Module 1 & 2 James Funtanilla

Module 1 and 2
James Funtanilla
Philippine drama can be a combination of pure entertainment as well as ritual. In terms of enertainment, example, a short play can be used as entertainment in which the audience can enjoy the play for pure entertainment or interpret the play as a medium of understanding an issue. Philippine drama began as rituals in which the Filipinos enacted through prayer, dance, and song. These rituals were an important part of Philippine society that were always done. When the Spanish made contact, they too introduced their form of drama, in the form of a skit. Their drama was used to convince the natives that the Muslims were bad and that Chritianity was the way to go. Their form of drama was used to convert many Filipinos, the evidence of their role in Christianizing the Philippines is still scene throughout the Philippines. Americans also introduced their form of drama in the work of movies, which many Filipinos still enjoy and try to emulate. However drama in this sense doesn’t necessarily mean performing a play, but rather acting out a dramatized event. Rallies or marches are considered a form of drama for they portray dramatisization but instead of a rehearsed script it is usually done through improvisization.