Gretchen Baretto on MMK topped ratings

Gretchen Baretto proves that she's more than the glamour and walk-out drama. Last Saturday's MMK Episode, "Larawan" featured the controversial Baretto in the story of love and pains in her desire to have a mind and life of her own away from her parents' clasps.

Gretchen Baretto proved once again that she has so much to offer in her career as an actress. The actress can be found on and off the acting scene but when she does show, she gives the audience what they deserve.

In the Maalaala Mo Kaya episode, Gretchen gave an excellent performance in her portrayal of different emotions -- from begging her parents to give her control of her own life, to love, to hurt, to the motherly concern that throws away self-pride. It was all felt in her acting that even I - who is not much of a Baretto fan - noticed.

True enough, the Saturday primetime rating shows the episode got a whopping 31.4% against her sister, Claudine Baretto's show on GMA which only got 14.7%

ON THE MMK EPISODE

Together with Gretchen's acting prowess, much can also be said of the storyline of Maalaala Mo Kaya last Saturday. A woman named Maria, wanting to gain control of her life, marries a good soldier and had 2 kids. Thinking of the future of her kids, she throws away everything to accept the love of a priest (Jomari Yllana). Against all odds, they went to a place far from people who throw stones at them, calling she and the priest immorals.

Seems that life got so much better after that. Maria (Baretto) is climbing in her teaching career, which should work for the family since they hope fora better life. Her family life was sacrificed including time for her children and time for her husband. She later found out that her husband is molesting her daughter. They got separated and she went back to her parents to continue living their life.

It was not a simple story. It's a story packed with controversies -- not only a priest commiting himself in marriage but a priest molesting a young child. It could be too much for the Church to take but the episode didn't go without saying that all should be forgiven because tao lang tayo, nagkakamali.

The twist in the MMK episode made it more engaging to watch. It raises brows. The story pardoned but it leaves something in its audience. If it didn't cause much protest from the viewers, it opened eyes to the possibilities of errors even from the sacred sector of the society.


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