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23 Jun 2010 60 Comments
in Theatre Tags: 6th Virgin Labfest, Balunbalunan Bingibingihan, ccp, Theatre, virgin labfest, Virgin Labfest 6, Vitalstrats Creative Solutions
I just got home, hurried on my way home really because it was already really late and I have not been with my daughter since 9am today which was the time I left for work, and I am doing all kinds of things.
One, I had to eat dinner. I totally neglected to eat dinner in the midst of the activities for the day. Like a day-long crash-course workshop on Restoration Ecology, a follow-up on my expired contract, my pending tasks, and not to mention a long taxi ride from Kalayaan Avenue, Q.C. all the way to CCP to catch the 8pm show. The entire time I am getting text messages from my boss asking me to try to go see all the Labfest shows if I am free; my analyst, asking if I got her email with the new worksheet I have to work on; and lastly, my husband asking me what time I am coming home. Gosh, spell B-U-S-Y today.
Two, I had to go check on my admin duties for the web portal because when I spoke to some of my friends I bumped into tonight, one of them told me she had already filled up the Directory Submission form the same day she read the Facebook PM I sent. My, my, the entire time I have been telling myself and my boss that no one is filling up the Directory form… and maybe that’s because they are turned off by the ugly website design? (Emphasis on the question mark there). So I check my dedicated work email address if it’s working the way I set it up, like please-forward-all-my mails-from-this-to-my-gmail! thing, tested the directory submission form myself and found that they are all working fine. Darn, where’d the other forms go??
I went on my admin panel and found out that I do not have access to all of the Forum administration functions. Note to self: must.inform.the.web.developer.
I wanted to tweet and blog too about how much I liked Balunbalunan, Bingibingihan – the only play of the three that I saw tonight that I liked. Kudos to the director, playwright, cast and staff. I’d also like to congratulate Vitalstrats Creative Solutions for a great poster.
Virgin Labfest 6: Balunbalunan, Bingibingihan poster
Although I like the fact that the playwright for “Isagani” looked like someone who frequents Embassy – and that says a lot since I am used to seeing the playwrights looking like they didn’t even want to get out of bed, I really do think that some directing approaches are best done for the melodrama-crazed viewers of television and some cliche lines and acting are best left for other places other than the theater stage (Why? Because we have seen it all before way too many times and we are frickin tired of it). We want to see something different. If we wanted to see the same old shat, we would not bother going all the way to CCP when we could see the same thing in the comforts of our own sofas in our very own living rooms.
Riki Benedicto’s take on Carlo Garcia’s play for some reason reminded me of Issa Manalo Lopez’s “My Padir is an OCW” of Labfest 3. It evoked the same feelings and sentiments in me, in that it seemed to me too long and had too much needless going-on. Even the best of scripts turn to mush in the hands of a reckless director. While it is great to have all of your friends as cast in your play, that is not an excuse to make a joke of the entire play and take for granted the fact that all your friends are actually among the most professional stage actors today. That seems too harsh to say especially for someone who seems to be growing well in his craft through the years. My personal sentiment is that I always think that as professional actors, you are entitled to have fun while you work. Actually, you are supposed to have fun because in the theater world, we all know we do this work out of passion and love and not monetary gains. It’s just that being professional actors, we lowly ones want to see how it should be done and we want you to show us. The last thing I want to see is another version of the U.P. Repertory Company’s “Cruise my Heart” – not that I’m saying that play was bad. It was good in its own university-student level, with twisty plots, tenuous lines and inside jokes, and haphazard all-over-the-stage blocking. “Bakit Wala Nang Nagtatagpo sa Philcoa Oberpas” started out like a very promising all-star cast play only to plummet down into boring pandemonium in a matter of minutes. It came out as much of a disappointment.
I will be in CCP for the next days and I hope to see better plays. I do have a habit of walking out on plays that I find too boring or too disgusting for my own sensibilities (the Filipino version of DUP’s Lulu makes for a good example).
I did see Gibbs Cadiz sitting in the top row of the seats by stage left, armed with a notebook and pen (or pencil?), and that only made me wished I had my own too. For what? I have no idea because the last thing on my mind is to do objective theater reviews. Maybe to make doodles on for those times when I wish I wasn’t sitting right there enduring capricious plays. That would surely distract me from my usual walking-out-of-here tendencies.
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Jun 23, 2010 @ 08:42:32
alex dorola is the playwright of isagani right? haha. he’s like the local of edward cullen (twilight saga) for me. wahaha. nakasama ko sa raket.
anyway, i’ll try to watch this set sa friday. waah excited na ko. nuod ako mamayang gabi, 8 PM. kitakits!
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Jun 23, 2010 @ 20:40:11
To be honest, I had no idea who he was until that day. I guess I have been out of the circuit for what? a few months? a year? Haha. But since you mentioned this Edward Cullen little bit of trivia, I actually went on to google him and found him on Facebook, browsed his photos, his wall, and everything else that made me realize that this guy is not concerned with his privacy. Anyway, the best part of this googling activity was that I found out he has a fan page. O-em-gee! That was just hilarious.
By the way, I went to catch Set B this afternoon. And now officially, 3pm is my time to watch every set for the entire festival. I now even have to watch Set A and B again just to get photos. (I want a reimbursement of all my travel expenses! Hahaha!)
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Jun 23, 2010 @ 15:00:00
What I hear you say is one of the plays has been ‘played’ (no pun intended) by its cast?
I didn’t like Isagani, you’re right, it’s melodramatic and I didn’t get what they were saying during their confession moments. Their dialogues are the kind that you see on TV everyday. I liked the staging though. Oberpas was fun but the ending was a let-down. I expected something else.
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Jun 23, 2010 @ 20:34:08
You know how actors can get so comfortable with each other, with the script, with the directing and everything else that they really just have fun? So much so that they exclude the audience in the fun. Something like when you’re just playing amongst yourselves, and you don’t care what you do because you’re just having fun and you don’t care about anybody else, that was how it struck me — except that in this case, you are actually playing FOR somebody else.
I don’t know about the staging of Isagani. I always thought that total symmetry onstage is boring (one “image” of the virgin mary on front-center, two benches on stage left and right, and some sort of backdrop – that to me in itself was meaningless, at the back) and having two actors act exactly the same, with the cliche of white for good and black for bad, to show that they are one and the same is so antediluvian. I mean, is that even necessary if somewhere in the script they actually both say to each other (at the same time mind you) that “you are me and i am you” or was that “we are one and the same”?? You get the idea. I would have liked it better if the audience was made to realize that the two actors are the same person instead of just handing it out to us matter-of-fact. It was just a dead give-away. And where was the climax?
