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Tuesday, September 26, 2006
mui first eva in-blog movie critique
kkz... confession time to make...
I
.
have recently
.
just now only..
.
seen the "Forbidden City!!"
Yep.. I know.. it's cruel.. I mean.. how can my parents let me do this?!?! No lah kidding kidding.. It was a very good production.. seeing how it is local and everything... So I feel no regrets.. Yup.. even tho' promos coming yada yada yada~ (let's get on with it, shall we?)
So here goes my first in-blog 'movie' critique: (warning: lots of 'spoilers' here)
Forbidden City: Portrait of an Empress tells a tale of two tales that goes side by side with each other. The main focus of this plays lays much in the life-stories of the Dragon Lady: Empress Dowager Cixi (played by Kit Chan as well as Sheila Francisco) about how she deals on with the people's prespection of her in China as well as the hardship of her life. However, a sub-storyline follows as a British lady by the name of Kate Carl who was invited to paint a portrait of the Empress 'demands' that the Empress open up herself more so that she will be able to paint the portrait better, as she believed painting a portrait is a 'two-way' relationship thing. The painter shares her skill and the subject shares.. about the sucject. Yeah so that's how we get all the flashbacks and the story going..
One interesting point I want to mention.. Forbidden City is not all about history. Surprisingly it contains comedies, tragedies, instances of betrayal, friendship and most of all about love. On how the Dragon Lady was quoted to be cruel because of (allegedly) murdering her own son, a twist that was written by a journalist by the name of George Morrison whom Kate have met earlier on in the train, fell in love with and shares everything about the Empress with, through letters by post (blah blah). Though in fact, the truth was not at all like that. She loved her own son and wiped him with her handkerchief and stuff.. Just because that bloody journalist wrote.. Arrgh! Men are like that.. But I better not get too emo writing a 'movie' critique.. calm.. let's not be biased..
Yeah so anyways.. The portrait was done.. but the newspaper was also out.. that bloody journalist severed ties with Kate as well as the friendship that Kate and the Empress builds as the latter felt that Kate had betrayed her for giving the wrong information.. and things got worse as the population condemn her (the Dragon Lady = the Empress) further.. So the story goes until Leigh McDonald (Kate) closes in with a song.
Overall a great theatre play... Great voices, I must say, outstanding performance by mostly locals.. (only kate and george are ang-mohs I suppose). Splendid acting - or should I rather say stageplay - by all.. Recommended to all who love to hear people sing in most of the 3 hours (break in between), have a little passion about the history of China and most of those who are local (so basically all lah).. I know a bit late to post this up as they are closing on the 30th of September.. so that means by the time you read this it would probably be in the midst of exams or probably the play is no more.. Hahah.. so sorry..
Well anyways, on a more casual note.. ATTENTION OBS PEEPS IF YOU'RE READING THIS!! I ONLY HAVE 10+ CDS and slightly more TO BE USED FOR BURNING.. I will burn this batch of CDs hopefully by friday so I can give y'all before exams.. if not then I try to do it over the weekends ba...
Yea.. guess that's it for now.. still got EoM to do.. (AAArrrhhh its KILLING ME!!!)
As for now.. CiaoZ!~
I
.
have recently
.
just now only..
.
seen the "Forbidden City!!"
Yep.. I know.. it's cruel.. I mean.. how can my parents let me do this?!?! No lah kidding kidding.. It was a very good production.. seeing how it is local and everything... So I feel no regrets.. Yup.. even tho' promos coming yada yada yada~ (let's get on with it, shall we?)
So here goes my first in-blog 'movie' critique: (warning: lots of 'spoilers' here)
Forbidden City: Portrait of an Empress tells a tale of two tales that goes side by side with each other. The main focus of this plays lays much in the life-stories of the Dragon Lady: Empress Dowager Cixi (played by Kit Chan as well as Sheila Francisco) about how she deals on with the people's prespection of her in China as well as the hardship of her life. However, a sub-storyline follows as a British lady by the name of Kate Carl who was invited to paint a portrait of the Empress 'demands' that the Empress open up herself more so that she will be able to paint the portrait better, as she believed painting a portrait is a 'two-way' relationship thing. The painter shares her skill and the subject shares.. about the sucject. Yeah so that's how we get all the flashbacks and the story going..
One interesting point I want to mention.. Forbidden City is not all about history. Surprisingly it contains comedies, tragedies, instances of betrayal, friendship and most of all about love. On how the Dragon Lady was quoted to be cruel because of (allegedly) murdering her own son, a twist that was written by a journalist by the name of George Morrison whom Kate have met earlier on in the train, fell in love with and shares everything about the Empress with, through letters by post (blah blah). Though in fact, the truth was not at all like that. She loved her own son and wiped him with her handkerchief and stuff.. Just because that bloody journalist wrote.. Arrgh! Men are like that.. But I better not get too emo writing a 'movie' critique.. calm.. let's not be biased..
Yeah so anyways.. The portrait was done.. but the newspaper was also out.. that bloody journalist severed ties with Kate as well as the friendship that Kate and the Empress builds as the latter felt that Kate had betrayed her for giving the wrong information.. and things got worse as the population condemn her (the Dragon Lady = the Empress) further.. So the story goes until Leigh McDonald (Kate) closes in with a song.
Overall a great theatre play... Great voices, I must say, outstanding performance by mostly locals.. (only kate and george are ang-mohs I suppose). Splendid acting - or should I rather say stageplay - by all.. Recommended to all who love to hear people sing in most of the 3 hours (break in between), have a little passion about the history of China and most of those who are local (so basically all lah).. I know a bit late to post this up as they are closing on the 30th of September.. so that means by the time you read this it would probably be in the midst of exams or probably the play is no more.. Hahah.. so sorry..
Well anyways, on a more casual note.. ATTENTION OBS PEEPS IF YOU'RE READING THIS!! I ONLY HAVE 10+ CDS and slightly more TO BE USED FOR BURNING.. I will burn this batch of CDs hopefully by friday so I can give y'all before exams.. if not then I try to do it over the weekends ba...
Yea.. guess that's it for now.. still got EoM to do.. (AAArrrhhh its KILLING ME!!!)
As for now.. CiaoZ!~
11:31 PM
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