Misteryo ng Universe #12: Fifty Shades of Grey

Filthy, este, Fifty Shades of Grey

Seriously, ano ba'ng meron ang book na 'to at soooobrang hyped? Lalo pa ngayon na may movie adaptation na ng Fifty Shades of Grey - NAKO - nagkukumahog na naman ang mga tao, and to my dismay, mostly female. Then again - BAKIT!?

Remember when this book came out dati? Hanep sa ratings, 'di ba? Best seller at talaga namang maiintriga kahit sinong bookworm. It didn't took long at umabot na sa pinas ang hype. Ayun, isang araw napansin ko na lang na napupuno na ang Facebook timeline ko ng feedback regarding the book. Praises everywhere! Tapos sa LRT/MRT at coffee shops parang feeling cool 'yung mga taong nagbabasa nito sa isang sulok. Di ko pa nababasa ang book na 'to pero ang alam ko lang erotic daw ang plot at maraming weird sexual stuff and rituals. Okay... so kung ganito ang plot nito how come patok na patok s'ya sa girls? Di ba dapat may sense of "violation" pa nga kung ganon ang tema 'nung book? Pero as I've said, never read the book so what do I know?

Lumipas pa ang ilang araw at medyo tumaas na ang curiousity ko sa Fifty Shades of Grey. Tuwing mapapadaan ako ng National Bookstore at nakikita ko ang libro na 'yun sa best sellers section napapangiwi talaga ako. So I downloaded an e-book version. Mabilis lang naman madownload 'yun sa torrent, anyway. Sabi ko ano kaya ang meron ang book na 'to at sobrang sikat? I read a few pages. After a few I started skipping pages. After  thirty minutes naka facepalm na 'ko. I gave up on the book. Napakawalang kwentang plot at paano naging best seller 'to? It kinda worried me bakit patok ang ganitong klaseng book lalo na sa babae. Anong meron? Nababuyan pa nga ako to put it bluntly.

And now there's this upcoming movie.

Nagbaha na naman ng links ng Filthy, este, Fifty Shades of Grey trailer sa Facebook. Ang daming excited! Again - mostly, if not all, girls na naman. WHY?! The book sucked (na nabasa kong trilogy din pala *facepalm*). Ano bang gayuma meron ang book na 'to at ang daming grls na nahuhumaling? Di ako expert pero di ko talaga ma-gets. Di ba parang sosi-fied version lang s'ya ng Xerex? Parang tanga nga lang din 'yung bidang babae (Anastasia) to submit sa mga kawirduhan 'nung Mr. Grey. Anong mga kawirduhan kamo? Let's just say mga sexual acts na ikakagalit ng grupong Gabriela at ikakatuwa naman ni Mocha Uson.

Nakabasa ako ng perpektong plot summary ng Fifty Shades of Grey sa isang article sa TIME website and it goes something like this:

They have sex, she wants to smooch, he wants to flog, there’s a bunch of talking about this, they have sex again, she again wants to smooch, he again wants to flog, there’s a bunch more talking about this, and so on for several hundred word-filled pages.

Finally, Anastasia decides to let Christian flog her, to see what it would be like. So he takes a belt and flogs her on the butt. Then, in the dramatic climax to the story, the moment we have been building up to, Anastasia comes to a shocking, life-changing realization, which nobody could have foreseen in a million years: Getting flogged on the butt hurts. Yes! It’s painful! Anastasia does not like it! Double crap!!

So she breaks up with him.

And then . . .

And then the book is over.

I’m serious. That’s the plot.

Ganda ng plot 'no? Nakailang tissue ka? I'm sure naiyak ka sa drama at heavy emotional parts ng summary. Well, nagawa ng book na 'to na gawing popular at katanggap-tanggap ang isang erotica themed novel pero then again - bakit s'ya ganun sumikat? Hay, dumagdag pa ang libro na 'to sa napakaraming rason bakit di ko lubusang magets ang female psyche.