Ang Huling El Bimbo: The Hit Musical Reflection

Ang Huling El Bimbo is a story of friendship, struggles, and life challenging decisions. Set in the
1990s, the musical weaves a story with songs of rock band eraserheads in an attempt to take its
viewers into a journey of nostalgia.

The story unfolds and we see that the relationship of the characters dramatically changes after
the incident, both individually and as a group. Joy is left to deal with the rape on her own.

The message of this part of the narrative to me it exposes how ill-equipped people are when
faded with an emergency situation of sexual assault. It criticizes men’s silence and complicity in
violence. Silence is oppressive because it privileges order and harmony over someone’s trauma.
Being actively shut out from her friend’s lives makes Joy experience a second level of violence