POST-COLONIALISM: Cory ng EDSA

Post-colonialism (also Post-colonial theory, Post-colonial studies, and Postcolonialism) is an academic discipline that comprises methods of intellectual discourse that present analyses of, and responses to, the cultural legacies of colonialism and of imperialism (usually European and of the U.S.), which draw from different post-modern schools of thought, such as critical theory. Post-colonial Studies examines the relations of power under colonialism and neocolonialism through analyses of cultural representations. As history, post-colonialism is a form of contemporary history that questions and reinvents the cultural ways of viewing and of being viewed. In the field of anthropology, post-colonial studies record the human relations among the colonial nations and the peoples of the colonies they had ruled and exploited. ^[1] To present the ideology and the praxis of (neo) colonialism, post-colonial critical theory draws from, illustrates, and explains with examples from the humanities — history,architecture, anthropology, the cinema, feminism, human geography, linguistics, Marxist theory, philosophy, political science,sociology, religion and theology, and post-colonial literature.

(from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_colonialism)


The Story:

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Cory came to Manila from US when she received the news that her husband Ninoy Aquino assassinated in Manila International Airport. During her anguish in the death of her husband, she is been interviewed by areporter named Peter. Peter met Rey during the possession of Ninoys necrological service and he invite Reyfor interview. Rey told his soaring experience for the death of his wife Martha who accused of collaboration tothe enemies of state. Through the help of Peter with his connection to the media, they saw the cadaver of Martha and informed Rey.Pres Marcos declared a snap election. In spite of strong refusal of Cory to become the standard bearer forPresidency of the United Opposition against Marcos, she gave her consent. Jason stood as poll watcher forAquinos presidency and unfortunately he met Rey and Peter and they became friends. The Electoral TribunalCommittee declared Marcos as the winner in a close fight with Cory. The COMELEC Technician walked-out theTribunal because of the election fraud made by Marcoses and one of those technicians is Elsa. This broughther for strong persecution from the government. She met Peter and they fell in love with each other. Peterprovided his house as a hide-out for Elsa.

The Criticism:


The story tells the story of Corazon C. Aquino through the eyes of Peter, who is a reporter who followed her life amidst all the struggles her family and our country was going through. 

In the play, it tells the effects of dictatorship (because the theory also calls for the unjust rule of a leader not only colonialism). It somehow fits the theory in the sense that, the story also focuses on the present time (after the dictatorship). Further more, the play also showed how the effects and the changes it brought to the government system in the Philippines after the Macoy era.