Besides, I have come to the point in my supposed-career wherein I have realized that the ability to cry on the spot is not a measure of how good one is as an actor. It only shows you can cry, nothing more. Then again, can’t we all?
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Jun 24, 2010 @ 13:14:45
bwahahahahahahah! i am watching the 3pm shows because my work starts at 8pm. i sooo love your blog and your pov’s. i so, understand what you say about “play”-ing. i guess, this is the reason why i did not like it as much.. i just wasn’t able to put my finger on it when i wrote my take on set A here:
http://thejaggedbarn.blogspot.com/2010/06/virgin-labfest-6-set-pariah-paraiso.html
thanks!
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Jun 24, 2010 @ 20:20:15
Hey! I do think I saw you today in the audience. I just approved your comments as I just saw them now (a.k.a. I just got home now). Been too busy the past two days.
Thanks! The world is small and it gets smaller everyday. You know why? Because even before I saw your comments and went to read your blogs, I saw you in the audience and I thought you looked familiar.
You like Kikayism… and you hope our necklaces are longer. PJ and I surf together. We also went to graduate theater classes together. Isn’t that great?! I guess I’ll be seeing you for the next couple of days.
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Jun 24, 2010 @ 23:12:28
Nakakatuwa naman may pumansin, salamat kapatid sa mga komento nyo, suhestyon at kung ano ano pang bunga nang pagiging tao nyo. Wag kayo mag alala iisa lang naman ang obhetibo natin kaya tayo gumagawa ng sining, hindi para mapataas ang kilay nino man o mapagtagpo ang mga kamay niyo para gumawa ng ingay. Lilikha tayo ng obra para iparating sa kanino mang may isip na may mabuti pang natitira at makikita mo to sa sining. Wag lang nating kalimutang na sana wag na tayong magkomento sa pampersonal ng buhay ng sino man, kaibigan mo man,o lalo na kung di mo naman kilala.
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Jun 24, 2010 @ 23:47:04
Ayan na, ayan na.. di talaga ako magaling sa Filipino eh.
Bilib talaga ako sa magagaling mag-Filipino.. at kasama ka doon!
Paano ko ba ito sasabihin… Unang-una, tama ka. Marahil ay dahil sa paraan ng pagkakasulat ko, lumabas na hindi maganda ang aking mga komento sa pampersonal na buhay ng iba. Pagpasensyahan na siguro ako kung hindi ako sanay makakita ng manunulat na mukhang artista (o Atenista sabi ng iba) kaya natatawa na lamang ako. Ang totoo siguro niyan ay di ko lang naman maamin na ang gwaaaapoooooooooo niya!! (Ay sorry, na-carried away naman ako doon.)
Sa sining natin, alam naman natin sa mula’t mula pa na hindi natin mapapasaya ang lahat o mapapaniwala ang lahat. Pero hindi ba’t hindi naman yun ang ating obhetibo? Ang magpasaya, kumuha ng papuri at mga pagsangayon? Ang obhetibo natin na mas higit pa sa pagpapakita na may mabuti pa sa ating mundo o lipunang ginagalawan ay ang pumukaw ng isipan.. mag-udyok.. magbigay buhay.
Ang pagbigay ng papuri ay mainam, pero sa pagtanggap ng puna tayo matututo bilang tao at yayabong ang kamalayan bilang isang indibidwal.
Ipagpaumanhin ang kasidhian ng aking emosyon sa aking reaksyon sa mga bagay-bagay, may tendency lang talaga akong ma-carried away.
So ayun nga, merong nagkagusto, merong hindi.
Kagaya nito: http://thejaggedbarn.blogspot.com/2010/06/virgin-labfest-6-set-pariah-paraiso.html
sabi ni Anonymous, gustong-gusto nya yung Isagani. Nakakatuwa di ba na may iba-ibang pagtanggap. Kapag ganun, lagi kong naiisip na, naging matagumpay ka bilang isang manunulat o direktor o aktor, kasi ikaw ay nakapukaw ng damdamin at isipan ng iba.
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Jun 24, 2010 @ 23:53:40
Hi! WOW! Thanks for the space, its nice to know na may writer na nagreact sa sinulat ko,;-) Wala naman po sa akin kung di nyo po nagustuhan yung gawa ko- “Isagani” No Bad feelings at all… Anyway di pa naman ako beterano sa pagsulat pero sumusubok po ako. As long as i served God with my arts, ayos na ko dun. Tama yun oh wala akong masamang pakay. Natawa lang ako sa Edward Cullen blah blah, haha.
Nice, talagang ginoggle pa ang hamak na ako. haha
Don’t worry may privacy pa rin naman po ako, sa tulad ko kasing theater actor na halos buong taong nagpe-perform sa lahat ng public at private schools sa Pilipinas, hindi maiwasang may humanga, (walang yabang). Sa totoo lang may 4,579 pending requests ako na hindi ma approve sa facebook at libo na din ang nadeny ko. Yung fan page, siguro may mga kabataang lang pong naiinspire sa mga gawa ko, kaya gumawa sila non. Sana nagkaron kayo ng pagkakataon mapanuod ang mga shows namin sa Philippine Stagers Foundation. Haha Alangan namang awayin ko sila dahil humahanga sila sa akin… hehe hilarious ba? Siguro nga po. haha.
Hindi lang naman siguro artista sa showbiz ang may tagahanga, iniisip ko hinahangaan ako dahil isa akong magandang halimbawa sa mga tulad kong kabataan (ika nga ng mga college students ko sa St. Louis na hamak ang tanda sa akin) Muli maraming salamat po sa pagpuna at pagbigay ng effort sa pagkokomento. Hanggang sa muli Angku! Nga pala I liked your blogs at ang cute ng baby mo.
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Jun 25, 2010 @ 00:54:39
Maraming salamat Alex.. at welcome to my site! (hahaha, natawa ako doon gosh) Nagugulat lang ako sa taas ng activity sa site ko these days. Natutuwa naman ako at maganda ang iyong outlook sa mga bagay-bagay. Naiintindihan namin na lahat tayo ay work-in-progress, ang mahalaga lang ay bukas ang iyong isipan. Oo nga nakakatawa ang Edward Cullen.. kasalanan ni Babit! Hahaha.
Oo, ginoogle kita kasi lahat halos ng tao sa teatro kilala ko one way or the other. By face, by name, by being personally friends with or being friends with a friend of the friend and so on and so forth, tapos nagulat ako at hindi kita kilala. Naitanong ko nga kung ako ba talaga ay ganun katagal na nawala sa sirkulasyon..
