Sunday, July 4, 2010
Bloggin with a heavy heart is rather fun!
Let me begin with two drama production that i caught, last week and today.
First - BOMOH, by VVV Theatre Production (if i got the name wrong, pardon me).
Interesting name for a production eh.
It was a simple yet beautiful production. It highlighted the various reasons why people end up using black magic (thru a Bomoh).
- Anger
- Jealousy
- Selfishness
- Fame
- Fear
- Greed
These traits are quite normal in today's world. But the fact that these are the reasons behind why people approach a bomoh to get things done the dark way, shows how much power these negative traits have.
Each trait was played by a character and everyone did justice to that trait. Yes. Simple costumes and simple sets (more like just one set) just to prove a simple concept.
One thing i was discussing with my two sisters who accompanied to watch the production was the fact that they could have introduced another character - the bomoh himself.
As in, each character was made to confess that they visited a bomoh for their own personal reasons, which could have led to the death of one man. Also, they had to enact what happened to the man because of the work of the bomoh. This i felt, could have been done by a bomoh himself, instead of getting the characters to do it.
But the "godly" character, with his huge size and LOUD voice, was surely the highlight of the show. I daresay the floor was his. Yes!
Another thing i felt could have been done was to introduce how the bomoh does his work. however, upon further though, i realised that, that doing so could lead to undesirable circumstances. People may practice what was done during the production and.....
However, they did touch and go on how some people perform these black magic. Like for example, my senior Devi, did the role portraying selfishness. She wanted the man for herself thus she approached a bomoh. She was told by a/the bomoh to go to a grave of a baby, dig out the corpse, cut the head, dig the brain out, mix the oil/fluid from the head/brain with sand and throw it outside the man's house. And also to use the oil and apply it on her eyebrows - this will surely make all guys fall for her seduction.
All in all, the production was awesome and worth the cash. It was as freaky as it's name sounds, having a tinge of humour. And of course, it had various concepts to take home, based on the viewers perspective.
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The other production: Cindrella by RDG.
Don't ask me why i went to watch a kids' production. I have my reasons. The two producers are good friends of mine. The assistant director is also a veri good friend of mine. People who helped out in the production included two of my seniors. The musicians were my friends. Any reason for me not to support? Haha.
But well, i didnt regret going for it! Like DUH. The kids were simple good at whatever they did. Cute, adorable and purr-fect!
After the show i gotta know that the queen, was my sister's senior's sister. Haha. And she did an amazing job! She is really small sized but her confidence level is sure sky high! She did her role so well, anyone who doesnt admire her must be an idiot!
.........lost the fire to continue......... shall contine tmrw......... :)
Adamant flexibility,
Ragha ¶ 12:26 AM
Let me begin with two drama production that i caught, last week and today.
First - BOMOH, by VVV Theatre Production (if i got the name wrong, pardon me).
Interesting name for a production eh.
It was a simple yet beautiful production. It highlighted the various reasons why people end up using black magic (thru a Bomoh).
- Anger
- Jealousy
- Selfishness
- Fame
- Fear
- Greed
These traits are quite normal in today's world. But the fact that these are the reasons behind why people approach a bomoh to get things done the dark way, shows how much power these negative traits have.
Each trait was played by a character and everyone did justice to that trait. Yes. Simple costumes and simple sets (more like just one set) just to prove a simple concept.
One thing i was discussing with my two sisters who accompanied to watch the production was the fact that they could have introduced another character - the bomoh himself.
As in, each character was made to confess that they visited a bomoh for their own personal reasons, which could have led to the death of one man. Also, they had to enact what happened to the man because of the work of the bomoh. This i felt, could have been done by a bomoh himself, instead of getting the characters to do it.
But the "godly" character, with his huge size and LOUD voice, was surely the highlight of the show. I daresay the floor was his. Yes!
Another thing i felt could have been done was to introduce how the bomoh does his work. however, upon further though, i realised that, that doing so could lead to undesirable circumstances. People may practice what was done during the production and.....
However, they did touch and go on how some people perform these black magic. Like for example, my senior Devi, did the role portraying selfishness. She wanted the man for herself thus she approached a bomoh. She was told by a/the bomoh to go to a grave of a baby, dig out the corpse, cut the head, dig the brain out, mix the oil/fluid from the head/brain with sand and throw it outside the man's house. And also to use the oil and apply it on her eyebrows - this will surely make all guys fall for her seduction.
All in all, the production was awesome and worth the cash. It was as freaky as it's name sounds, having a tinge of humour. And of course, it had various concepts to take home, based on the viewers perspective.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The other production: Cindrella by RDG.
Don't ask me why i went to watch a kids' production. I have my reasons. The two producers are good friends of mine. The assistant director is also a veri good friend of mine. People who helped out in the production included two of my seniors. The musicians were my friends. Any reason for me not to support? Haha.
But well, i didnt regret going for it! Like DUH. The kids were simple good at whatever they did. Cute, adorable and purr-fect!
After the show i gotta know that the queen, was my sister's senior's sister. Haha. And she did an amazing job! She is really small sized but her confidence level is sure sky high! She did her role so well, anyone who doesnt admire her must be an idiot!
.........lost the fire to continue......... shall contine tmrw......... :)
Adamant flexibility,
Ragha ¶ 12:26 AM
