Saturday 19th April
just before i start i have to tell you something. " TE ODIO Y ME MEO EN TI". now, we went to watch a play that THANK GOD was free. It was called "El Album" - Grupo Tecal (colombia). It was OK. The play was like a photo album and made only by still pictures. THAT was cool.
Good things about the play:
*color schemes: the characters were great! i like that the skin was painted and the clothes matched the skin tone. its was great (tho... if you knew that the jumper is too short for your belly and at some point might rise above the skirt...then you should've painted your belly too.... but is was ok).
*Props: I liked that everyone had an umbrella! I thought that gave them the link between the characters since they really didn't interacted with each other in most of the play. I aslo liked that each character had a prop that related a story and that it sometimes represented people (as the TV) or a part of te body (guitar).
*Blue girl: the blue girl was my favourite character, when it was in still picture (for me) it was the one who expressed more her own history, past...just by looking at her you knew what she felt.
*Text: the text whas good. I liked it... I would've presented it differently (not narrated by that girl) but ... i liked the text. (as the invisible mother ..that was great!!)
*Still pictures: my had is removed (me quito el sombrero) for them....they were great on that.
Bad Things:
*music: sucked horse balls. if you are going to put a song then PUT IT! don't cut it in the middle of the action...plus don't keep on repeating the same mistake over and over again.
*main character: I'm sorry, but nah nah my amigous colombianus. I didn't like at all the main character. It was sooooooo anoying. It was like a Bembos animadora. Hated it. (tho..her pronunciation was gooood goood! )
*Black guys singing: ...i though that killed the play because the still picture (in that ...context) should be mute ... because everyone were mute. BUT NOoo... he decided to sing. so i was expecting that at least each character spoke once ...but they didn't.
how i would've presented the play:
without the girl speaking...maybe ...each character speaking. Or ..... if the character spoke... then not as "animadora" as it sounded...it gave no seriousness to the play.
NOW! I wonder...if i didn't like the girl for beeing such as ..."animadora de Bembos" then ... if we do the same for our play..then it wouldn't be taken seriously..BUT THEN! how serious would we want to make our play? (and what techniques do we want to use? BUT IF IT IS NOT SERIOUS!? would they ever take our message as serious? or ...... OH SNAPPLE! this is way too confusing.
I liked the music, and it had a role in the play (the photos changed when there was music). I also think that the main character was quite good - joyfulness doesn't necessarily take out seriousness from a play. Now you should think what do you mean by "serious".
ReplyDeleteMaybe the problem of the play was the overall conception and realization - good ideas that didn't quite work as a whole in the end.
Good entry towards the end. Good final questions.
Roberto