Critique on the Concept Paper: “The Cocktail Party " by Nelson Navarro

Nelson Navarro’s concept of cocktail parties explains the Filipino version of cocktail parties apart from the Americans. He made an illustration of the comical indulgence of Filipinos in cocktail parties.
I agree with him that long before San Miguel Beer became the masses’ drinks, they already have known the powerful kicks of the tuba or the fermented water and some other potent drinks from the extracts of local fruits.
His way of laying down the concepts of Filipino cocktails depicts some harsh realities and scenarios as how they were observed. He is playful in his illustrations and choices of words to show the cynical settings and conveyance of disparity between the guests wherein those right brands and vintages of liquors were kept reserved until or unless you are among those “guest” that belongs to the class of highfalutin society as he also refer to other guest as the parasites that can spoil the party. These other party guests could be those gate crashers or low profiled invited guest who does not deserve those expensive liquors. So unsurprisingly, those Dom Perignons, Blue Labels, Hennessy-Paradis, and Perrier-Joubets are not really for the masses but or the Serious drinkers of the high society.
Needless to say, since these expensive liquors were not known for the general guests, it is then sane to say that the attention of the entire guest turned towards the very available food and dishes prepared. And no wonder the foods were usually consumed first rather than the drinks. And sometimes instead of these expensive wines, the very popular Coke is usually served.
Although cocktail parties were brought from the “cultural baggage” of the Americans, the Filipinos never really copied their model because unlike them, the Filipinos were fond of eating than drinking.
The expensive wines seems to symbolize the Spanish oppression way back from history with their imposed forced labor from their encomienda system and now it symbolizes the luxury or the material want that furthers the disparity between the masses and the high class society.