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stereotype may possibly earn for the NPA a nod of appreciation from
the audience.
The fourth photo is a wide, eye-level shot that captures a busy scene.
CPP spokesperson Ka Roger is in the middle of the photograph, microphone
in hand. Everybody else in the photo, including a senator and
cabinet members – some approximately 80 people look at and listen to
him. Cameras in the foreground are aimed at him, and a banner saying
“Realize CAHRIHL! (sic) Respect Human Rights!” hangs in the background.
It is the release of an NPA prisoner of war, Major Noel Buan.
Interaction with the central character, Ka Roger, is only offered in the
photo. The audience becomes like one of Ka Roger’s listeners, looking
on from a distance. The mute photo suggests that Ka Roger may be talking
about the CARHRIHL (the banner after all resembles a speech bubble).
The master narrative is that the CPP commands attention from all
sides, the common people, the media, and even government officials.
Image 4. RELEASE:
CPP spokesperson Ka Roger speaks at the release of POW Maj. Noel Buan,
intelligence chief of the AFP’s Southern Luzon Command, by the NPA’s Melito
Glor Command in 2001. The release was held in a mountain village of Bulalacao
in Occident