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What you're watching? I finally found
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the time to watch Kess on the movie. If
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you don't want to hear spoilers, scroll.
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Many people came to the theater
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expecting a biopic. It is not that. The
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first thing on the screen was a
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disclaimer. This movie blends fact with
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The movie was very strong visually. The
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acting was superlative. The pace was
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quick. The expository tools they used
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worked for me. I will let others who
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know more about technical elements dwell
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on that. ologist who has read much
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about. I kept saying to myself,
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let me answer some of the questions you
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have been sending me.
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Revolutionario, but he was not part of
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bonafas. He joined only after his father
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died in 1898 right before the start of
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the Philippine American War. He served
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under Emilio Ainaldo in Cabaratuan.
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Later as a major he served under General
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Thomas Mascaro. Mascaro was a general
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from Kawi whom General Antonio Luna
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cited for its subordination. So yes,
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Kesson was a veteran of the revolution
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but more admin than soldier. Next
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the 1935 presidential elections.
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No record, no diary, no biography I have
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read proves they were together. We have
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seen proof that Kesson was engaged to
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four other women. Corason Chong Velos in
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1907, Nina Thomas around 1915, Dolores
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Velos in 1917, and Aurora Aragon in
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1918. Personal letters, newspaper
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clippings, physical artifacts,
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photographs, and civil records support
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Next, Leonard Wood. Friend or foe?
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Leonard Wood served as the governor of
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the Moro Province. He resigned in 1906
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under political pressure after the
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massacre of Buddhahoo. He became the
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governor general of the Philippines in
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1921. Together with W. Cameron Forbes,
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he led a mission to assess our readiness
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for independence. They concluded that we
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were not ready. Legacy part problematic,
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part okay. Related question. Did Kesson
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lead the cabinet crisis of 1923 against
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Leonard Wood? In real life, it started
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with Joseeppe Lurel, the secretary of
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the interior at the time, who resigned
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after Leonard Wood reinstated the
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policeman Ray Connley in 1923. Lurel's
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move sparked a wave of resignations from
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other cabinet members. Senate President
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Manuel Kesson and House Speaker Manuel
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Roas resigned from the Council of State,
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but kept their roles in the upper and
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lower houses of Congress. Next,
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In 1925, Agaldo said in a speech that
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the time for independence has not yet
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come, which Keson saw as a betrayal. Two
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years later, Kesson's allies exposed
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Agaldo's use of public land in Cavid.
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Fred Cassini Queson among Rodriguez who
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was the secretary of agriculture. Agaldo
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retaliated by expelling him from the
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re. This happened 10 years before they
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faced off as presidential candidates in
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the 1935 elections. So prolonged feud.
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in an interview Kesson said about
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Governor General Stickson.
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We used to make the air blue with our
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curses. When presidential photographer
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Onesto Vito took a photo of Kesson while
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being carried off the SS corridor after
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he became ill during his election
