In This Kaleidoscope World Episode 1

In This Kaleidoscope World (2021) Episode 1: For Him For Her

I know I missed watching Jules act but other than that I don't know yet how I feel about this series. In the context of conservative Philippine society, it's obviously brave to tackle three-way relationships on Episode 1: For Him For Her. While not surprising because of the writer-director's theater background, the use of juxtaposed parallel narrative style in presenting the stories of the boys and girls side-by-side was quite interesting. I'm not yet sure if highlighting similarities among them is a good message to convey. I'll just have to see where the plot/storyline goes. For the most part, screenplay wasn't conversational. Acting was a hit-or-miss. The boys were better than the girls although Zoren had off moments too. The making love scenes were quite awkward. Audio-visuals were largely uneven. Editing needs work. The soundtrack "Kaleidoscope World," originally written and sang by the late great Francis Magalona/Francis M ("Father of Pinoy Hip Hop" and "King of Pinoy Rap") was unmistakably awesome but the cover by Jenzen Guino was just ok. Overall, I'm still on the fence on this one. Hopefully next episode is compelling enough.

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