Not often does one portray allegory of real life. Though I emulated my cousin, Bembol Roco, (whose children, twins Felix and Dominic Roco, follow his footsteps), I simply am a martial arts fighter (a.k.a., 'Waianae Crooner,' challenger of Martin Nievera, 'Philippine's Concert King'). In comparison, I am happy with accomplishments of Ho Sung Pak of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III and Jackie Chan's The Legend of Drunken Master.
In the Turtle movie, for the Nunchaku scene with Shirshir Inocala (Michaelangelo), I was a Japanese Villager center screen with Shirshir, and was using the precursor of Nunchaku, a flail. He took it, sliced into nunchaku, and did double nunchaku. Lighting and legal nunchaku problems edited us.
But in my "farewell" (after declining to meet director wanting me to swing mace for his movie), GB2525, I portrayed what closest resembles real life, an anonymous Filipino fighter, wanting to keep peace, but driven to fight due to aggression towards, subjugation of women in the prior scene. Not a children's film, ill treatment of women was as Episode 2 discussed in series: "Roco for Senator."
John Roco
Oahu, Hawaii
June 15, 2010
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