'Budoy' offers false hopes to families with special children

False Hopes: Does the popular soap opera, “Budoy,” give false hopes to parents of mentally challenged children?

The top-rating ABS-CBN teleserye starring Gerald Anderson is being criticized by some sectors for peddling false hopes to families dealing with special children. Halfway through the story penned by Philip King and directed by Ruel Bayani and Claudio “Tots” Sanchez-Mariscal IV, Budoy, as played by Anderson, meets an accident that fortunately or unfortunately bangs his head on a hard object, lulling him to deep sleep or some kind of coma.

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Is Budoy sending the wrong signals?

The ongoing television soap “Budoy” touted itself as the “first advocacy serye’’. After all, it had this noble intention of spreading awareness on children with special needs (CSN) and teaching the public that CSNs have the right to be properly educated and accepted by society.

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'Budoy' sets example in treating the mentally challenged with compassion

The entertainment value and dramatic flair of ABS-CBN’s “Budoy” have Filipino viewers glued to the boobtube whenever it airs. More importantly, the primetime drama is seemingly changing people’s perception about the mentally challenged.

A clear example is that when some of its viewers commit mistakes, they no longer call themselves “abnoy,” “kulang-kulang,” or “abnormal” even in jest. An eight-year-old nephew of mine, Richard, when committing mistakes or when he stutters, would just say “Ako Budoy.” People around him would just laugh and say “he’s so cute.”

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Talk of the town: Gerald Anderson as Budoy

Talk of the town: Gerald Anderson as Budoy is the talk of the town for his acting.

The young actor’s turnaround performance of a mentally challenged person in ABS-CBN’s new nightly series has been fetching waves of positive feedback everywhere. People are saying Gerald has truly come into his own as an actor, a darn good one.

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