PRAYBEYT BENJAMIN

CHARACTERS
MAJOR:

 Vice Ganda as Private Benjamin "Benjie" Santos VIII

 Eddie Garcia as Minister Marshal Benjamin "Bino" Santos VI
 Jimmy Santos as Benjamin "Ben" Santos VII
 Derek Ramsay as Brandon Estolas
 Nikki Valdez as Lucresia Alcantara
 Kean Cipriano as Emerson Ecleo
 DJ Durano as Dominador "Dondi" Rosales
 Vandolph Quizon as Buhawi Manay
 Jojit Lorenzo as Joselito "Jojo/Jose" Makapagtagpo Jr./ Jose Remescal
 Ricky Rivero as Big Boy Carnate
 Mark Joseph Duran as Owl King

MINOR

 Carlos Agassi as Paul Marigma

 Bodie Cruz as George Carang
 Tutti Caringal as Ringo Daway
 Malou de Guzman as Lilibeth Santos
 Dennis Padilla as Bentot Santos
 Angelie Urquico as Jesamine Santos
 Abby Bautista as Anjemin Santos
 Tess Antonio as Lisa Santos
 Jasper Visaya as Benten Santos
 Rubi Rubi as Captain Tenille
 Andrew Wolff as Abu Sayaff
 Emilio Garcia as Billy Aladdin
 Romhel Valera as Primitivo

SETTING
The setting is a constructed one. It is in the stage of a party of Eddie Garcia (starring as Benjamin Santos
VI, the grandfather of Vice Ganda which stars as Benjamin “Benjie” Santos VIII) at an unidentified
resort. It is the time of the birthday party of Eddie Garcia, so everyone is in a festive mood.
LINES WORTH REMEMBERING
1.Benjie comes from a long line of distinguished warriors and soldiers in the family. His grandfather was
a military general played by Eddie Garcia, whom he called Popsie. During their meeting at Popsie’s
birthday party, his grandfather found out for the first time that Benjie is gay. “Sino diyan si Benjie?”
Popsie asked. Much to his shock, someone answered, “Yun pong sumasayaw sa gitna,” referring to the
dancer dressed in baro’t saya.

2.Benjie’s father, played by Jimmy Santos, chose not to become a soldier and instead followed his love
for science. A civil war forced Benjie to sign up for the military to take the place of his ailing father and
to help save his grandfather who was taken hostage by rebels. Benjie and his sister reminded their father,
“’Tay, hindi na kayo puwedeng sumali diyan! May alta presyon kayo, diabetes, may almoranas ka pa.
May alipunga pa po kayo!”
3. Derek Ramsay played the role of their platoon leader Brandon, and also Benjie’s love interest. When
they were trying to find out who among the soldiers was gay, Brandon suggested using a blind item, and
speaks in gay lingo. “Sinetch itech na jundalo na baklush pala?” Benjie was immediately caught when he
answered, “Sino?”
4. Benjie’s band of misfits joined him in his (mis)adventures at military camp. They were played by
Vandolph Quizon, Kean Cipriano, Nikky Valdez, Ricky Rivero, DJ Durano, and Jojit Lorenzo. Nikki’s
character had always suspected that Benjie was gay, and tried to convince him to admit it. At one point,
Benjie tried to prove he was straight by kissing Nikki. Before he could even get close to her lips, Benjie
threw up!

SUMMARY
Benjamin "Benjie" Santos VIII is a gay who wants to prove his worth to his grandfather, help spare his
aging father from military drafting, and save the country from terrorists. He keeps his sexuality from the
trainees and superiors and makes friends with the other misfits of the team. They went into rigorous
training to change from being weaklings to perfectly capable soldiers. Their hard work pays off and gets
acknowledged by their trainers. Another team of trainees stages Benjie so as to expose his sexuality, and
immediately gets him kicked out of the team. His misfit friends walks away with him, but incidentally
arrives at the terrorists' camp. They go back to give the intel to their superiors, but they were ignored.
They took matters into their own hands and came out victorious.