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i just finished reading ricky lee's PARA KAY B. it was ok; it's just that the idea of characters coming into life and demanding new endings from their author isn't really new... dami na sumulat ng ganun. 4 years ago, i even played aia--- isang tula ng pag-ibig na nabuhay upang usigin ang kanyang sariling makata. (too bad that play, sais, never saw the light. hahahaha.) basta same theme halos: the blurred line between real life and fiction; authors playing God; pati yung mismong plot na writer starts out by having an idea for his characters, but then they take a life of their own, and then the writer is hard-pressed to make happilyeverafters for everyone. and then it gets you thinking, if the characters are now alive anyway, why don't they just weave their own stories?

3 stars out of 5 for me.

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e di ba nga. sabi ni shakespeare, all the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players... ikaw? masaya ka ba sa takbo ng script mo? anong ending ang gusto mong mangyari?

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pero delikado rin pag nainternalize mo yung iba-ibang roles mo. so sino ka ba talaga? totoo ka pa ba? kasi kung hindi, bakit pa 'ko mag-aaksaya ng panahong maging totoo sa 'yo?

sige. pagalingan na lang tayo umarte.