Yung sa privacy mo naman, sa Facebook lang naman ang tinutukoy ko bilang nakita ko ang mga pictures mo kahit di tayo friends.
Nakakatuwang nakakatawa yung fan page mo, pasensya na at tawang-tawa ako. Mainam na ikaw ay magandang halimbawa sa mga kabataan, maging mga estudyante mo man o ano pa. Hindi lahat nang tao ay kayang gawing magandang halimbawa ang kanilang mga sarili at sa aspeto na yan ay hinahangaan na rin kita.
Ukol naman sa Philippine Stagers Foundation, lubos kong ikagagalak kung ako ay maiimbitahan nyong makapanood ng inyong sining. At yaman din lamang na nabanggit na, nawa’y makuha rin namin ang inyong kooperasyon sa pinagsisikapan naming buohin na Philippine Theater web portal sa http://teatropilipinas.org. Maa-appreciate namin kung kayo ay lalahok sa aming Directory at maipopost at repost rin namin ang inyong mga activities sa website. Nawa’y magkita tayong muli. (Nasa VLF6 ako for the entire run of the festival to take photos and do my work for the web portal) Maraming maraming salamat!!
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Jun 26, 2010 @ 01:46:09
Pagpasensyahan na ninyo ang aking mahinang pagiisip, nung nanood ako ng Isagani hindi ko napansin ang sinasabi mong play time. Would you be kind enough to stress kung anong part para madagdagan ang aking kaalaman bilang isang mapanuring manonood.
I guess i would have to disagree with you on some levels, particularly on the level of acting that was displayed by the actors. Yung development and transitions ng characters ni Isagani at ni Alter-Ego ay malinis at maayos na nagampanan. I also believe that the blockings were not done “melodramatically” (if ever there was such a word) i think the movements were precise and calculated, given with respect to the fact that it was an intimate theater performance.
I would also have to say that the technical aspect of the play is anything but play time.
I would agree with you on the aspect na hindi pasok sa stero-type ng bagong gising na tao ang manunulat ng isagani, si debbie maganda din! (mu god im blushing! haha!)
Medyo nahilawan lang ako sa Balun-balunan, Bingi-Bingihan. Sa parte kung saan biglang in-anounce nung character ni pj na kasali siya sa sindikato ni papa germs at ang lahat ng nagyayari sa mga kapitbahay nila brandy ay pakana lamang nila para lumipat ang character ni missy sa poder nila. medyo hindi nadevelop ng husay itong parte na ito, nakulangan ako sa build up.
Missy did great. And for sir bembol he did as what is expected of him as always. PJ is better with Carmi Martin though than on this one.
Medyo nahilo lang ako sa direction, pero i liked the paso doble – tango dance routine ni Missy at PJ.
I also agree with you regarding the third play. Hay buhay, kung ganoon talaga ang nangyayari sa philcoa overpass no wonder wala ng dumadaan doon, dahil kung ako, isusugal ko na lang ang mahagip ng mga sasakyan kesa mamatay ng dahil sa sakit ng ulo at antok.
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Jun 26, 2010 @ 02:12:10
Eto irepost ko na lang siguro, comment galing sa ibang blog.
Also..
Hindi naman ako nagkamali sa pagpapatama, kasi hindi rin naman ako nagpatama. Outright ko rin namang sinabi kung aling play.
“Bakit Wala Nang Nagtatagpo sa Philcoa Oberpas” started out like a very promising all-star cast play only to plummet down into boring pandemonium in a matter of minutes.
AYUN.
Maganda siguro kung ibahin ko ang format ng aking paragraph. Kelangan ata ilipat from last sentence to first sentence of my paragraph. Kung magsulat lang kasi ako, gumagawa ako ng isang paragraph sa bawat idea na meron ako.
Sasang-ayon ako sayo na malinis kung malinis na sa sobrang linis, pwede ako makatulog. Aheh. Di ko lang talaga gusto ang predictability ng play, ng directing, ng lahat sa lahat ng aspeto. Kahit ang technical aspect nito predictable at boring. Pasensya na, siguro kasi para sa isang tao na nakapanood na ng napakaraming dula, lagi ako naghahanap ng bago at kakaiba. Maaari na rin siguro sabihing ayoko ng precise and calculated movements. Di yun maganda para sa akin.
Kung sa pagiging magaling, hindi ko pa masabi. Personally kasi di ako nagsasabing magaling ang isang aktor kapag isang beses ko pa lang napanood. Kapag napanood ko na siya ng mga at least tatlo o apat na beses sa iba-ibang dula na may iba-ibang direktor, kasama bilang aktor, ibang tema at ibang atake, yun dun ko lang pwedeng sabihin kung magaling o hindi.
Tungkol naman sa pag-iyak, hindi ko kasi ginagawang pamantayan ng kagalingan ang marunong magpatulo ng luha. Depende na rin siguro sa scene. Kapag kunyari masaya ang lahat pero nagawa niya pa ring umiyak, ayun, magaling yun! Pero kung andaming build-up, ayun siguro hindi. Pasensya na.
Kay Missy naman, sa totoo lang, natuwa lang ako dahil for a change hindi narrator role ang meron siya. Sawang-sawa na kasi ako dun. Saka natuwa ako kasi mas magaling na siya ngayon. I’ve seen her grow and I always like that. Natawa ako dun sa parte ng pakana lang pala ang lahat.. pero nagustuhan ko rin iyun. Masyado na kasing mabigat yung play kaya kelangan ng joke. Yung joke na hindi nakakatawa, pero joke pa rin. Magaling silang lahat, and I’m looking forward to seeing PJ perform on Carmi Martin. As much as I am looking forward to watch Ariel Diccion. I always love watching Ariel. I love him as an actor and as a person. Very down-to-earth.
Dapat nakakatawa yung third play, pero hindi eh. Ang gulo kasi nila. Basta nalungkot ako para sa play na yun kasi sayang yung mga aktor ni Riki. Magagaling sila eh pero di maganda yung ginawa nila dun sa play. Natawa ako sa last paragraph mo.
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Jun 27, 2010 @ 08:33:41
Magandang Araw…
SAna since andun kayo sa 3pm show… nung inopen ang forum, dapat nagtaas kayo ng kamay at nagsalita…
nuod kayo ulit!
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Jun 27, 2010 @ 09:09:39
Magandang araw din! Pagpasensyahan ang aking mabagal na processing, kasi nung nag-open forum, nagpaprocess pa ako eh. Yung processing ko naganap habang ako ay nagko-commute pauwi.
Pero totoong nakakalungkot at nakakapanghinayang na din yung fact na walang nagtatanong sa open forum. Lalo na nung sa Set A. Meron na medyo sa Set B. At di na mapigilan yung mga tao (andami nang tanong!) sa Set C.
