Module 2 - k. coloma

The film assigned for Module 2 is called Imelda. This film is a documentary that follows the life of the Marcos and his first lady, Imelda. It recollects the events, her thoughts on it and the effect on the people from her perspective. She brings us into her home where she educated us about her view of the universe and other things. In this film you get a glimpse of how extravagant she lived. We meet her children and find what they were doing during and after their father’s presidency. We see the way she thinks and rationalizes things and issues regarding those in the beginning, during and after her husband’s term when her life began to escalate.

Before this movie I did not know much about Imelda. I almost feel bad for her because this movie did not portray her well. My thoughts on her before this film was not as brutal as they were after the movie. I feel like I owed it to her to see her from an unbiased way. I think the film makers tried hard to present a neutral insight but I don’t think it worked. I don’t know if it can be attributed to the fact that is a crazy woman or not. Maybe she has become the way she is because of how people have treated her. It seems that no one wants to challenge her. They pity this beautiful and brainwashed woman.

In the article “The Common Good” it speaks about the common good for the people. In Imelda’s case, I think she tried to accomplish this in her own ways whether they were effective or not. The thing about common good is that someone always has to take the burden that comes with it. The article states that “maintaining a common good often requires that particular individuals or particular groups bear costs that are much greater than those borne by others” so I cannot blame her for not succeeding and living up to the expectations of people. You cannot force an unfit person to fit the job if they are truly incompetent. The only resolution and conclusion that I can come to is that she was not right for the job and someone else more fitting should have been the one making changes. The reality is she was the one that had the job and we cannot do anything about that now. What we should have done is to fix the problem then but this is another issue and problem to dissect on another day.