Friday, November 19, 2004

"Pat the dog while changing the light bulb."
William Darcy on Indian dance.
that somehow explains to me that i have watched Bride and Prejudice. Well...its funny especially some parts that shouldn't be there, there was an African American Chruch choir singing English to a Hindi tune, baywatch lifeguards appearing at the end of the song... hmm.. trying very hard to imply to the audience - hey! hello! we are in L.A.!
the tunes in the songs are mainly Hindi. Aishwarya rai look great and sounded great in English... well that's why she's Miss India for Miss World competition. overall i think its quite similar to most Hindi flims- just translate to English and add in a few more Caucasians and "POOF" you will get Bride and Prejudice.
well.. after bride and prejudice. we went back to takashimaya and stopped for the first busker performance. its nice and everything. but the performers were a bit sarcastic. not everyone is like that in Australia. but true enough the crowd was a bit disappointing. A guy isn't sporty enough, when one of the sisters called him out to perform, HE RAN AWAY! :S its an honor for you to be selected. hmmm. Well the aussies expected more credit to their performance, everyone seemed dead or really bored of the programme. i think its really mean man! as a performer of course who wouldn't want your audience to feel appreciated for what you have done, i still think that Singapore has a long way to go. i think by setting up the Esplanade is just a waste of money. Singapore has not reached the point where arts is part of the life. let's not talk about the Esplanade or any threatre company out there. Just talk about NP. i just feel weird lah when friends don't come to cca plays. Peharps just shrugged it off by saying "Oh no money" this and that, its like the perfect excuse of the world, but don't you feel that the actors and actresses put in alot of effort into this play and then by just shrugging it off and it well settle everything. for one person who says" Oh no money" "oh no this and that" that means one person less will attend the play. how would you feel that if you are on stage and everyone just walked out of room. this is how we feel. I mean just five bucks lor. if you can spend like a couple of tens on an expensive thing, why not take out five or more to a school play. Singapore says they are funding the threatre companies so that people will become artsy, it will take a very long time cos from a very young age, Singaporeans are not exposed to these kind of thing. it will take very a long time or a very short while more for the theatre companies to shut their doors and the Esplanade is just a White Elephant. Sometimes i wonder what the government is funding is worth it or not. So much for Street Busking.

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