Ako ay naka-schedule manood ng Set A at B sa July 3.. at Set C ulit as July 2 3pm. Ako ay kailangang manood ng plays nang paulit-ulit para sa trabaho.
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Jun 27, 2010 @ 08:58:30
napanuod ko ang mga plays ng Labfest this week…
Kailangan nating maintindihan na this productions are in laboratory meaning hindi ito ang FINAL interpretation, it can be done thousand of ways, testing it with the audience, with directors, actors, I think it would be better if we would suggest like ït would have been better if …” kesa we keep on commenting tapos what’s next wala ng kasunud, I think may kanya kanya tayong opinyon. At entitled tayo dun.
I’ve seen all the plays from rehearsal to TDR to show, may mga comments din ako, artistically, theatricality, directorially but… It’s really a process, nagets ko why this labfest is a LABFEST…. sana ganun din ang iniisip ng ating mga director, actors, bloggers and so on.
we are here to help not JUST to comment, on that manner I think, lalago ang Philippine Theater.
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Jun 27, 2010 @ 09:28:20
Marami rin po ang naitutulong ng bloggers na maingay. Hehehe. Unang-una, kelangan ang mga bloggers ay magsulat nang maaga, kagaya nito, unang shows pa lang, may blogs na. Kasi ito po ay paraan ng publicity, word-of-mouth. Yan ang isa sa mga dahilan kung bakit sa latter shows, marami na ang nanonood. Naiintriga ang mga tao, kumakalat ang balita. Diyan pa lang sa aspeto na yan, the bloggers are already helping Philippine Theater. Kagaya niyang isa kong kaibigan, nagcomment, “Ano ba ang Labfest?” Nagulat ako kasi 3 taon na ako sa Labfest and i just naturally assumed everyone I know knows about it.
Hindi po ba paraan na namin ng pagtulong ang pagcomment?
Makakarating at makakarating rin naman po yan somehow sa kung kanino dapat makarating.
It’s a labfest, so they’re all works in progress. Right after the show “Ondoy” nga, Cai Cortez asked me for insights and I couldn’t quite express myself. During the forum for Set B, I had wanted to ask Remi Velasco about her play and why was it so serious to the point of being melodramatic, and perhaps that was a shortcoming on my part. But the next day, while talking about it with Rody Vera and Jose Estrella over lunch, they told me it was supposed to be really a comedy and that the 8pm show was better. (Good thing I am scheduled to watch again on July 3).
So yes we understand that. This is theater, our performances change, sometimes because of ourselves and sometimes because of the audience. But see, for a normal theater-going audience, they will only watch a play once and that’s it. They can’t keep on watching again and again. Besides, bloggers are bloggers, unless we claim we are “reviewers”, then we are obliged to be objective. Then, watching just once is not enough.
During Labfest 4, I was in one of Glecy Atienza’s classes and we made that a venue to discuss the plays. Doon unang nabanggit yung sayang yung labfest kasi walang actual data mining.. and I’m so happy that now, meron nang “survey forms”. Napakaimportante ng mga survey forms na ito at sana mas maraming tao ang nagfifill-up.
P.S. Pasensya na kung I had to drop names. Ang hirap kasi dito sa blog ko, alam ng lahat kung sino ako. Which can be a good thing or a bad thing sometimes. All I’m saying is these comments do not have to just stay here in this site, they can be channeled to the proper people. Buti nga yung commenters, they can be Anonymous or vague with their identities.
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Jun 28, 2010 @ 01:19:09
i have seen SET A, B and D. I totally disagree with you regarding ISAGANI. I truly believe that it was a clean presentation. In fact, the cleanest of all the plays I’ve seen. I’ve been watching VLF for five years now and I always lower my standards, because this is what a Labfest should do, open it to first time writers, directors or actors and encourage them to give theater a try. We heard that this the first time Isagani’s writer and actors joined VLF. I was blown away because their play looked very professional and polished. We can never brand that as playtime (well, I guess you have a personal vendetta against them…hmmm, how did you know that they are friends?), because we can feel the stage discipline of all the people involved from the actors to the technical people. I truly believe that the direction is good too. Clean and marketable. I totally disliked Balunbalunan, the direction was “give-it-all” – not really meant for an intimate theater. The third play, Oberpas, was a total disaster. Sometimes, it is necessary for us to be objective. If you didn’t like it, well, that’s perfectly fine. But let’s not be personal, looking at the personalities or affinity of the people involved in one production and judging it that way.
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Jun 28, 2010 @ 01:30:54
Hi Paolo. Yes, it was a very clean presentation and maybe the cleanest of all the plays and in that it is commendable. Yes, it was very nice and very refreshing to see new faces onstage. I loved that part about it.
I don’t know how many times I will have to write this, but I stopped talking about Isagani the moment I ended the paragraph and started writing about another play on the next paragraph. I don’t have a personal vendetta against the people of Isagani. In fact, I didn’t say anything about them except that I like the fact that the playwright looked like someone who frequents embassy. And I wrote somewhere that I didn’t think that was hitting below the belt or an indication of any personal vendetta because I said “I LIKE” and its only derogatory if being labeled as someone who goes to Embassy is.
The direction was good I suppose, only in the fact that it was something that is not new. At least to me. Sorry if that strikes you as wrong.
Yes, the third play, Oberpas was a total disaster and I wrote an entire paragraph for it. They are friends. Maybe for the sake of you guys, I should edit my paragraph and put the last sentence in the paragraph as the first.
Again, let me emphasize, I never said anything about Isagani having PLAY TIME.
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Jun 28, 2010 @ 01:53:22
oww. umiinit.. plays lang yan. hindi yan buhay. anyway. ikaw naman kasi angku dapat ayusin mo rin sentence/paragraph construction mo. haha
nalilito na ko sa inyo.
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Jun 28, 2010 @ 01:56:49
Eh ansaya kaya ng mainit na balitaktakan!
Teka, ayusin ko ha. Hahahaha!
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Jun 28, 2010 @ 02:23:35
Ayan guys inayos ko na ha para di na kayo malito. Hahaha. Ang sensitive nyo kasi. Not that it’s any better or kinder than the original.
For reference here is the original:
Eh pag tiningnan nga itong paragraph na ito, pati UP Rep tinira ko na nang husto. I love you Abet.
