{"id":165651,"date":"2018-05-31T03:04:10","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T07:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=165651"},"modified":"2018-05-31T03:04:10","modified_gmt":"2018-05-31T07:04:10","slug":"mike-de-leon-hits-atom-for-hypocrisy-narcissism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/05\/31\/mike-de-leon-hits-atom-for-hypocrisy-narcissism\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike De Leon hits Atom for hypocrisy, narcissism"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thanking Atom for \u201cbreaking his silence,\u201d Mike wrote back by saying that he was indeed a deeply troubled person. (Photo<\/a>: Citizen Jake\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As an addition to the lengthy Facebook post wars between \u201cCitizen Jake\u201d writers Mike De Leon, the film\u2019s director, and Atom Araullo, its actor, the renowned filmmaker continued to slam the latter.<\/p>\n

This all started last week in the midst of the film hitting the theaters when Mike wrote how he felt about the journalist-turned-actor\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cI only realized later that Atom\u2019s journalism was not exactly the kind of journalism I had in mind. It\u2019s not the gritty kind but more of the celebrity-centered schlock that sometimes verges on entertainment, even showbiz,\u201d Mike earlier wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cLooking back, I can see why he wanted to become a movie actor. Perhaps the journalist was really a closet movie star,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Though Mike considered Atom\u2019s contribution as \u201csubstantial\u201d and even praised some of his scenes, he still felt relief in the thought that finishing \u201cCitizen Jake\u201d is like closing a book to \u201cfinally get out of each other\u2019s lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

As of writing, the director\u2019s first post on Atom is already deleted, but on May 30, Wednesday, the actor also released his statement as a defense to Mike\u2019s \u201churtful\u201d remarks.<\/p>\n

(Read: Atom Araullo answers Mike de Leon\u2019s tirade against him<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Atom said that he would like this post to be his first and last comment on the issue, not wishing it to appear as a marketing stunt to promote the film or a behind-the-scene instance that would turn potential viewers off.<\/p>\n

He wrote that he did not want to besmirch Mike\u2019s reputation the way the director did to him. But he also said that Atom said that it is important to explain why he was not shocked by Mike\u2019s latest tirade.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was only the latest in a string of unprovoked, irrational, almost random tantrums that I had to endure during the making of this film, determined as I was to see it through. It had a profound effect on me, and to be honest, made it that much harder to perform my duties in the movie,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Atom also labeled the filmmaker \u201ca deeply troubled person,\u201d and that Mike \u201cneeds help, patience, and understanding as he wrestles with his personal demons.\u201d<\/p>\n

The actor noted that he worked professionally and gave his best anyway.<\/p>\n

However, Mike did not allow this to be Atom\u2019s \u201cfirst and last\u201d as he also wished the<\/p>\n

Thanking Atom for \u201cbreaking his silence,\u201d Mike wrote back by saying that he was indeed a deeply troubled person.<\/p>\n

\u201cI accept that. I come from a crazy rich family anyway. But let me just add that you forgot to mention a few important events. I will mention just one,\u201d he said, continuing that, \u201cWhen we were shooting the last sequence with Teroy, you unexpectedly ignored my direction and did something that was not rehearsed nor agreed upon. Many people were witness to this. The following day, I told you that never in my career as a director has any actor disrespected me as much as you did. Then I told you that if you wanted to direct yourself, then, by all means, do it. You can overact all you want. I will just shoot whatever you wish to do and direct the other actors in the scene. Then you went into a meandering explanation about why you did it without really saying anything, not even apologizing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mike further wrote that the actor was \u201ccringing\u201d when he is called a celebrity or a star.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow hypocritical. Don’t bother to cringe anymore because you revel in it. You make commercials now and you exploited the Marawi bakwit by making that offensive commercial featuring yourself, monologuing like Citizen Jake, all under the sponsorship of McDo,\u201d he commented.<\/p>\n

The filmmaker cited Atom\u2019s statement that he had his demons to face, but the former reporter also had his own demons to beat.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving admitted that I’m a deeply troubled person, i will make no excuses for it – not even the usual “artists are temperamental and accountable to no one but their art.” but please be kind to your soul and accept the reality \u2013 stop pretending to want to embrace the universe, when all the time, you only want to embrace yourself. This is called narcissism,\u201d Mike wrote.<\/p>\n

In the comments section, Mike said he was hoping to hear from Atom, saying that he can post on the page since he was already \u2018unblocked.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cCitizen Jake\u201d\u00a0 is about a teacher and a \u201ccitizen journalist\u201d Jake Herrera (played by Atom), who is conflicted with being the son of a Senator\u00a0and with exposing the truth to the public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As an addition to the lengthy Facebook post wars between \u201cCitizen Jake\u201d writers Mike De Leon, the film\u2019s director, and …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":165653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,46],"tags":[50520,50521],"class_list":["post-165651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-entertainment-ph","tag-atom-araullo","tag-mike-de-leon","mauthors-bea-kirstein-t-manalaysay","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}