Not everything we see onscreen is real. We know naman… and yet nauuto pa rin tayo, we still fall victims. And so this needs to be stressed, particularly in the post-truth age, when packaged contents exist to just to push ideals.
Itong kuda, itong hugot, galing sa Notting Hill, a district of West London, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in England.
This was also the venue of the Hollywood film of the same name, starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant.
The story of the romcom was simple: a Briton who lives in Notting Hill met a movie star in a book shop, HIS book shop, somewhere in Notting Hill. Oo, they ended up together, sorry to those who have yet to watch the film; but – here’s the catch – THAT book shop shown in the film isn’t what it is in real life. This is where the budol is.
@outragemag In #NottingHill in #London, this #bookstore highlights #Hollywood myth-making (thanks #JuliaRoberts and #HughGrant ♬ original sound – Outrage Magazine
The front of the shop seen in the film is located at 142 Portobello Road in Notting Hill in London. Inside, though, it’s NOT a bookshop; instead, it’s a pasalubong center, a souvenir shop, selling mostly “Made in China” goods bearing marks related to “Notting Hill” the movie, Harry Potter, or UK. That this place is tacky inside is an understatement… sorry.
The inside of the book shop in the movie was inspired by the Notting Hill Bookshop, which is located at 13 Blenheim Crescent, also in Notting Hill. Established in 1979, this one’s a real book shop. But because of the Hollywood connection, this is also a tourist trap – e.g. inside, there are more tourists than there are buyers of whatever.
That’s movie magic for you.
And truth creation, too.
Only to be “corrected” by experience when you’re already in the actual place yourself.
Which is why we continue discovering… as we do in this LGBTQIA+ rampa…
