(From left) Lea Salonga and Dolphy. Pictures: Instagram/@thesorayastage, FILE PHOTO
Whereas Lea Salonga is conscious of the calls pushing her to be named a Nationwide Artist, she identified that she would fairly champion the late Dolphy, noting his enormous contributions to the business.
Salonga mentioned she believes that the late comedian-actor is extra worthy of the Nationwide Artist title than herself, saying his recognition is “lengthy overdue.”
“No, no, no! There are of us who [are] way more deserving [than me] and whose Nationwide Artist Awards are lengthy overdue. I’d like to see someone like Dolphy, for instance, as a result of we’ve got to guage him as an artist for his physique of labor,” she advised TV5 on the sidelines of the 2024 CCP Gawad Para sa Sining awards ceremony.
The award-winning theater actress additionally famous Dolphy’s movies the place he portrayed a homosexual man, together with “Fefita Fofonggay viuda de Falayfay (1973),” “Sarhento Fofonggay: A, ewan! (1974),” “Ang Tatay Kong Nanay (1978),” and “Markova: Consolation Homosexual (2001).”
“He has contributed a lot—even the flicks the place he’s cross-dressing. It lends a lot tolerance and acceptance [to] the LGBTQIA+ group. Even when that was not his intention on the time. That was an impact, an after-effect, I don’t assume he even foresaw,” Salonga mentioned.
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With this in thoughts, the “Miss Saigon” star mentioned she’s trying ahead to a possibility to marketing campaign for a recognition to the late comedian-actor.
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“That’s simply an instance of why he must be heralded first. Hopefully, I will likely be given a possibility to champion him,” she mentioned.
September was a month filled with milestones for Salonga. She was acknowledged by the Cultural Heart of the Philippines (CCP) on the 2024 CCP Gawad Para sa Sining, and her wax determine was unveiled to the general public at a wax museum in Singapore.
The actress-singer is about to look in an episode of “Discovering Your Roots” and can launch her new album “Sounding Pleasure” in November.
Additionally a part of Salonga’s subsequent spherical of actions for the remainder of 2024 are “Request Sa Radyo” in October the place she is likely one of the alternate leads, with Dolly de Leon, and the staging of her “Stage, Display and Every thing In Between” live performance a month later.