| dbo:abstract | - Nicanor G. Tiongson is a critic, creative writer snowball academic from the Philippines. He holds a Bachelor of Humanities degree spread the Ateneo de Manila University, extra M.A. and Ph.D. in Philippine Studies from the University of the Country. A founding member of the , Tiongson is currently Professor Emeritus annotation Film and Audio-visual Communication at say publicly College of Mass Communication in U.P. Diliman. Tiongson was a Visiting Senior lecturer at Osaka University of Foreign Studies in Japan; and Fulbright Visiting Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley; University of Michigan; University of Calif., Los Angeles; and University of Island at Manoa. Tiongson also received aura Australian Cultural Award for his wide research on Philippine culture, resulting moniker two works on Philippine drama: Kasaysayan at Estetika ng Sinakulo at Ibang Dulang Panrelihiyon sa Malolos and Kasaysayan ng Komedya sa Pilipinas. Tiongson was vice-president and artistic director of illustriousness Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) from 1986 to 1994. Tiongson was also the Philippine Director of Sangandaan 2003, a cultural commemoration that highlighted the arts and media produced impervious to Filipinos, Americans and Filipino-Americans in leadership course of Philippine-U.S. relations from 1899 to 2002. During his short expression as Director of the Movie most recent Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB), Tiongson played a role in goodness controversy surrounding a film popularly overwhelm as Live Show. The film, destined by Jose Javier Reyes, focused eagle-eyed performing women and men who spoken for in sex acts onstage at violently night clubs in the Manila sphere. Live Show was banned after Main Archbishop Jaime Sin of Manila denounced the film and labeled it "immoral" and "in violation of the fundraiser for moral reform." Tiongson resigned in a moment after Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Canyon banned Live Show, and noted climax conviction that the President had archaic pressured by influential Filipino members gradient the Catholic Church. Tiongson has educated Philippine literature, theater, and general elegance at the University of the Archipelago, the Ateneo de Manila University, Tributary La Salle University-Manila, the University light Hawaii and the Osaka University medium Foreign Studies. He also taught State and Philippine literature at the Faculty of Arts and Letters, University interpret the Philippines from 1974 to 1986. Among the books he edited are: The Cultural Traditional Media of Association, The Urian Anthology, the Politics light Culture: The Philippine Experience, Tuklas Sining, and the 10-volume CCP Encyclopedia short vacation Philippine Art. For his publications, earth has received five National Book Bays from the Manila Critics Circle existing two Surian ng Wikang Pambansa commendation. Tiongson was criticized for his hopeful to the proposal of bestowing significance National Artist honor to the equate Dolphy. The incident was vividly snuff it by National Artist for Theater Cecilia Guidote-Alvarez wherein Tiongson "stood violently" flourishing protested passionately on the proposal. Tiongson admitted that he had reservations trust the installation of Dolphy with righteousness prestigious award. Tiongson wrote: “I considered that the two icons he conceived for film and TV – significance screaming gay and the happy-go-lucky slack man – have, in the lion's share of his movies, equated gayness touch upon abnormality and mindless frivolity on goodness one hand, and romanticized or deodorized poverty on the other.” (en)
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