We had a pop quiz about King Lear on Wednesday. It wasn't hard actually and before the day, I was expecting it. However, I didn't really do well in that quiz. I guess it is because I didn't prepare well.
I got the answer wrong about the chronologically death of the characters, then the punishment of Kent and also the place Lear headed to escape from the harm of his daughters. I am so sad. With this, I realised that I wasn't really remember the details though I read through the story. I should be more focus in my reading.
The language somehow distructed my comprehension of the text.Furthermore, I stop at my first reading. I guess if I reread the text agian, I would get better understanding. I shall work harder for it.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Saturday, September 15, 2007
4:48 Pychosis
Watching Pychosis is totally a different experience from the plays I have watched ever. It is simple, straight-forward not as fancy as the plays I have watched. I was deeply impressed by the atmosphere and the setting of the play once I entered the hall after I read the introduction of the play.
The stage is in the middle of the ground surrounded by the seat of the audiences. It is a five dimensions view stage,which created a space link to the audiences. There are two actors sitting motionless and silent on the various parts of the stage when the audiences entered the stage. It is a way to catch the attention and sooner the audience settled down, the light slowly dim and faded off. The atmosphere of darkness remained for minutes. In my opinion, I think it is suitable and appropriate as it gives the impression as if we are in the defined room as an individual, the emotion of contented with different emotional thoughts slowly built up in this way.
I read about an article in Sin Chew Jit Poh few days back telling that 4a.m is the time when people are emotionally weak. Those who is emotionally troubled and stays awake around 4a.m would probably fall into this psychology wreck and do things irrationally. I quickly connect the idea with the title of the play--"4.48 Pyschosis". No matter I am right or not, I guess playwright focus much on the psychological theories in this play which I believed that is the reason the play is named as "4.48 Psychosis".
From the play, I managed to see different extreme emotional thoughts of the protagonist who is a characteristic mix and theoatrical innovated person. The effects of the monologues, the dialogues whose content includes exchanges between patients and therapists, notes about grief, mental anguish, psychological distress and the reveal of the feelings about protagonist's life really gave me a terrific impact. I was overwhelmed by the emotion expressions of the protagonist.
"How DO I stop?" "Keep on saying it..." "YOU ARE SO WRONG!" "NO ONE CAN UNDERSTAND! NO ONE......" "Watch Me! See Me! LOOK AT ME!". Those are the phrases that really give an "umg" to me,that really "hit" me when the actors presented them with full emotions and actions.
Apart from all, I love the phrase "Please open the curtains!" exclaimed by all the three characters. For me, it indicate a sort of freedom and relief from all those deep negative inner emotions of the protagonist. I think it is a good show for a small production like this. It really impressed me!
The stage is in the middle of the ground surrounded by the seat of the audiences. It is a five dimensions view stage,which created a space link to the audiences. There are two actors sitting motionless and silent on the various parts of the stage when the audiences entered the stage. It is a way to catch the attention and sooner the audience settled down, the light slowly dim and faded off. The atmosphere of darkness remained for minutes. In my opinion, I think it is suitable and appropriate as it gives the impression as if we are in the defined room as an individual, the emotion of contented with different emotional thoughts slowly built up in this way.
I read about an article in Sin Chew Jit Poh few days back telling that 4a.m is the time when people are emotionally weak. Those who is emotionally troubled and stays awake around 4a.m would probably fall into this psychology wreck and do things irrationally. I quickly connect the idea with the title of the play--"4.48 Pyschosis". No matter I am right or not, I guess playwright focus much on the psychological theories in this play which I believed that is the reason the play is named as "4.48 Psychosis".
From the play, I managed to see different extreme emotional thoughts of the protagonist who is a characteristic mix and theoatrical innovated person. The effects of the monologues, the dialogues whose content includes exchanges between patients and therapists, notes about grief, mental anguish, psychological distress and the reveal of the feelings about protagonist's life really gave me a terrific impact. I was overwhelmed by the emotion expressions of the protagonist.
