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Life is dull, only drama is colourful.
Monday, May 26, 2008
Today Mrs. Kamal gave out a few scripts to each of us, recommending what she thinks we should do for text work. We had 2 external teaches coming to observe our dramatized reading of the performance and the focus of the day was to get us exposed to more varieties of texts. The guys were given THE COFFIN IS TOO BIG FOR THE HOLE, NO PARKING ON ODD DAYS and THE BLOOD KNOT. I was given the... awkward honour of reading the blood knot.
After preparing for my dramatized reading, i had a good look at the other 2 monologues as well. Personally I've read THE COFFIN IS TOO BIG FOR THE HOLE before prior to this as I did my research on the playwright Kuo Pao Kun in my Secondary 1 Literature Class. I enjoyed the hiliarity of the script and found it amusing at certain parts. It was my first time reading NO PARKING ON ODD DAYS and I too found it rather enjoyable. However, THE BLOOD KNOT had almost nothing I enjoyed. The slang and the content were not captivating at all.
I've done a performance of Kuo Pao Kun before and I must admit, I rather like his works. Hence I decided; as Mrs. Kamal wanted me to have a back-up in case my devising fails, that I would choose THE COFFIN IS TOO BIG FOR THE HOLE as it is something I am familiar with and am comfortable doing. The dark humour seems captivating and I can almost envision myself performing that script. Hence I decided to take it up as plan B.
The Dramatized reading was helpful as it exposed me to these plays which I never thought I would consider doing if I would go out and look for performances myself. They helped me to see the meanings and the social sattire behind the plays and understand the context better. Apart from the marvelling at my classmate's wonderful dramatization skills, they also helped me to pick a better monologue as a backup. The activity was a huge success for me.
The actor froze at 11:03 AM
The dramatist.
Bryan
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