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Standing in front of a microphone, voice actor Phil Cruz pretends to wield an amulet to defeat the Devil for the latest installment of one of the Philippines’ few surviving radio dramas.
Radio dramas were the main source of entertainment for Filipino families after World War 2, just like the rest of the world, but their popularity faded with the rise of television, social media, and video livestreaming. Love, family, and poverty are among the themes tackled in other long-running dramas, such as “You’re My Only Life” and “This Is Our Life.”
Mutia keeps a box of objects in the studio to simulate sounds: coconut shells for galloping horses, a door bolt for the cocking of a gun, and stamping his feet in a box of leaves for footsteps in a forest.“The computer can replicate the sound of a slap but it is more realistic doing it the old way,” said Mutia, demonstrating by striking together a pair of old rubber shoe soles.The beauty of radio was that it reached “everyone, even the poor,” said Rosanna Villegas, 63.
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