Every time something forces my thirteen year old little
sister out of her celebrity-filled day dreams, there probably are only very few
other things in this world that she could bear think about. And, whatever those
things may be, I’d bet she won’t last a minute letting those linger in her head
without regressing back into thinking about her favorite celebrities. News
about latest TV projects, romance rumors, celebrity fun facts, name it, my
sister’s got it all memorized.
But I can’t help but wonder what is it with these
celebrities that they’re basically who my sister is living and breathing for.
What kind of addictive substance do they contain that just about every aspect
of my sister’s life is evidently laid out with her obsession. You can see it in
her every tweet, every Facebook status, every Tumblr post, and because she
can’t take a hint that I don’t care, I have to endure it too in every text
message that I receive from her.
ABS-CBN successfully conquered the tween scene with the
remake of one of their most loved teleseryes, Mara Clara, and with it, they
also succeeded in producing two new stars- Julia Montes and Kathryn Bernardo.
And these two reigning tween queens, people, are my sister’s obsession. As I said, it really makes me wonder why my
sister would choose to spend her time being a
fangirl over two teenage girls.Because
of that, I’m just going to try and see what possible reasons my sister and
basically every tween in the Philippines have for liking Mara and Clara so
much.
I asked my sister what she likes most about Julia and
Kathryn and she said that she thinks they’re both pretty and talented. Not that
looks matter, but I do agree that they’re both pretty. Not the kind of pretty
that I would particularly classify as remarkable, but still pretty. I think
there’s also no point in disagreeing that they’re both talented. I wish I could
deny this but I actually followed Mara Clara all throughout and I can say that
they weren’t bad at all. Julia, especially, was effective in portraying her kontrabida role.
Maybe my sister does have valid reasons to like these two
after all. They’re pretty likeable, I guess. I can think of a couple of
redeeming qualities in them. They do have the charm.Also,they do appear
perfectly sweet and polite. I personally think it’s just the kind of polite that
knows exactly what’s already perfectly expected of them to say. But then again,
I do know that it’s not easy to always appear so perfectly nice, so maybe I’d
just commend these two for that as well.
It’s been almost a year since their debut teleserye ended
and they’re both now being trusted with different projects. Julia is currently
starring in the teleserye Walang Hanggan.
Unfortunately (or maybe, fortunately), I haven’t had time to watch that
show yet. All I can say is that it still boggles me a bit that she’s being
paired with Coco Martin. It’s seems that the management is building her up fast
as a leading lady. She’s kind of starting to remind me of Bea Alonzo.
Kathryn, on the other hand, will soon star in “Princess and I” with not one, not two, but
three leading men. As opposed to the management’s
pedophilic choice for Julia’s love interest, Kathryn’s currently being paired
with a boy of her age, Daniel Padilla. Ugh, I hate to admit this, but I do
think they’re vibrant, fresh, and cute together. Her other two leading men will
be Enrique Gil and Pilipinas’ Got
Talent’s Khalil Ramos.
I totally failed in trying to understand my sister’s
obsession, didn’t I? Well, I did try to as you can see. It’s pretty obvious
these two girls are on the top of their game. How long they’ll stay on top and
how far they’ll go, let’s wait and see. And I’m sure there are plenty of things
to wait for and see when it comes to these two.
by Vochelle Sia
Photo source : pep.ph
