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Mental health support group releases own version of "Tililing" poster to counter mental illness stereotypes
By AJ Virtuz 09 Feb 2021 852

An online group that supports people with anxiety and depression has released its own version of the poster for the movie "Tililing," which has been criticized by many for showing mental illness stereotypes.

In a Facebook post on Monday night, Anxiety and Depression Support Philippines (ADSP) said it describes the original poster of the upcoming film "problematic."

In the original poster launched on Feb. 6, actors Baron Geisler, Gine Pareño, Chad Kinis, Donnalyn Bartolome, Candy Pangilinan, and Yumi Lacsama are photographed with contorted/wacky faces and their tongues sticking out.

Meanwhile, ADSP’s remake of the poster uploaded on Feb. 8 shows five people smiling and one with a blank stare. They revised the title to "Tililing?" and added the subhead, “Dahil hindi lahat ng bigat ay nakikita. Yung iba, mukhang masaya pero meron ding problema.”

“Even us patients and the professionals don't use this word. Even the government is careful in addressing people with mental health struggles. ‘Wag natin pausuhin,” ADSP said.

“And the sad part is, hindi naman lahat ng may "tililing"or may pinagdaraanan ay mahahalata mo. ‘Yung ibang may pinagdadaanan, sila pa ‘yung nakatawa. Sila ‘yung pinakamasaya sa barkada, ang breadwinner ng pamilya, ang boss ng kumpanya, ang pinakamagaling sa eskwela. Ika nga nila, maraming mukha ang problema. At gusto namin ipakita rin ang ibang muka— merong mukang masaya, highly functional, productive pero sa loob loob, may kadiliman,” the statement said.

The online support group also noted that while the move is deemed “a good marketing tactic,” it shouldn’t have been done the way people will be having misconceptions of mental issues.

“[We] do understand na for the sake of publicity, most people will do everything for marketing. Wala silang intensyon manakit, ang intensyon nila ay bumenta. Nung inisip ‘yung poster, siyempre ang inisip nila ay kung paano magiging catchy at mapansin. Hindi nila inisip na kung may matatapakan ba or accurate ba.” ADSP wrote,

“Kung maganda man ang intensyon ng pelikula, exciting yan! Sana may guidance ng mga eksperto para pasok talaga sa banga lalo kung para sa mental health awareness ito. If not.. oh well, that's showbiz,” the group said.

Although, in the comments’ section of the post, ADSP defended the filmmaker of the movie Darryl Yap, and that the issue to be addressed should only be Tililing's poster and not anything else.

"Sa poster lang tayo mag-focus, guys. Wag niyo idamay ang movie o pagkatao ni Direk. Art is subjective and marketing is king pero if may matatapakan, para saan? Lalo na mahalagang topic 'to these days," the organization said,

"Direk, parequest nga po. Dagdag ka ng educational side para masaya with guesting of professionals. Baka pwede mini videos o sa press releases please!"

Kapamilya actress Liza Soberano also denounced the poster, as she took to Twitter and expressed her disappointment towards the image.

 

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