will be screened at the UP Cine Adarna. The show begins at 6:30PM. Tickets are only P100.00 and are available at the gates.
The Thank You Girls is the first film of Charlibebs Gohetia (writer of the much-talked about gay film, Daybreak). The movie is set (and was filmed) in my hometown, Davao City so this one is even closer to my heart! It’s a Visayan film with a gay lingo twist starring non-professional actors from Davao.
I have been following the filming of this movie through the director’s blog and boy was I so excited when Adolf Alix Jr, sent us an email telling us that the film has already been finished and that the trailer is already out!
Synopsis:
Tired of losing in all the beauty competitions in Davao City, five dysfunctional gay beauty pageant veterans decide to travel north to Cagayan de Oro City, in the island of Mindanao, with a mission to conquer the grandest competition of beauty, personality and brains in the province.
They believe that being city dwellers, gays in the province will never stand a chance against them.
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