The Art of Tolerance
This picture says a thousand things about Leni's impunity when it comes to her relationship with Mr. Banal. Impunity defined is "freedom from the injurious consequences of an action." She feels exempted from punishment since her own daughters, much like herself, are apparently in love with the man she's with.
And it doesn't matter if that man is married. It doesn't matter if that man has a family, has his own kids, has a wife somewhere nursing the pain and heartache of seeing her husband and the father of her children whisked away and taken from them by a powerful woman like some random object.
Para bang sinasabi ng litratong ito, "Patas na tayo." Kung si Abnoy nga ang sabi sa mga naulila ng SAF 44, "Ako namatayan din ng ama kaya quits na tayo," si Leni at yung mga anak nya tila sinasabi "Kami narasanan din namin na ang ama namin ay nakiapid sa ibang babae at may ibang pamilya kaya okay lang na kami naman ngayon ang mang-agaw ng asawa at ama ng iba."
"Diyos na ang bahala kay Ginang Banal at sa mga anak nila ni Bolet. Ang mahalaga, masaya kami. Masaya ang nanay namin sa piling ng asawa ni Carmela. Wala nang mas mahalaga pa sa kasiyahan ng aming pamilya. Banal's kids can all go to hell."
"Weather weather lang yan."
"Kayo noon, kami naman ngayon."
This is women empowerment. Robredo style.
