Xerex Xaviera

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Xerex Xaviera is an adult column in Abante tabloid that first started as a sex advice column in July, 1988 [1] [2] [3] which was a creation of 5 young men. [4] From a sex advice column, it has evolved into a literary column about sexual exploits and experiences of letter-senders [5] and a platform for its reader's sexual fantasies. [6] Tomio Sakayama xerex 1990

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Overview

Abante tabloid runs a column written by an anonymous Xerex Xaviera in 1988 for sex advices to letter senders. It has eventually evolved about sex exploits and experiences by supposed letter senders. [7] The column was said to be the Filipino counterpart of the book by Xaviera Hollander Happy Hooker . [8] The newspaper tabloid gains popularity as many adults are more buying the newspaper because of the stories from the Xerex Xaviera column. [9] [10]

In 2004, the tabloid stopped publishing the column when it shifted into an all family newspaper.[ citation needed ]

Name origin

The name Xerex Xaviera was coined by five young men. One of them was fond of reading Playboy magazine and Penthouse magazine and Xaviera Hollander was a writer that they admired. As they wanted to create a Filipino version of Xaviera Hollander. While thinking on how they would create a Filipino name for Xaviera Hollander, one of them proposed to just do a Xerox copy of Hollander's name. From the word Xerox they created the name Xerex, and thus the name Xerex Xaviera was created. [4]

Xerex film

On April 30, 2003, [11] Regal Films released a trilogy movie of the said adult tabloid column featuring Aubrey Miles, Ynez Veneracion, Jon Hall, Kalani Ferreria and Jake Roxas. [1] The film was directed by Mel Chionglo. [3] [12] The movie is composed of three episodes as seen from the perspective of the fictional sex guru: [1] "Kama" which is about a teenage girl's exploration of sexuality, "O" which is about an engaged woman's dalliances with a beach lifeguard and "Butas" which is about voyeurism through a hole in the wall. [11]

The movie was promoted through a photo exhibit at the SM Megamall. However, the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board deemed the photos "too sexy and suggestive" and ordered its pullout. [13]

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References

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  2. ↑ Lalin, Jun (6 May 2018). "Xerex Xaviera kinabaliwan noon, pinananabikan ngayon" . Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  3. 1 2 Vanzi, Sol Jose. "Abante's Xerex Xaviera Soon Onscreen". newsflash.org. Archived from the original on 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  4. 1 2 Castillo, Ronellie C. "Junep Ocampo: Philippine Journalism Oral History". oralhistory.4mg.com. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  5. ↑ Coronel, Sheila S. (1999). From Loren to Marimar: The Philippine Media in the 1990s. Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism. ISBN   978-971-8686-24-9 . Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  6. ↑ I: The Investigative Reporting Magazine. Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism,. 1995. p. 19. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  7. ↑ Philippine Journalism Review. Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility. 1990. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  8. ↑ "Aubrey Titillates as Xerex Xaviera". newsflash.org. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  9. ↑ Rosales Casocot, Ian. "A short history of sex in Philippine literature". cnn. No. April 26, 2017. CNN Philippines. CNN. Archived from the original on 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  10. ↑ "Xerex Xaviera kinabaliwan noon, pinananabikan ngayon". 6 May 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  11. 1 2 "Xerex". Regal Home Entertainment. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  12. ↑ Lo, Ricky. "Aubrey au naturel". Philstar.com. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  13. ↑ Cruz, Marinel R. (30 April 2003). "Aubrey exhibit pulled out: Photos too "sexy, suggestive," says MTRCB". Google News Archive Search. Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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