The show must go on???

It is true that Willie Revillame and many of the audience members who survived the WOWOWEE stampede wanted the show to continue? Wow.

From Rizalist:

Something that riled me was the reported desire of Willie Revillame “to go on with the show.” Normally this would be considered a virtue in an entertainer — in cases where the lights have gone out in the theatre, part of his costume falls off, or one of the lead actors doesn’t show up. But NOT after over seventy people were just crushed to death and practically still lying around dead. Maybe he thought he could save the situation with his usual boyish inanity.

But would someone please tell me I am all wrong in the impression that the audience — those who didn’t die and were finally in the venue–seemed to be clapping for the show to indeed go on despite the tragedy, for the million bucks to be given away as planned. Knowing us, some were probably muttering, “What good does it do the living OR the dead, for the show not to go on?”

Perhaps they should’ve let him go on with the show and give away the million bucks. ABSCBN probably now stands to lose a lot more than that anyway.

We know many poor Filipinos waited in line for as long as three days just for a chance to enter WOWOWEE. Tiniis nila ang siksikan, init, at mahabang pila for a shot at WOWOWEE's one million peso prize, and to turn them away after they endured the long wait will be tough to swallow for many poor contestants...

But still... continuing with the show (after the stampede) would be absurd, don't you think, Willie?