I never thought I could learn
something by watching about Imelda Marcos for two meetings. I always saw her as
an evil political someone, but this is probably because I know next to nothing
about Philippine politics. Seeing the documentary made me rethink the way I
view her (although there will always be that negative first impression I have
of her).
Imelda’s target was always beauty.
She wanted everything to be beautiful. She wanted this country to be beautiful.
She wanted to be the embodiment of beauty in this country. Heck, she even
complained that she didn’t want to be killed by an ugly bolo. I guess being
beautiful has its perks. Imelda was able to put up beautiful buildings like the
Cultural Center of the Philippines and the Manila Film Center. She was able to
initiate a lot of social programs that were supposed to make the Filipinos
beautiful. She had thousands of shoes and dresses to show that even a person
from a developing country can look beautiful.
Beauty has its downsides, too. While
she may be seen as a powerful political figure, she is also viewed as someone
who spent so much of the country’s money on unnecessary things. She could have
been so much greater and the country could have improved a lot if not for her
lavish lifestyle. Her hunger for beauty couldn’t be satisfied, so she craved for
more. This turned into greed, and, well, we know what happened after that.
Seeing both sides of Imelda in the
documentary made me realize that there is some good in everyone even if you
think certain people are entirely evil. It’s just a matter of finding that good
within that person to be able to see him or her in a different light.
Hannah Dungca
2013-14765
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