The Monday of USURA DRAMA WEEK we went to watch an argentinean play called "Desdichado Deliete del Destino" which was a total mess. So, without any further floreo, I'm gonna analyze the play.
Plot: At first, the main plot was very clear, conflict in a normal house, Dad who fights with mom, complains about everything (loud music) and that Dad loves roses (too much) and some ants ate the roses, and he blames her poor daughter for everything. However ...It changed for no reason, to football and the fathers love for football, and secret pasion of the girl for a football team member, and then all of a sudden, the plot changes again for no reason, and to the music that dad likes, and football again, and flowers, but music, and football ...MESS. As a contrast to Dominicanish, this play opened many proposition and ideas but never really closed them.
Characters: In my opinion, characters were not defined. The Dad, at first we are presented a Dad that is pasionate, but also grumpy, and then nice, and grumpy again, then happy..but sad. As well as the daughter, even though she was the only good thing about the play, her character was like dumb through out the play, but then ...at the end, it was all made up (it would have been interesting how she in her own character would've kill her dad, not changing into another her....) she changes even her voice, her voice turns more of an opera singer. And finally, the third character, what can we say about him? HE WAS THERE JUST TO MAKE TIME. he was never really needed in the play, and I think he was one of the reasons the play failed. He changed 180 the plot of the play, he was funny, but even his jokes became boring and plain.
Culture: I understand that in Argentina saying bad words is normal, or ....ever more common than peru, but they need to understand that some bad words in argentina such as "puta madre" or carajo, estupido and many more...are a little bit shocking when peruvians hear them on stage, at least I do. I really don't want to pay to hear some random guy say 50% text 50 % bad words.
Lighting: the lights stood the same through out all the play, BUT when the dad died (and the other dude too) the light changed, it was focused and cme from the right, I like those kind of lights. I think they give intensity to the play and also it gives me the idea of real. Don't know why. But that lights are very efficient for me :) . Improve: when the dad was talking about the flowers, I would've like to ...see the flower pot. Becuase, and I know this happens in festivals, the lights were not directly above the pot and so ...the pots that were closer to the audience, were in complete shadow. And if a they lighted that part, It would've given strenght tFiro it.
Girly Girl, the girl is the only thing I can save in my "GOOD THINGS" list, since she was the character that everyone liked. The worked really well her column, her face, her movement, her stand, her voice her look, her movemnts. I can tell that she changed alot from actress to girl becuase at the end, when she talked it was another person, completely different. And you end up like " WOW ..is she the same actress?". Also..the best joke, is the one with the cloth and the fly, when she hears the phone call. She stood in her charecter very well, she owned it. however, as i said before, I didn't like how she changed at the end.
Concluding the play: At the end of the play, the explained the difference in cultural aspects of the play, since it was very argentinean ish. BUT, i really don't think that was necessary. It was a waste of time, and the jokes were bad...not good.
In conclusion, the play was funny, at first, but it turned confusing. NOT GOOD, NOT GOOD. As I said before, not very much things that I will keep in my "Good things" list, and as the play passed, i realized that the jokes were the same, but nobody laughed at the end. soI start to wonder, up to what extend jokes can be repeated and still be funny?
Characters: In my opinion, characters were not defined. The Dad, at first we are presented a Dad that is pasionate, but also grumpy, and then nice, and grumpy again, then happy..but sad. As well as the daughter, even though she was the only good thing about the play, her character was like dumb through out the play, but then ...at the end, it was all made up (it would have been interesting how she in her own character would've kill her dad, not changing into another her....) she changes even her voice, her voice turns more of an opera singer. And finally, the third character, what can we say about him? HE WAS THERE JUST TO MAKE TIME. he was never really needed in the play, and I think he was one of the reasons the play failed. He changed 180 the plot of the play, he was funny, but even his jokes became boring and plain.
Culture: I understand that in Argentina saying bad words is normal, or ....ever more common than peru, but they need to understand that some bad words in argentina such as "puta madre" or carajo, estupido and many more...are a little bit shocking when peruvians hear them on stage, at least I do. I really don't want to pay to hear some random guy say 50% text 50 % bad words.
Lighting: the lights stood the same through out all the play, BUT when the dad died (and the other dude too) the light changed, it was focused and cme from the right, I like those kind of lights. I think they give intensity to the play and also it gives me the idea of real. Don't know why. But that lights are very efficient for me :) . Improve: when the dad was talking about the flowers, I would've like to ...see the flower pot. Becuase, and I know this happens in festivals, the lights were not directly above the pot and so ...the pots that were closer to the audience, were in complete shadow. And if a they lighted that part, It would've given strenght tFiro it.
Girly Girl, the girl is the only thing I can save in my "GOOD THINGS" list, since she was the character that everyone liked. The worked really well her column, her face, her movement, her stand, her voice her look, her movemnts. I can tell that she changed alot from actress to girl becuase at the end, when she talked it was another person, completely different. And you end up like " WOW ..is she the same actress?". Also..the best joke, is the one with the cloth and the fly, when she hears the phone call. She stood in her charecter very well, she owned it. however, as i said before, I didn't like how she changed at the end.
Concluding the play: At the end of the play, the explained the difference in cultural aspects of the play, since it was very argentinean ish. BUT, i really don't think that was necessary. It was a waste of time, and the jokes were bad...not good.
In conclusion, the play was funny, at first, but it turned confusing. NOT GOOD, NOT GOOD. As I said before, not very much things that I will keep in my "Good things" list, and as the play passed, i realized that the jokes were the same, but nobody laughed at the end. soI start to wonder, up to what extend jokes can be repeated and still be funny?
You shouldn't only use your liver to criticize a bad play, but also your brains, so the idea is to try and understand WHY something didn't work and WHAT they could've done to make it work, to end up with an intelligent question that follows from the analysis in terms of reflection and research for your own process.
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