By PIT M. MALIKSI
MY first review on Rhian Ramos was way back during GMA 7’ airing of “The Rich Man’s Daughter.”
As Jade Tanchingco, it was easy to see Rhian drown into her character without any lapses. She looked the part as a rich young woman, with flawless English or Tagalog, displaying a class act of her own.
She is the educated, refined lady, who carries herself with aplomb as a closet lover of Glaiza de Castro, who also projects herself as a picture of femininity but who is a man by heart.
Like the instructive drama on homosexuality in the popular “My Husband’s Lover” series, the televiewers saw how lesbianism, whether open or latent, was resolved in TRMD in a way not threatening to the prying eyes of both the Church and the moralists.
Now comes “The One That Got Away” (TOTGA) whose viewers are glued to their seats with its fast-paced, light-romance comedy motif coupled with well-executed and easy-on-eye scenes.
The locations for Sue (the liberated woman played by Rhian) and Liam (a successful bachelor played by Dennis Trillo) show the work places and watering holes of the rich and famous which represents the economic status of the two. The fun surfaces every time the past flames of Liam – the lovely, full of energy Sue, the workaholic Lovi Poe, and sporty Max Collins, greet and meet to patter and banter.
Acting wise, Rhian plays very well among the three leads. I couldn’t imagine how other actresses will act like a classy rich woman with a flawless English twang as Rhian does.
There are no excesses and extra baggage in her classy comic-sensual act.
One thing I’ve noticed is the fact that there are plenty of myths regarding the banks intentions while talking about property foreclosures. One myth in particular is the fact that the bank would like your house. Your banker wants your dollars, not your property. They want the money they loaned you having interest. Staying away from the bank is only going to draw a foreclosed realization. Thanks for your publication.