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Jun 28, 2010 @ 11:15:06
@bourne 007,
you cannot say that just because virgin labfest is a “lab”, exempted na sya sa criticism kung ano man ang short coming ng mga plays dito.
once may paying audience at show time na, kung ano man ang ipapalabas, yun na ang final product. you cannot fault this blogger for some negative comments on an unpolished play. if the play gets better as a result of having multiple runs, then good. but it is the cast and crew’s fault if they use the first few shows as dress rehearsal.
i hope you get what i’m saying, if you find it unfair that this blogger is not taking into consideration the play is in the “middle of a process”, then i find it an injustice for the audience to watch something that is unfinished and unpolished.
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Jun 28, 2010 @ 18:18:00
Nakakatuwa na may nagkakagusto sa dulang isagani at nasusuklam naman sa dalawang kasabay nito,ang balunbalunan at oberpass,dahil wala ni isa man sa mga kasama kong nanood ng alas tres ang nagustuhan ito!kakataba ng puso na may mga tao pa rin na nanonood ng teatro at nagsusulat ukol dito. Iba iba talaga ng pananaw ang mga tao at ang pagkakaiba iba ng pananaw na ito ay nagiging tama depende sa kong sino ang nakararami.ika nga eh” majority rules”.para sa lahat ng nakakabasa ng blog na ito na hindi napanood ang pagtatanghal nangangamba ako na baka isipin nila na talagang mahusay ang pagkakagawa ng dulang isagani gawa ng ang daming nagkokomento dito.bigla ko tuloy naitanong sa sarili ko sino ba ang nagsasabi o nagdidikta ng sukatan ng kagalingan ng iyong sining?papano mo masasabi sa mahusay ang nagawa mo o kaya kailan mo masasabi sa sarili mo na mahusay ako na ako ay artistang totoo.
Ang manonood ba?ang mga kaibigan mo?
sino?
nanay mo?
Sabi ng nanay ko,” magaling ka kapag sinabi ng magagaling na magaling ka”
“Never believe in your own publicity”
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Jun 28, 2010 @ 18:36:44
Tama ka. Hindi ikaw mismo. Siyempre lagi mong sasabihing magaling ka, for the sake of your own confidence. Kelangan rin kasi natin ng level of confidence para tayo ay makapagperform. Pero kelangang maisaisip natin at maisapuso na, kahit magaling na tayo ay meron pa rin tayong igagaling! Hindi tayo dapat nakukuntento, hindi tayo dapat tumitigil sa pagpapahusay sa ating sarili, sa pag-aaral, ika nga, sa paggo-”grow”.
Kagaya rin yan ng sinasabi ng nanay mo. Siyempre lagi niyang sasabihing magaling ka, eh, anak ka niya eh! Sino pa ba ang susuporta sa iyo nang higit sa lahat kundi nanay mo?
Siyempre hindi lalo ang mga kaibigan mo. Siyempre yung uninitiated na kaibigan sasabihin magaling ka. Pero kung ang kaibigan mo ay kapwa mo artista o kaya isang direktor AT TOTOO siya bilang kaibigan, sasabihin nya dapat kung “needs improvement” ka.
Hindi tayo dapat nagiging kampante. Hindi tayo dapat laging nagpapat in the back amongst ourselves. Kung kelangan sabihing “needs improvement” sabihin. Yun namang nasabihan, tanggapin, isipin kung bakit at kung maaari, act on the suggestion.
Kung maaari lang naman di ba? Hindi naman siguro yun ganun kahirap.
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Jun 28, 2010 @ 20:32:18
Reckless is such a big word .its a double bladed word that could work for or against you.i personally know riki and i am affected about your blog about his”recklessness” in handling a”best of script”.just a question?
have you directed a play before?
have you acted in any play?
how can you define “a best script”?or a good production or the best play?
i dont disregard your opinion at all ,but as a media user you need to be responsible ,written words are powerful .be extra careful in using them.
you cannot give what you dont have.
you cannot teach what you dont know.
IM NOT AGAINTS your SUBJECTIVITY, JUST BE RESPONSIBLE.
bloggers like you are not present in the process, you haven’t talk to the writers, directors and so on. And haven’t asked/raised questions during open forums.if you dont like the the play then go on and write about what you dont like about the play,but dont write about something that you are ignorant of or act as if you are an expert on something.
theater is collaboration,its the actors, directors,designers,writers working together to create a work of art!
it is the actor who perform on stage not the director. it is the actor whom you saw on stage not the director.
To tag him as reckless is not your privilege,but of the writer,the actor,and the festival director.
We are not here to please everybody.
sabi ng nanay ko,pag di mo gusto ang palabas sa tv ibig sabihin di yan para sayo.ilipat mo ng channel.
salamat
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Jun 28, 2010 @ 21:53:44
Unang una, maraming salamat sa mga komento. Pangalawa, hinay hinay lang tayo. Napapakamot na lang ako ng ulo hahaha.
I can talk to Riki if that is neeeded. I can talk to the writer, the actors and even Rody Vera, the festival director and over-all dramaturg. You can also approach me if you feel so inclined. Commenters have the privilege to be anonymous or vague in their identities but mine is not. I will be at the lab fest for Sets E & D on June 29, Sets D &F on June 30, perhaps also on July 1 for Sets E & F, on July 2 for Set C and July 3 for Sets A and B.
I did not say the script for “Bakit wala nang nagtatagpo sa Philcoa Oberpas” was a very good script, much more “best”. That sentence was a general statement. That play was such a disappointment because he had a very good set of actors, actors whom I have seen perform better in other plays, and they did not live up to my expectations. I expected more. I expected better. It was all over the place. The work of the director is to ensure that he can get the playwright’s message, or his interpretation of the playwright’s message at least, across to the audience through his actors, his approach, his use of his knowledge of such technical things such as blockings, discipline, aesthetics and even over-all general design. No unnecessary movements, no unnecessary lines. His work even involves bringing out the best in everyone in order to arrive at a “product” he can be proud of. Just a question, Is Riki proud of his final output as a director?
Ayokong mag mukhang mayabang about where I’ve been and what I’ve done but you may click on the “Theatre” category to get a glimpse of what I know about Theatre. To label me as just a blogger may be a little oversimplified.
Theatre is a collaboration so what we see onstage is not just the work of the actors but also the work of the director, the writer, the stage manager, the technical director, and everyone who worked on it. I know the process well enough.
We can never please everybody. In fact, we shouldn’t aspire to please. Our work in theater is not about pleasing anybody at all. I’ve always maintained that we are in theater so we can inspire, we can affect – whether that be manifested in positive or negative ways and we can perhaps, inspire or affect enough to lead to action – whether that be an action towards other people, towards issues, towards ourselves.
Kapag di ko gusto ang isang play, nagwo-walk out naman talaga ako. Hahaha.
