I've been thinking a lot about the Willing Willie show where 6 year old Jan-Jan was made to dance like a male stripper.
To be honest, I don't expect much from a show with Willie Revillame, all his shows are just about throwing money around degrading people. Fine, if people are willing and able to make a decision themselves to do that, that's fine with me. But subjecting a 6 year old boy with obviously no choice in the matter is a new low.
And the fact that the boy was crying while dancing did not even register to anyone on the show that maybe they should put a stop to it? Willie even said that the boy was crying was like the movie "Burlesque Queen" where the star was dancing and crying because she did not have a choice in the matter and will do anything to feed her family.
Wasn't that already a queue that maybe it was exploitation?
What I find to be truly horrific is the lack of response from the sponsors. These shows do not exist without sponsors. Do these sponsors actually want their products to be linked to child abuse and child exploitation?
I'm told that Wiling Willie show is allegedly sponsored by the following:
P&G's Head & Shoulders
UFC Cook & Dip Catsup
Oishi Cookies
Smart C Drinks
Jollibee's Mang Inasal
Unilever's Rexona
Pepsodent
Vaseline
Surf Liquid Detergent
Glutamax Face Cream
Pau Liniment
Yakult
CDO Funtastyk Young Pork Tocino
Technomarine
Will Tower Mall
Daily Spell fragrance
Wil Cologne
Protec-Cee
Foton Automobile
Manny Villar's Camella Homes
Cebuana Lhuiller
The show happened on March 12, 2011. It's March 28, 2011 and we haven't heard any uproar from his sponsors. So why aren't these sponsors complaining about the show? Oh right, because they make so much money from it!
As always, Willie Revillame will escape unscathed from this. He will never change. He even has an explanation on his
website about the episode saying that the boy cried because he was intimidated of 6'9" basketball player Bonel Balingit that stood beside the boy during the show.
Yeah right.
If he's never going to change, how about we pressure his sponsors instead?
No sponsor, no show. Simple as that.
Here's the show again to get your blood boiling. See who the sponsors are behind the boy.
Source:
http://www.tv5willingwillie.com/component/content/artichttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifle/36-ww-news/74-willing-willie-http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=657742&publicationSubCategoryId=72http://www.tv5willingwillie.com/
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