okay. i just couldn't resist ranting about this one right away.

for some unconceivable reason, my tv is currently turned to abs-cbn, watching the scq (star circle quest for the totally oblivious) eliminations special. for those wondering: no, i don't watch these artista search competitions. i didn't watch the first season of any of them. but now, intrigue, curiosity, and maybe even the latent desire of being discovered *wink wink* leads me to tune in to them quite often recently. maybe it's because (i think) i have some talent in acting, and seeing other teens strive for stardom does have a certain appeal to me.

now, don't get me wrong, but the shows aren't half bad. a lot of the contestants do have talent and cute faces, and the tasks are entertaining to watch, criticize, and laugh at. but now in scq, with the oncoming eliminations, the episode focuses on presenting the "questors" based on their home regions. the groups coming from the various provincial regions have nice opening presentations, in traditional outfits and with the theme song translated into their respective languages.

it was the metro manila group's number which annoyed me a lot. they were dressed casual, the guys mostly in sort of street-alleyway-gang-ghetto-punk-hiphop outfits, most were portrayed talking on cellphones, and a lot of them were speaking in american accents, shouting "yo yo yo", "peace", and other expressions. now, why this kind of portrayal of urban teens? sure, i live in quezon city, i own a cellphone, but the other details? not all teenagers in metro manila act like americanized idiots. the elitist, high-class stereotype doesn't really work for me, or anyone else. this just really ticked me off, and i just got away with a sneer and evil comments in my mind.

and a funny thing. they misspelled ashley's name. ashley sueimler rather than sue imler.

and to add insult to injury, she's out.