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Jun 28, 2010 @ 22:12:00
@actor23- o, see…so you need a pat in your own back too. you also believe in your own publicity. now, you can tell your friend rikki that he is indeed good…that he’s really the best…pero my opinion stays, wala rin ni isa sa mga kasama kong nanood ng alas-tres (at pati na rin mga hindi ko kasama, narinig ko lang na nagkwekwentuhan sa lobby at ganon na rin ang blogger na ito) ang nagkagusto sa Oberpass, at hindi lang talaga hindi nagkagusto…gusto pa nilang isumpa ang dula! but that is the beauty of democracy…in the same way that we respect your opinion about Isagani, you should also respect our opinion about Oberpass.
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Jun 28, 2010 @ 22:31:02
Meron kaming magandang usapan ni Ben sa kabilang blog entry. Baka gusto niyo ring basahin guys.
http://bit.ly/dsbi3V Maraming salamat Ben. 
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Jun 29, 2010 @ 00:09:17
Ang init naman dito.. sayang hindi ako maka react, hindi ako nakanood ng VLF. hello na lang angku.
Breather na lang muna ako.
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Jun 29, 2010 @ 00:33:14
Abet, napadaan ka!
Kelangan natin lahat huminga! Breathe in, breathe out. 
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Jun 29, 2010 @ 00:20:12
@angku you are not practitioner of theater kaparis ng mga taong dumadaan lang sa ibabaw ng overpass puro pedestrian observation lang lahat ng makakaya nyo.
now iknow .
i rest my case.
@paolo servillano everybody needs a pat in their backs.its human nature.but one thing is for sure! i dont make my own publicity.Hindi ako nagdadala ng mga kaibigan sa theater para magtanong sa talkback at para purihin ang dula ko at gawing mini presscon ang talk back sa batute.pedestrian ka lang din sa overpass.your entitled to your own pedestrian observation.
maraming salamat
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Jun 29, 2010 @ 00:39:04
@Actor23 Hinay-hinay lang. Hinga, hinga ka muna. Kelangan mo rin ng breather.
Sa sampung taon ko sa teatro at Masters ko sa Theater Arts sa U.P., hindi rin naman siguro tamang sabihan ako ng ganyan. Pinaghirapan ko rin yan at marami na rin akong pinagdaanan.
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Jun 29, 2010 @ 00:59:11
@actor23 – teka, eh parang ang play niyo naman ang napakaraming tao…eh ikaw nga aminadong friend ni rikki…kaya ka nga nagagalit hindi ba dahil hindi maganda ang sinabi tungkol sa oberpass, papaano namang ang nagkagusto sa isang play ay friends lang of the people behind the play? ganon ba ang oberpass? kayo lang ang nagkagusto? i think it’s but unfair to infer that the person who asked during the open forum about Isagani was a friend of the people behind Isagani. Or the person who asked Debbie was a friend of Debbie? Ganon ka ba mag-isip? I am commenting about Isagani because I truly believe that it was beautiful…me…ako…to each his own nga. I don’t like Oberpass…ako din yon…so ano naman ang koneksyon non sa “allegedly” pagdadala ng friends para manood at allegedly magtanong? hindi ba friend ka din ni rikki at nanood ka ng 3pm? hindi naman kami nagtanong sa open forum, at hindi rin naman ginawang press con ang open forum dahil palagay ko yung mga artista at writers at directors sumagot lang ng tinanong sa kanila. too bad nga lang, walang nagtanong sa Oberpass…eh bakit nga ba?
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Jun 29, 2010 @ 03:00:20
@angku,susubaybayan ko kung kakausapin mo nga si riki tungkol sa sinabi mongng recklessness nya at ang mga aktor nya na binansagan mong nag play time!at sinabi mong “personally know” mo.sino ang kilala mo sa mga aktor nya ng personal?
maari ka bang magbanggit ng pangalan.
yon lamang sa ngayon.
ipagpatuloy mo ang pagblog.
yan na lang magagawa mo>
di ka naman kasi theater practitioner.
sayang ,nagmasteral ka pa naman.
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Jun 29, 2010 @ 03:41:37
Maari mo bang ibigay ang totoo mong pangalan?
Mayen Estanero was supposed to be acting with us on the play “Sa Pagdating ng Barbaro” na sinulat ni Rogelio Braga at idinirek ni Nick Olanka para sa Labfest 3. Kat Castillo and I went to UPD together but we weren’t in the same classes because I am older. Riki is teaching Dramatics at SPCP if I’m not mistaken where I used to teach Chemistry, General Science and Dramatics.
I trained for Dramaturgy under Jose Estrella and was dramaturg for Krystal Banzon’s Fulbright Scholarship thesis, “Marisol” where I worked with Rody Vera, Mailes Kanapi, Nicco Manalo, Marjorie Lorico and Sigrid Bernardo among others.
I worked with Missy Maramara, Ariel Diccion, among others when I acted in a Tanghalang Ateneo play where we were mentored by/worked with Ronan Capinding, Jose Abad and Salvador Bernal. But gosh, that was a long time ago!
At ako ay magaling na estudyante bilang binigyan ako ni Amiel Leonardia ng uno sa Theater Theory at ni Tony Mabesa ng uno sa Asian Theater. Hahahaha.
Ano ba ang definition mo ng “theater practitioner”? Oo nga sayang naman. Pero andito pa rin naman ako eh. Ganyan talaga pag mahal mo ang isang bagay. Babalik-balikan mo.
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Jun 29, 2010 @ 09:58:29
sasali ako! haha. at pede na rin kaya akong theater practitioner kase uno rin ako kay sir tony as asian theater? haha.
gusto ko lang sabihin na ito ay isang blog. kung anuman ang sabihin ng blogger dito ay karapatan niya yun dahil pag-aari niya ang blog na ito. kung may masasagasaan man ang blogger, hindi niya ito kontrolado at batid ko naman na alam niya ang maaaring kahinatnanan ng mga ito.
nung sinulat ni angku ang entry na ito, gusto kong isipin na bilang isang taga teatro at nag-aaral dito, may intensyon siyang bigyan ng paglilinaw ang mga bagay na nakita niya sa produksyon na maaaring hindi nakita ng ilang nanuod. kaya nga tayo may tinatawag na mga theater critics at theater scholars ay para mas maging malalim pa ang pagtingin naten sa sining na ito. at alam naman naten na napakasubhektibo ng teatro (na maaaring ang gusto, eh hindi ko gusto) kaya hindi naman naten pede limitahan ang nais sabihin ng mga kritiko nito. wala naman sigurong intensyon si angku na makialam sa direksyon ng dula o baguhin ito para lamang umayon sa gusto niya. ito ay simpleng opinyon lamang ng isang manunuod at kritiko na hindi kasali sa produksyon. kung sa tingin naman ng mga taong nasa loob ng dula na valid at pede ngang tignan ang mga puntos na ito, malaya naman sila. at lalo namang walang issue kung tipong “kebs” lang sa kanila ang mga nabanggit dito.
