The death of distinguished actor-director Eddie Garcia at 90 deprives Philippine entertainment of a paragon and role model very sorely needed by today’s generation of actors and performing artists. After making his first film in 1950 in National Artist for Cinema Manuel Conde’s “Siete Infantes de Lara,” Garcia went on to make more than 650 movies and TV dramas as actor or director — or both. He was always at the top of his game so that
American columnist Ellen Goodman once wrote that “just whispering ‘teenage sex’ is like yelling ‘Fire!’ in a crowded theater.” Indeed, even in this day and age, in the time of Tinder, Grindr and other dating apps, slut-shaming and file-sharing of nude shots, and even a whole new online industry sexually exploiting
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