{"id":728,"date":"2006-09-29T05:20:40","date_gmt":"2006-09-29T05:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=728"},"modified":"2015-03-31T07:25:51","modified_gmt":"2015-03-31T07:25:51","slug":"fiftynineminutes-not-too-late","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=728","title":{"rendered":"fiftynineminutes (not too late)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So I went for <b>fiftynineminutes<\/b>, by <a href=\"http:\/\/theoralstage.blogspot.com\" target=\"_BLANK\">The Oral Stage<\/a>, took pictures, and was entertained!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/tosf15.jpg\"><br \/>\nOne of the reasons why I like going to plays &#8211; the play-watching chicks! (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.suanie.net\" target=\"_BLANK\">Suanie<\/a> I swear I didn&#8217;t intend to crop you! My camera is not wi&#8230; er, nevermind.)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/tosf9.jpg\"><br \/>\nThe photographer chicks!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/tosf10.jpg\"><br \/>\nPatricia Low plays a mixed up nationality maid. I couldn&#8217;t place her accent, but she was cute in an adorable way, how she shuffled about in between each story, arranging props for the next scene. Yup, it was a very clever way of avoiding turning off the lights, while being entertained in between shows.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/tosf11.jpg\"><br \/>\n<b>Best Foot Forward<\/b> was apparently written as a comedy but interpreted as a drama. I had some hesitation, it being written by <i>Rauf Fadzilla<\/i>, who wrote the freakiest play in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/?p=614\">Rojak!<\/a>, that howling Damnation piece.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/tosf12.jpg\"><br \/>\n<i>Lam Wai Yee<\/i> in <b>Mother Tongue<\/b>, who plays an actress who does a myriad of annoying roles.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/tosf13.jpg\"><br \/>\nBut hell&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/tosf14.jpg\"><br \/>\n&#8230;she is hot. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fireangelism.com\" target=\"_BLANK\">Fireangel<\/a> thinks so too. *paging for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tabulas.com\/~lainie\" target=\"_BLANK\">Lainie<\/a>*<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/tosf8.jpg\"><br \/>\nThen, there was <b>Fruitcake<\/b>, a haunting drama&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/tosf1.jpg\"><br \/>\n&#8230;with guest appearance by Gary Ooi, last seen in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/?p=714\">The Shape Of Things<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/tosf2.jpg\"><br \/>\n<i>Krystle Wong<\/i>, super cuuute in <b>Showers Of Flowers<\/b>. I think this picture explains what it&#8217;s about.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/tosf3.jpg\"><br \/>\n&#8230;I think.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/tosf4.jpg\"><br \/>\n<b>TRACK<\/b>, about a couple making love over dinner. With ropes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/tosf5.jpg\"><br \/>\n<i>Johann Lim<\/i> does a hilarious monologue &#8211; <b>The World&#8217;s Smelliest Durian<\/b>, about a man who dreams to build the world&#8217;s tallest durian tower.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/tosf6.jpg\"><br \/>\nI didn&#8217;t understand <b>The Ground Floor<\/b> until <a href=\"http:\/\/emilieyuan.blogspot.com\" target=\"_BLANK\">Emilie<\/a> asked me, &#8220;<i>What is the lowest ground floor you can think of?<\/i>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/tosf7.jpg\"><br \/>\nSpot the <a href=\"http:\/\/scrawlings.blogspot.com\" target=\"_BLANK\">Priya<\/a> on the far-right, playing the horny necrophiliac!<\/p>\n<p>Very worth the RM10, especially the durian monologue. Youth theater, for youths, for people who don&#8217;t want to go and get mind-f-ed, rid of pretentiousness. Well, minus the wavering accents that is. But that is a problem here anyway &#8211; actors\/actresses are encouraged to use their real accents, because few people can consistently do another accent well. However, thespians here are urban, educated people who have had some smattering of another country, giving different accents. So when you have somebody with a British accent talk to somebody with an American accent, you can&#8217;t help but be annoyed.<\/p>\n<p>KY Speaks also <a href=\"http:\/\/kyspeaks.com\/2006\/09\/28\/ky-review-fiftynineminutes-by-the-oral-stage\" target=\"_BLANK\">reviewed it<\/a>. Fireangel <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fireangelism.com\/archives\/170\" target=\"_BLANK\">too<\/a>! Thanks Emilie for the friends-and-family-screening invite!<\/p>\n<p>Yes, you can still catch it; it last run is this October 1st 2006. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/?p=718\">Details here!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I went for fiftynineminutes, by The Oral Stage, took pictures, and was entertained! One of the reasons why I like going to plays &#8211; the play-watching chicks! (Suanie I swear I didn&#8217;t intend to crop you! My camera is not wi&#8230; er, nevermind.) The photographer chicks! Patricia Low plays a mixed up nationality maid. 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