THE KIDS ARE CUTE BUT THIS AIN’T NO KIDS’ SHOW

GMA-7 is currently running another kid-starred series called Munting Heredera. It reminds me of the classic story A Little Princess. But for this show, the story now got more twists than a pretzel, that if you didn’t catch it from the beginning you might get confused. There are three little girls who are vying for the Heredera crown. There is the fake one, the daughter of a club worker, who claims to be fathered by the rich guy. Then there’s another girl whose mother, who people thought was already dead but then resurfaced later, claims to be also fathered by the rich guy (what she didn’t know, is that the kid is not her real daughter). And then there’s the mother’s real daughter, both of whom don’t know they are related. While the first two kids and their mothers will square off for the Heredera rights, the last kid, Jennifer, has absolutely no idea that she has the rightful claim to the throne. I find it so engaging that I want to see how they will all find out that Jennifer is the sole Munting Heredera. Another plus factor is the very fast pacing. Problems are solved and the bad guys that caused them get their comeuppance within a week.

But mind you that this is not a kid’s show. Yes there are kids and they are cute and are very good in their roles but there are certain elements that were made for the adult viewers. Mark Anthony Fernandez, the rich guy, went to a club. His cousin drugged his drink and the next morning he woke up in bed with a bargirl. Do you want your kids to actually watch that? How about this one? Camille Prats suffers from amnesia, so Neil Ryan Sese with matching daughter in tow claimed to be her family and when the lie was revealed threatened to kill her. What parent would subject their kids to see that plot? Add the characters of Ynez Veneracion, Gabby Eigenmann and the bargirl Katrina Halili that continue to threaten good girl Jennifer with harm? And lest I forgot there were Jennifer’s abusive grandparents and Sharmaine Arnaiz who wants to shoot the little girl with a gun!

I like the show and will continue to watch it. But I don’t recommend it for kids. Perhaps the network knows it’s for a much mature audience hence the late timeslot.