The second is “Die Beautiful”, again starring suspended “Eat Bulaga” host Paolo Ballesteros as a gay man whose dying wish is for him to be made up like Lady Gaga when he dies. But his own family opposes it and dresses him up conventionally like a man, so his friends steal his dead body to honor and grant him his last request to be buried the way he wants to. This project has gotten a grant from the Hongkong Asian Film Financing Forum for financial assistance, co-produced with APT Entertainment. Also in the cast are Joross Gamboa, Marco Alcaraz and Luis Alandy.
The third movie is “Working Beks”, obviously inspired by Ishmael Bernal’s classic comedy, “Working Girls”, a big hit so it even had a Part 2 and, later, a remake of sorts done by Jose Javier Reyes. This time, the writer-director is Creese Martinez, with Viva Films producing. The casting is a combination of both real gays and straight actors like John “Sweet” Lapuz, Dominic Ochoa, Prince
Stefan, Joey Paras and Edgar Allan Guzman. It’s up to you choose from among them which ones are really gays and which ones are not.
We just hope these coming movies will be heartily supported by more viewers and not suffer the same sad fate at the box office that happened to other recent gay-themed films, such as “Bekikang: Nanay Kong Beki” which also starred Joey Paras and “Pare, Mahal Mo Raw Ako”. As we all know, ang mga pelikulang kabaklaan that made a killing at the box office are only those that starred Vice Ganda, like “Boy Girl Bakla Tomboy” and “Sisterakas”.