Overshadowed by Controversy: Difference between revisions

* Media coverage of the 2019 Spanish animated feature ''[[Elcano & Magallanes: First Trip Around the World]]'' was skewed more towards the outrage it generated when Filipinos took umbrage over its [[Cross-Cultural Kerfluffle|depiction]] of [[Lapu-Lapu]] and the Battle of Mactan. [[Misplaced Nationalism]] ensued when Filipinos, whose elementary school textbook knowledge of their country's history is [[The Theme Park Version|a little distorted]] to say the least, took to social media and bashed the living daylights out of the film...

** ...except that most of the outrage came from those who [[Complaining About Shows You Don't Watch|haven't even watched the whole film yet]] and were motivated more by blind patriotism and the [[GIFT|typical keyboard-warrior mentality]] than sincere and level-headed perception of history. Said Filipinos are under the impression that Lapu-Lapu fought for the Philippines as a whole as the first to resist colonial rule, something [[Rodrigo Duterte]] played up and over-hyped in a statement; historians and scholars disagree with this, as the Philippines as we know it is a relatively recent concept, and the archipelago was at the time made up of mostly unconnected tribal polities who waged wars against each other for whatever reason. Another thing was that Magellan and his posse weren't necessarily plotting to conquer any land, and were more into trading spices than anything else. Magellan did have chieftain Rajah Humabon and his consort Humamay converted to Catholicism, but other than that, it was mostly a trade expedition. It wasn't until 1565 when King Philip II spearheaded the conquest of the Philippines through a Spanish expedition of five hundred men led by Miguel López de Legazpi. To top it all off, a Rappler columnist bluntly pointed out<ref>[https://www.rappler.com/views/imho/244538-anger-toward-elcano-magellan-film-unjustified The anger toward the ‘Elcano & Magellan’ film is unjustified]</ref> the hypocrisy in an editorial where he noted how the producers of the 2013 religious historical drama ''[[Pedro Calungsod: Batang Martir]]'' had no qualms about portraying the Chamorro people as barbaric savages who slayed Calungsod for his missionary work–the film was universally praised in the Philippines, but was unsurprisingly panned by the Chamorros in Guam.

 

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