Wednesday, May 10, 2006

Went to watch lu yuan on last sun. An annual chinese drama perforance by Chinese Cultural Club. Felt it was better than last year's as the backdrops are more impressive, a different one for each skit. The plays seemed to be separate entities with no solid themes, but it was interesting enough to sustain me for 2 hours.
I didnt quite understand the 3rd skit though, it was about 3 couples ( a shy young couple, cinderella and the prince and ah beng & ah lian ) the scenes jumped erratically from 1 couple's to another, so sometimes i dun quite catch what thet were trying to say. But i do like the 1st play, the cute Mickey Mouse that can 'move' and understands its owner's feelings. 2 guys in charge of mIckey's movements got to squat and move around the stage.. it must've been tough on them.
The 2nd play was about Ne zha. There was one point in the play which was meant to evoke feeling of sorrow, when the 4 words '忠孝仁义' 4 different words were supposed to detach from the bamboo poles hanging overhead and '飘' down to the stage. Unfortunately, the word '仁' stubbornly refused to drop down despite repeated attempts by the backstage crew to jerk the pole. The audience laughed at this sight, so a sad scene was immediately turned into a funny scene... The costumes for this play was funny, the guy who played 3rd prince of the Dragon King wore a chinese style suit that had the lower half of the front missing. Did they cut it deliberately or is it because he was oversized? Moreover, the lead character Ne zha wore 'modern' clothes like tshirt & bermudas. I dont think these clothes exist in that ancient era right?? Lol.
I snapped quite a few pictures of the drama. Anyway, it was my job (i've photo duty) so for those who went for the sunday's performance, whenever you see camera flashes, it was probably me snapping away.. Heehee

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yunn. at 11:26 AM