{"id":720,"date":"2006-09-22T12:02:21","date_gmt":"2006-09-22T12:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=720"},"modified":"2006-09-22T12:02:21","modified_gmt":"2006-09-22T12:02:21","slug":"obsession-artscene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=720","title":{"rendered":"OBsession artSCENE"},"content":{"rendered":"

This following entry is copied from my Xfresh article<\/a>. Without pictures, though.<\/p>\n

What<\/b>: Anak Bulan Di Kampong Wa’ Hassan
\nWhere<\/b>: Pentas 2, Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Center
\nWhen<\/b>: 20-23 Sept @ 8.30pm and 23-24 Sept @ 3pm
\nHow Much<\/b>: RM25 and RM10 (students, disabled & senior citizens); you can get tickets at KLPac (03-4047 9000 \/ tickets@klpac.com) or The Actors Studio @ Bangsar Shopping Center (03-2094 9400 \/ tickets@theactorsstudio.com.my)
\nWho<\/b>: Writer: Alfian bin Sa’at, Director & Performer: Gene Sha Rudyn<\/p>\n

More details here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Gene Sha Rudyn<\/b> plays all<\/b> the characters in this play; various people seen in a Kampung. The kampung is slowly being destroyed, but the play does not talk too much about that; instead, he paints a colorful picture of a merry kampung, with all its characters.<\/p>\n

I’ve never lived in a kampung, yet from what I’ve seen on TV, read in Lat cartoons, I could relate. He effortlessly alternates between an Indian ice-cream seller and a Chinese minimart owner in a heated argument. He pokes fun of stereotypes (for example, in that scene, he points at a Malay guy, who is just looking and not doing anything.)<\/p>\n

Gene also switches from characters instantaneously and effortlessly. I wondered how the lighting director could keep up with it. He also had very consistent voice imitations. There was also trademark Malay humor; for example, in one scene he puts on a most serious face and goes “Aku menangis, tapi dia tak nampak, pasal hujan lebat.<\/i>”<\/p>\n

Despite the easily accessible entertainment value, there were deeper themes and messages; one gripping scene has him crying, playing a homosexual man who was kicked out of his village because of his sexual preference.<\/p>\n

Rating<\/b>: 9\/10<\/p>\n

And now, for other pimpage!<\/p>\n

What<\/b>: A Malaysian Affair: A Tapestry Of Malaysian Songs
\nWhere<\/b>: The Actors Studio, Bangsar Shopping Center
\nWhen<\/b>: 6th-7th October (8:30pm) and 8th October (3:00pm)
\nHow Much<\/b>: RM30 and RM40 (adult); RM25 and RM35 (12 years and below) + RM2 (Axcess Charge)
\nWho<\/b>: The Young KL Singers<\/p>\n

Oh, and there are lucky draw prizes on all 3 shows; holiday packages for 2 sponsored by Berjaya Hotels & Resorts worth up to RM4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This following entry is copied from my Xfresh article. Without pictures, though. What: Anak Bulan Di Kampong Wa’ Hassan Where: Pentas 2, Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Center When: 20-23 Sept @ 8.30pm and 23-24 Sept @ 3pm How Much: RM25 and RM10 (students, disabled & senior citizens); you can get tickets at KLPac (03-4047 9000 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}