Justin Chang
speaker
1,518 appearances
49 recordings
2 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard 4d ago
Justin Chang’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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For the rest of its one hundred or so minutes, Philipignana will never leave the resort.
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It's a realistic yet satirical portrait of life inside a hermetically sealed bubble.
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Our guide is a seventeen year old girl named Isabel.
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Played by the intensely watchful Jori Bell Agoto.
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Isabel has just started working at the driving range as a tea girl.
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Whose job is to tee up balls for golfers, one after another.
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It's a tedious, ridiculous task, one of many that keep the resort in operation.
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Some workers are forced to spend hours waiting in the ponds, fishing out errant golf balls.
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It's mostly through Isabel's sharp eyes that the movie's class critique comes into focus.
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We follow her as she wanders this carefully manufactured paradise, which is dotted with non native trees that have been trucked in from afar and meticulously planted.
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Isabel has a rebellious streak.
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And she can't help breaking the rules and sampling the resort's amenities.
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Whether she's dipping a finger in a guest's strawberry cake, taking a shower in a spa, or simply basking in a few minutes of air-conditioned bliss.
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Manuel also introduces us to another key character, the
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A significantly more privileged young woman named Clara, played by Carmen Castellanos.
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Clara, who lives in New York, is visiting the resort with her uncle.
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Who wants her to move back to the Philippines and help him run his golf equipment business?
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Her uncle insists it's her duty to support her country.
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And fight what he calls brain drain.
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The flight of young Filipinos seeking better opportunities abroad.
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