MTRCB Chair Lala Sotto pinuri ang Batang Quiapo, It’s Showtime

SHOWBIZ KONEK
ni Maricris Valdez Nicasio

PINURI ni Movie and Television Review and Classification (MTRCB) Chair Lala Sotto ang paggiging cooperative ng Batang Quiapo at It’s Showtime kapag may mga reklamo at ipinatatawag ang mga ito.

Sa courtesy call ng Society of Philippine Entertainment Editors (SPEEd) noong Enero 30, naibahagi ni Chair Lala ang ilan sa mga TV show na nagkaroon ng problema at kung paano tumutugon ang mga ito.

“Very cooperative sila,” pagtukoy ni Chair Lala sa It’s Showtime na napatawan last year ng 12-day suspension. 

At simula nang magbalik-ere ang programa ng ABS-CBN wala na raw naging problema o mga reklamo.

“I’m very thankful. Kasi, cooperative sila lahat. They’ve been very cooperative.

“So I also want that kind of relationship with all our stakeholders, to have an open communication. And we’re here to guide them.

“We’re not here to police them. We’re here to — yes, of course, we will continue to uphold our mandate, which is to protect children from content that they are not supposed to see.

“But we are also here to work with the television and the movie industry,” giit ni Chair Lala. 

Natanong kay Chair Lala kung nag-courtesy call sa MTRCB ang It’s Showtime, at aniya, “No, but we are in constant communication, and very cooperative ang ‘Showtime’ production. 

“Okey na okey sila. Cooperative sila, they’ve been working with us.”

And naniniwala si Chair Lala na maingat na ngayon ang It’s Showtime katulad din ng iba pang programa naipatatawag nila. 

“I’d like to believe so. I’d like to give them that credit also.”

Nalaman naming nanonood si Chair ng It’s Showtime at ang favorite segment niya sa show ay ang ‘EXpecially For You.’