"How DO I stop?" "Keep on saying it..." "YOU ARE SO WRONG!" "NO ONE CAN UNDERSTAND! NO ONE......" "Watch Me! See Me! LOOK AT ME!". Those are the phrases that really give an "umg" to me,that really "hit" me when the actors presented them with full emotions and actions.
Apart from all, I love the phrase "Please open the curtains!" exclaimed by all the three characters. For me, it indicate a sort of freedom and relief from all those deep negative inner emotions of the protagonist. I think it is a good show for a small production like this. It really impressed me!
Monday, September 10, 2007
Reflection on watching Pygmalion and My Fair Lady
We watched Pygamalion last week and I enjoy that movie just as much as I read the play. Though we watched the black and white version, the impact still influence me. I personally think the actors are doing very well in the movie. It is just like what is described in the text. However, just because I watched another version-- "My Fair Lady" which also adapted the story "Pgymalion",thus I couldn't help myself to some comparisons. You know, as an audience, we are always very concerned the characters that can really bring out the chracter traits as described in the text.
In my opinion , the version of Pygmalion in 1938 is a version that full of most details from the text. It is because Geoge Bernard Shaw himself wrote the film script I guess, therefore the settings of the play and the background of the story are appropriate to the time line of the story. However, I still think that Wendy Hiller who acted as Eliza Doolittle is rather conservative. She is not as bold and straight-forward as Eliza in the text. Besides, the romance between Wendy Hiller and Leslie Howard, the man who acts as Professor Higgins, did not create the sparkling chemical. As an audience, I cannot really see the slow,developing romance as in "My Fair Lady". Also, I felt like there is no magical Cinderella process here, but a painfully, realistically resisted struggle.This is probably because I see Wendy Hiller acted as quite a disciplined way which somehow seems to me as if Eliza in this movie learnt about "manner" before.
Personally, I like another version more. "My fair Lady" consists of musical performance in the movie which sparkle up the whole movie. Also, I think Audrey Hepburn acted Eliza Doolittle as a truly one at here. For a beautiful actress like Audrey Hepburn to disguise as a nasty, untidy and lack of manner flowergirl, I think she made it successfully. I couldn't even recognise her in that disguise and I couldn't believe she can make it excellently. Throughout the movie, I couldn't take my eyes off from her and that movie still remains as one of my memorable movie even I firstly watched that a few years back. I can feel that chemical that is created between Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison who acted as Professor Higgins here. The relationship between Eliza and Higgins is illustrated clearly by Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn. I think both of them are excellent actors and they did better the the earlier.
In my opinion , the version of Pygmalion in 1938 is a version that full of most details from the text. It is because Geoge Bernard Shaw himself wrote the film script I guess, therefore the settings of the play and the background of the story are appropriate to the time line of the story. However, I still think that Wendy Hiller who acted as Eliza Doolittle is rather conservative. She is not as bold and straight-forward as Eliza in the text. Besides, the romance between Wendy Hiller and Leslie Howard, the man who acts as Professor Higgins, did not create the sparkling chemical. As an audience, I cannot really see the slow,developing romance as in "My Fair Lady". Also, I felt like there is no magical Cinderella process here, but a painfully, realistically resisted struggle.This is probably because I see Wendy Hiller acted as quite a disciplined way which somehow seems to me as if Eliza in this movie learnt about "manner" before.
Personally, I like another version more. "My fair Lady" consists of musical performance in the movie which sparkle up the whole movie. Also, I think Audrey Hepburn acted Eliza Doolittle as a truly one at here. For a beautiful actress like Audrey Hepburn to disguise as a nasty, untidy and lack of manner flowergirl, I think she made it successfully. I couldn't even recognise her in that disguise and I couldn't believe she can make it excellently. Throughout the movie, I couldn't take my eyes off from her and that movie still remains as one of my memorable movie even I firstly watched that a few years back. I can feel that chemical that is created between Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison who acted as Professor Higgins here. The relationship between Eliza and Higgins is illustrated clearly by Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn. I think both of them are excellent actors and they did better the the earlier.
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