Line #21 Film/MyLittleBossings


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2	->We didn't pay 220 pesos to watch the film for the actors to hawk instant pancit canton, bread, laundry detergent, cough syrup and whatever it is that you and Kris Aquino are endorsing. Are you really this desperate? Maybe not.
3	-->-- '''[[https://www.spot.ph/this-is-a-crazy-planets/55300/an-open-letter-to-vic-sotto Lourd de Veyra]]''' on lamenting Sotto's production
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5	Quite possibly the UsefulNotes/{{Philippines}}' answer to ''Film/MacAndMe'' and ''Film/TheWizard'', and one of [[SarcasmMode the most successful blockbusters]] the country has ever seen during the Platform/MetroManilaFilmFestival. [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer No, really]].
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7	Torky, played by veteran comedian Creator/VicSotto, is a bookkeeper working for Baba (Kris Aquino), a businesswoman. A threat in Baba's life forces her to put her son Justin under Torky's care, to be met by his daughter Ice and his young ward Ching whom he adopted from the streets. Or at least that's the premise...
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9	...except it played out as a fairly blatant MerchandiseDriven affair, made to promote and shill for whichever products Vic Sotto, Kris Aquino and their co-stars were endorsing at the time. And there were a lot of them -- Ariel detergent, Lucky Me noodles and Solmux cough syrup to name a few. Not to mention being a star vehicle for child actors Ryzza Mae Dizon and Kris' son Bimby Yap, who made his feature film debut.
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11	An InNameOnly sequel to ''My Little Bossings'' entitled ''My Big Bossing'' was released in 2014, with next to no connection to the previous film. ''My Big Bossing'' instead focuses more on Ryzza Mae Dizon's portrayals of three different characters in their respective ([[UrbanFantasy urban]]) fantasy settings, becoming more or less in line with Vic Sotto's previous ''Enteng Kabisote'' entries.
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14	!!The film provides examples of:
15	* AnthologyFilm: For the sequel, which had nothing to do with the first film at all.
16	* CharacterShill: As shown with the characters extolling the virtues of the products their actors endorse in RealLife.
17	* CheerfulChild: Ching and Justin in the original film, and Jessa, Angel and Biiktoria/Victoria in the sequel.
18	* EnforcedPlug: Exaggerated as the actors shill for the products they endorse whilst in character without any attempt at subtlety or [[JustifiedTrope justification]] ''at all''. Sure makes Harlow Wilcox's constant praise of Johnson Wax in ''Radio/FibberMcGeeAndMolly'' seem legit in comparison.
19	* InNameOnly: ''My Big Bossing'' had no connection to the previous film apart from the name and some of the cast, being more of a fantasy film anthology featuring a different set of characters.
20	* MerchandiseDriven: As if ''Film/MacAndMe'' and ''Film/TheWizard'' wasn't enough to make a film critic blush.
21	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Janet Napulis, a supporting character played by fellow ''Series/EatBulaga'' alumni Ruby Rodriguez, is a thinly-veiled dig at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Lim-Napoles Janet Lim-Napoles]], a businesswoman alleged to have masterminded the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priority_Development_Assistance_Fund_scam Priority Development Assistance Fund scam]] which defrauded the Philippine government of over ₱10 billion due to misappropriated funds.
22	* ProductPlacement / ProductPromotionParade: "Here, try this Ariel detergent. It'll make those stains go away easily,"
23	* PunnyName: Agent Kobe and Agent Bryant. Guess who they took the names from.
24	* RandomEventsPlot: Sotto probably didn't mind having a plot so random, disjointed and filled to the brim with Harlow Wilcox-esque product pitches.

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