During the campaign launch of Never Again, Never Forget ML50 on Thursday, July 21, Joel Lamangan lambasted Darryl Yap’s movie, Maid in Malacanang.
Lamangan said that he sees the movie as a distortion of the actual events in the past.
“Kailangan balikan natin kung ano nga ang intensyon ng pamilya ito at gustong bumalik nanaman sa Malacañang. Malinaw naman na sinasabi nila, gusto nilang takpan kung anuman ang nangyari na ginawa ng tatay nila. Sinasabi yan ni Imee Marcos, sinasabi nilang lahat… upang takpan ang lahat ng katarant*duhan na ginawa ng pamilya nila,” he said.
“Lahat ng gagawin nila, kung anumang programa ang gagawin nila ay upang takpan ang kawalanghiyaang ginawa ng kanilang ama at ng kanilang pamilya. Yun ang paniniwala ko at yun ang ineexpect kong gagawin nila dahil yun talaga ang nais nilang mangyari,” he added.
“Nag-uumpisa na sila. Gumawa sila ng pelikulang katar*nt*duhan, pera ng bayan yan… Anong drama yun? Drama ng pagtatakip para kaawan ng tao yung pamilyang yun. Ang tawag nga doon sa mga pumunta ng Malacañang noong panahon na yun, akyat bahay daw? Inakyat ang Malacañang, akyat bahay. Tingnan mo? Nag-uumpisa na sila.
“Dapat hindi natin ito palagpasin. Dapat tingnan ulit natin ito bilang distortion ng katotohanan. Nag-uumpisa na sila. Dapat mulat tayong lahat,” Lamangan shared.
The award-winning director said he would watch Maid in Malacanang and do a counterpart movie afterward.
“Manonood ako. Titingnan ko yung katar*nt*duhan ang ginagawa nila at sinasabi nila. At sasabihin ko sa mga tao na hindi totoo ang lahat ng ito at gagawa ako ng pelikula laban dito,” he said.
Following this, Lamangan received support from the industry and the netizens.
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Fight back! Let's go Direk Joel Lamangan! ✊️ #Tindig pic.twitter.com/XaJ2ME6Nk5
— Kyle Vergara (@kylevergara) July 21, 2022
Sabe ko na me titindig talaga, di kami PASISIIL!! pic.twitter.com/V2RVygjuoj
— Granny🎗🎀 (@The_PinkWarrior) July 21, 2022
I marvel at how people who are experts in their own field are standing up to the confront paid mediocre trolls in their own platforms. Ambeth Ocampo has called on historians to fight fake with fact. Joel Lamangan wants to do a film to debunk the trashy Maid in M. Gives us hope.
— Ewankosayo! (@nomoreduts) July 21, 2022
We'll be supporting Joel Lamangan in directing Anti-marcos film! We dasurv nothing but the TRUTH
— tyan (@xtianaban) July 21, 2022
@/the rest of our filmmakers and actors who became awfully quiet after the elections, what's stopping you from taking a stand alongside direk Joel Lamangan? walang "back to business as usual" habang binubura ng mga Marcos ang kasaysayan AS WE SPEAK. https://t.co/sxLQSdxBlI
— Emil (@quezoncitrus) July 21, 2022
Maid in Malacañang will premiere on August 3.
It tells the story of the last three days of the Marcoses at the Malacañang Palace before fleeing the country.