siguro nalungkot lang ako na parang ang bayolente naman ng reaksyon ng iba sa partikular na kritikong ito. na tila ba, komo’t hindi ka madalas kasali sa produksyon ay wala ka ng karapatang magkomento? paano naman ang mga inaral mo ng ilang taon para maintindihan ang sining na ito? kulang ba iyon?
malamang iisipin n’yo na may pinanggagalingan ang mga punto ko rito. totoo, isa akong mag-aaral ng teatro at natakot ako na kapag gumawa ako ng kritiko sa isang dula ay bayolente ang magiging reaksyon dahil hindi naman ako madalas sumali sa mga produksyon. maaari namang hindi sumang-ayon pero ikonteksto naten ito sa isang malaya at marespetong diskusyon.
iilan lamang ang mga theater critics at scholars naten sa bansa at tignan naten sila bilang may maitutulong para sa ikauunlad pa ng ating sining. huwag naman natin silang takutin sa simpleng rason na hindi naten gusto ang mga sinabi nila. bilang mga taga teatro, alam naten na ganito ang kultura sa ating sining. dapat matibay ang ating mga sikmura na tanggapin ang mga bagay na ito.
at para naman kay alex, haha, natuwa naman ako nakarating ka sa blog ni angku. at tunay nga, kahanga-hanga ang ginagawa mo para sa ating sining. ituloy mo lang yan! haha. galing mo sa sirena btw.
at kay angku, huwag ka sanang panghinaan ng loob sa pagkikikritiko pa! kelangan naten dumami para mas maging buhay na buhay ang diskusyon sa ating sining.
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Jun 29, 2010 @ 12:18:12
Babit nakapanood ka na? Nood pa lang ako mamaya. Excited na ako!
Sabi ko nga, nung sinulat ko itong blog na ito, tungkol naman ito sa araw ko at sa sarili kong buhay. Tingnan natin kung paano more than half of what was written was about just me and just my day hahaha, namention ko lang naman yung plays sa dulo at quick reactions lang. Hindi ko naman talaga inindeavor ang pag-critic o pag-review, sa totoo lang (with tone ng mga TVCs ni gma).
Ayoko naman sanang maging kritiko o reviewer, bilang ayoko namang mangyari sa akin ang nangyari kay Joey Ting (ahehehe) pero ako ay isang manonood (sige hindi na ako theater practitioner). At least manonood sa pagkakataong ito at yun lang naman ang mga reaksyon ko, off-the-top-of-my-head bilang isang simpleng manonood – na nagkataon na may pinag-aralan.
Eh hindi ko talaga gustong magbigay ng “credentials” dito para ivalidate ko ang sarili ko at mga sinabi ko, pero yung masabihan naman akong “hindi theater practitioner” at “simpleng blogger” ay di na naman ata tama (o masaya hahaha) bilang pinaghirapan ko naman ang pinag-aralan ko. Yun nga ano, sayang at ngayon ay panood nood lang muna ako. Ikaw na ang manganak at mag-full time mom eh ano?
Mahal natin ang teatro. Mahal na mahal. Yun nga ang dahilan kung bakit andito pa rin tayo hanggang ngayon. DI naman tayo yayaman dito di ba pero andito pa rin tayo kasi meron tayong love and passion for it. Ang gusto naman natin ay yumabong ang teatro para sa atin at para na rin sa ating sining. Pag-usapan natin ang mga napapanood natin. Sabihin natin kung paaano nito naantig ang ating puso o napukaw ang ating kamalayan o kung paanong wala lang, di natin naramdaman ang dapat nating maramdaman o may kulang sa ating nakita. Lahat ito ay valid kahit papaano. Maganda siguro kung tatanggapin natin na every time may di magandang nasabi about a play, hindi layunin ng taong nagsabi nito na manira ng tao o ng teatro. Alam man ng taong nagbibigay ng reaksyon ang sinasabi niya o hindi, nag-aral man siya ng teatro o hindi, valid pa rin ito dahil nagsasalita siya bilang isang tao, bilang isang manonood at para rin naman sa kanya – bilang manonood, ang teatro.
Anong gagawin nating lahat, mga playwright, direktor, artista, production designer, technical direktor, stage manager so on and so forth (mga theater practitioner) kung wala naman tayong manonood.
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Jun 29, 2010 @ 11:14:32
Sya, sya. Ikaw na lang ang magaling. Ikaw na lang ang nagpa-practice ng theater. Ikaw na lang ang may kakilala sa mga teatro. Ikaw na lang ang may karapatang magbigay ng opinyon dahil ikaw lang lahat. Okay na?
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Jun 29, 2010 @ 13:40:36
hi, saya naman sa blog mo angku, dinadayo. pwede ako magpost?
I’ve seen all the plays this year, and I can say, maraming intresting na plays.
Tayo as manunuod, napapansin natin na may kulang at yung iba ay sobra… pero naintindihan ko na nagbayad tayo ng ticket to see anung new works ang mgandang nadevelop sa process. hindi namn kasi nagpapasiklaban ang mga yan.
Nagets ko ang point ng blog ay opinyon ng isang blogger, ng kanyang saloobin, ng kanyang pananaw and so on, at lahat tayo ay entitled tayo dun.
Nagets ko din ang point ni Actor 23, na kailngan nating maging responsable, we have to choose words na objectve at hindi subjective.
Reading the reactions, medyo nagkamis understanding lang kayo.
I think, pinag isipan naman lahat ng writers, directors, festival director ang Virgin labfest medyo hindi nga naman appropriate ang Reckless, kasi bago yan ipalabas panunuorin yan nila Jose Estrella at Rody Vera. Collaborative ito.
Ang objective ay mahubaran ang mga virgin na dula, itry with the audience.
May mga dula na maganda basahin ngunit mahirap imount, may mga dula na sobra sa direksiyon and so on.
Dapat lang natin na maunawaan na we are here to help each other sa ikauunlad ng ENtablado, siguro what would be better kung suggest tayo ng mga possibilities pa na pde gawin sa isang dula to make it good or better.
Dapat maintindihan natin na walang superior sa atin. Walang angat…
Suportahan natin ang Dulaang Pilipino.
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Jun 29, 2010 @ 13:52:32
Maraming salamat napadaan ka. Oo pwede ka ring makisali. Lahat pwede hahaha.
