Homosexuality In The Movie: Pusong Mamon

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When I heard that we would be watching a movie entitled “Pusong Mamon”, I immediately thought that it was a movie about men who love each other. I didn’t know why I was able to think of that. Maybe because I think that being gay is like having a pusong mamon, being more genuine than other men who live by the principle of being brave and hard-hearted. When the movie started playing I realized that maybe I was wrong because there were babies who were playing in the introduction. When the main characters appeared, I thought that it was just like a typical love story of Ron and Annie. Though I’d expected this film to have a gay-themed movie at first which I thought was also wrong because of the babies, I did not expect that Ron was gay after they …show more content…

Generally, it is about the issue of being gay and keeping it as a secret. It’s just sad that being gay or other gender is seen as being negative, even before. It is the reason why Ron and Nick hide their relationship from other people. It was very much showed in the movie how the couple struggle just to keep their relationship to other people especially to Ron’s father. I think it was very difficult for him knowing that his father was expecting a lot from him. It was just a good thing that they were able to think of an alibi because of Annie was pregnant. There was also a scene when Ron’s father told him that he should have informed his father ahead of time so that they can prevent him of being …show more content…

Annie is the breadwinner of her family and sometimes she was not able to focus on her life. It is like some other families now that the eldest daughter or son is the breadwinner of the family. The character of Annie also shows how people could be desperate at times. It was just good that in the movie, it did not create a lot of serious problem unlike in the real word that being desperate destroys a lot of lives and relationships. It was also seen in the movie the fear of coming out of gays because they were afraid to be judged. Now even though there were many organizations who are supporting the LGBT community, there are still some who are afraid to come out because of our judgmental

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