“Unauthorized rusical” gets approval from Jodi Sta Maria
Jodi Sta. Maria met her iconic characters in a one-man “unauthorized” musical titled “Jodi Sta Maria: The Unauthorized Rusical” in a half hour Instagram live by up and coming content creator AC Soriano last April 18.
The “rusical” featured roles of Jodi such as Maya from “Be Careful with My Heart,” Amor Powers from “Pangako Sa ‘Yo,” Marissa from “Ang Sa Iyo Ay Akin,” and Doc Jill from “The Broken Marriage Vow,” thus, getting the approval of the actress herself, as she watched in real time along with 12,000 others.
AC Soriano is a digital filmmaking graduate who goes by @ItsACsLife on social media has been impersonating Jill for nearly two months, complete with the character’s signature bob-cut with full bangs and the undeniable Doc Jill fashion style.
However, no matter how much Soriano impersonated Doc Jill, even getting viral a couple of times, the content creator does not seem to catch the actress’ attention until that Monday night.
With the help of the twitter community, the two eventually exchanged messages and had the opportunity to give a heads- up for the upcoming Instagram live which will feature Sta Maria’s various characters.
Sta Maria then appeared during the live with different reactions by sending heart and thumbs up emoji during Soriano’s “Be Careful with My Heart” musical number, as well as clapping emoji when he delivered the lines,
“Matitikman ninyo ang batas ng isang api!” from “Pangako Sa’ Yo.”
Soriano could not be more proud of this achievement as he would reiterate the phrase “I love you, Ms Jodi” a number of times during the live.
“Buti na nga lang malayo ‘yung phone, so hindi ko nakikita kung nag-ko-comment siya kasi baka mahiya ako!” Soriano said. “Para ma-maintain ‘yung comedy at saka hindi ma-break ‘yung fourth wall, hindi ko masyadong tinitingnan, though alam kong nandoon siya.”
As the show was ending, Jodi took the time to send her appreciation to AC through a direct message which AC read out loud before ending the show completely.
“Hi, AC!” Soriano quoted Sta. Maria. “I just want to congratulate you on your performance tonight. Super nakakaaliw ka… Keep making people happy. You have a wonderful gift. Ingat ka always. God bless you.”
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