shout out to Filipinos in the Wedding Singer....

[eatlasagna]

Posted: 6/22/06 at 5:19am

ok.... this is random... but i bought the cast album to TWS to prep me for my weeklong trip to new york in which i'm seeing the show.. and i just about bust a gut in the finale when they sang in Tagalog (NOT FILIPINO PEOPLE).... that was COMPLETELY random in the musical... and yes, I'm Filipino so that's why i posted this... haha.... NEW YORK IN ONE WEEK!!!!

[ruthiefan_felix]

Posted: 6/22/06 at 5:34am

haha how kl!!!

[Yeah, um, no.]

Posted: 6/22/06 at 10:25am

"...that was COMPLETELY random in the musical..."

Not when you see the show. It's sung by an Imelda Marcos impersonator. Marcos (and her husband of course) were BIG news in the US in the '80's, particularly in NY, and most of the audience recognizes her on site.

I think it's interesting that they actually use Tagalog and not jibberish intended to sound like a foreign language.

[eatlasagna]

Posted: 6/22/06 at 8:49pm

well I knew all about the scandal with her and how big she was in the 80s... i just didn't realize that the show would capitalize on that... it just seemed so random to me when i was listening to the CD... i was like... "where the heck did that come from???" but it made me laugh

[jasonf]

Posted: 6/22/06 at 8:51pm

I had NO idea who she was until they said it during the show -- and yes, I was alive then. I'm not so sure she was quite as recognizable as the other much more obvious impersonators.

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 6/22/06 at 10:04pm

I didn't recognize her, actually, when I saw the show. I asked the person I was with, "Who was that?" He didn't know either. Oh well, I was born later in the 80s.

[mijofly19]

Posted: 6/22/06 at 10:06pm

Imelda was the only impersonator I didn't pick out right from the start. For you guys who do speak Tagalog, what does she say? Is it just that "things ended up the way they should?"

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 6/22/06 at 10:13pm

The actor portraying Imelda is the lovely and talented J. Elaine Marcos, who is also a stand-up comedienne, by the way, who was also in Wonderful Town.

She can be seen performing stand-up comedy in town at different venues from time to time. Great lady. Updated On: 6/22/06 at 10:13 PM

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 6/22/06 at 10:14pm

Imelda Marcos?
J. Elaine Marcos?

Any relation or just a weird coincidence?

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 6/22/06 at 10:15pm

Same last name. I'm not sure, I could ask. But then again, it gives you a reason to go to the stage door...
Updated On: 6/22/06 at 10:15 PM

[Mark Loves His Scarf]

Posted: 6/22/06 at 10:15pm

I'm halfway through the CD but since you mentioned Tagalog, I had to skip to the Finale to check it out. But I don't even know what she's saying... and I'm Filipino! I second the question above. I would really like to know. Salamat.

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 6/22/06 at 10:17pm

Po.

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 6/22/06 at 10:17pm

I looked in the playbill and she does look Filipino. But that doesn't always mean anything. Marcos sounds like it is a common last name, but it is a funny coincidence.

Updated On: 6/22/06 at 10:17 PM

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 6/22/06 at 10:19pm

She is a Filipina.

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 6/22/06 at 10:20pm

If she is related, maybe that's another reason they wrote that specific impersonator into the show...not just because she was important in the 80s. But I dunno.

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 6/22/06 at 10:23pm

No, I sincerely doubt it had anything at all to do with Elaine.

Remember, musicals are generally 5-7 years in the writing before they ever get produced.

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 6/22/06 at 10:25pm

Oh, that's right. It could've always been a last minute add-in though, no?

So does anyone know if they're related?

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 6/22/06 at 10:38pm

That possibility didn't even cross my mind until just now.

here's whats he's saying, if that helps anyone (copied from the CD booklet):

Arnel akong ngalan Imelda
Asa man ang banyo 'ninyo

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 6/22/06 at 10:39pm

I don't have flash on my computer so I can't see or hear it, but check this out re J. Elaine:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3764677210804220181

and this:

http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?id=102569

I thought she had a website but I can't find it.

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 6/22/06 at 10:41pm

Here ya go, online Tagalog-English and English-Tagalog dictionary.

http://www.foreignword.com/dictionary/Tagalog/

Updated On: 6/22/06 at 10:41 PM

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 6/22/06 at 10:46pm

I typed it in, and it said that the first word was not found in the dictionary...

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 6/22/06 at 10:47pm

Could be "Arnel" is someone's name.

"ngalan" it translates as "name".
Updated On: 6/22/06 at 10:47 PM

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 6/22/06 at 10:49pm

The only word that's getting a translation out of that is "ngalan," which means name.

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 6/22/06 at 10:52pm

banyo is bathroom!

ninyo is "your"

It's something about a person by the name of Imelda and your bathroom!

See, that was easy! Updated On: 6/22/06 at 10:52 PM

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 6/22/06 at 10:54pm

"ang" is "the"

Arnel akong NAME Imelda
Asa man THE BATHROOM YOUR

Okay, it's not making sense to me.