With director Kip Oebanda’s hit film Balota finally making its way to cinemas nationwide, content creator Sassa Gurl drew laughs as she parodied actress Marian Rivera’s portrayal of the film’s main character Teacher Emmy.
In the video shared to social media, Sassa Gurl can be seen holding a bright yellow ballot box as she comically walked around and mimicked Rivera’s iconic scenes in the film, which had earned her the Best Actress award at the 2024 Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival last August.
“Teacher Emmy n’yo, PAGOD NA! Introducing Teacher EME!” the post’s caption read.
Notably, Sassa Gurl was also part of the film as Babe, one of the younger voters who is vocal about her views against the corrupt political system.
Revolving around the story of a teacher protecting a ballot box holding the votes of a town, Oebanda had written Balota based on the state of the elections in the country, which he had called absurd in a post expressing his sentiments about the film back in 2023.
“Yes, the elections in this country is absurd. That’s probably an accepted fact across the political spectrum,” said Oebanda, who openly admitted that the results of the last elections impacted him negatively.
“Democracy is heavy. It is one big joke we must take seriously. It’s ripe for satire because it is broken. But it isn’t the only way to make society better. Tawanan natin pero baguhin rin natin,” he said further.
Balota is set to premiere in cinemas nationwide on Oct. 16.