Marami nang nasabi, marami na tayong natake-up, kasama na ang pagiging collaborative nito, sa pagiging plain audience at “non theater practitioner”. Sa tingin ko rin sa huli, kapag sinabi ng isang tao na subjective ito, kailangang tanggapin ng iba at intindihin na ang konteksto ay subjective. Ang tanong ngayon ay wala na bang karapatang maging subjective ang mga manonood? Hindi naman ito review o critique.
Kung ako gagawa ng review o critique, sasabihin ko na ito ay isang review o critique from the onset at masasabi ko rin namang marunong ako gumawa niyan bilang meron naman akong pormal na pag-aaral ng teatro. Pero hindi kasi ito talaga review o critic eh. Masyado lang tayong sensitive.
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Jul 01, 2010 @ 00:20:57
ang saya nga ng blog na ito. ang daming sinasabi ng mga tao.
nagkita na ba kayo ni aktor23?
keep it up angku!
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Jul 01, 2010 @ 02:19:01
Hindi pa eh. Nagkita at nagkausap na kami ni Alex at ni Laarni, bilang di sila nagtago sa mga aliases.:)
Hindi ko rin mahanap si Riki Benedicto, kahit hinanap ko na kay Kat Castillo at kay Mayen Estanero at kay Paul Santiago. Nung isang araw nasa rehearsals sa Fort ni Jose Estrella, kahapon naman ng hapon nasa 4th floor ng CCP building kasi auditions para sa Actor’s Company at kagabi ay kinailangan kong umuwi nang maaga dahil namigraine na ako. O ayan ha, nag-eeffort ako para makausap si Riki para kay Actor23.
Nakakapagod ang paulit-ulit pumunta ng CCP para manood ng bawat set ng 2 beses at kumuha ng litrato para sa documentation. Ayoko na! Hahaha. Eh ang layo-layo ko naman sa CCP bilang tiga-Cainta pa ako.
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Jul 01, 2010 @ 02:34:07
nanood ako kanina di tayo nagpang abot!sayang.8pm ako nanood.at tinanong ko angmga taong sinasabi mong personally ay kilala mo.
di ka nila kilala!
at higit sa lahat
di ka nila friend! si riki si mayen at higit lalo si mailes!
si kat lang ang kilala ka .
pero di daw kayo friend.
bakit ngayon nagtatanong ka kong wala kang karapatan sa maging subjective?
MERON!
at ako rin MERON.paano kong sabihin kong SINUNGALING KA!
ay sorry di pala subjective yan objective pala yang statement nato!
kasi may basis ako at naprove ko yong analysis ko at higit sa lahat may katibayan ako.
humaba na tong sagutan natin dahil lang sa di ka marunong magbasa sa pagitan ng mga llitanya!
ano ang basis mo para sabihing reckless at incapable ang isang tao?
sa sinabi mong reckless para mo na ring sinabing di nagisip ang mga artista ni riki dahil pumayag silang maederehe ng isang reckless director.
ikaw narin ang nagsabi na “one of the most professional actors”ganon na ba sila kawalang utak sa tingin mo?at maging sila jose estrella at rody vera na syang nangangasiwa s festival ganon ba ka pabaya at hinayaan nila ang recklessness ni riki?
di na sana humaba tong usapang ito kong di ka naging reckless sa paggamit mo ng salitang reckless.
may karapatan kang maging subjective!pero maging responsable ka sa sinusulat mo.dahil baka maulit itong sagutang ito dahil lamang sa di ka nag isip isip muna bago magsulat.
oo nga pala lahat ng nename drop mo ay kilala ko at kilala ako!
at wala akong pakialam sa uno mo ,wala namang silbi yan pag nasa entablado kana.napanood kita sa mirasol di ka naman magaling……..opinyon ko yon at subjective yon pede kong isaisahin sayo ang dahilan kong bakit di ka magaling.pero wag na baka uminom ka na ng downy.
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Jul 01, 2010 @ 04:54:24
Muli, sa bawat palabas, may manonood na magkakagusto, merong hindi. Ganun lang talaga. Para sa taong kahit papaano ay may involvement sa teatro, alam ko na you cant please everyone and you shouldn’t aspire to. Para rin sa taong may pagmamahal sa teatro, ninanais ko ang paglago at pagunlad nito.
Sa ganung sabi, hindi ko ninais ang siraan ang kahit aling play at aling tao. Nagsabi lang naman ako kung ano ang opinyon ko bilang manonood, hindi rin naman yun review, hindi critique at wala naman akong personal na galit sa kahit kanino. Kung may weight ang sinabi ko, eh di meron. Kung wala, eh di wala, Move on. Sino ba ang magbibigay ng weight sa sinasabi ng isang tao?
Actor23, hindi ko naman kelangang kausapin ang kahit sino o si Riki. Sabi ko, I can but if you think about it, I don’t really have to. Sabi ko kay Mayen kanina, ipakilala niya ako kay Riki. Hindi na nga maalala ni Mayen kung sino ako but she was very gracious about it and she asked me why I wanted to be introduced to Riki. Eh 2007 pa yung Lab fest 3 at matagal akong nawala. Siguro kung magkakausap kami ni Riki, ang sasasabihin ko lang naman eh may blog ako tungkol sa play na dinirect nya at basahin nya kung may time siya. Sa tingin ko kasi, hindi naman din magiging ganun ka-affected si Riki about all this.
Tamo si Alex..
May silbi ang pinagaaralan ng tao, kesyo uno pa siya o hindi. Eh sabihin mo ba sa magulang mo na walang silbi ang pinapaaral nila at pinaghihirapan nilang pambayad ng tuition mo?
Pwede mo rin namang isa-isahin ang mga dahilan kung bakit di mo nagustuhan ang pag-arte ko sa Marisol. Kaya lang tapos na yun hindi ba? Noong 2008 pa yun eh. Wala na tayo magagawa about it. Pero kung nagkataong current issue ito, matutuwa ako sa kahit anong feedback na maibibigay na kahit sino dahil sa ganoon, marami ako matututunan.
Kung ako ay magdidirect at/o magsusulat ng play o aarte man ulit sa isang play, gusto ko bigyan ng criticism. Be told why it works or doesn’t work and how it can improved. Para rin naman sa akin yun hindi ba? Sana ganun lahat ng tao mag-isip.
Actor23, ano ka ba, make love not war. Why be so hateful? Tara, magkape tayo. Ilibre kita.
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Jul 01, 2010 @ 03:02:44
Wala naman akong sinabing friends kami. Sabi ko lang naman ay “I know them personally.” Balikan mo. Hahahaha. Ang sabi ko lang ay, “THEY are friends.” Hindi rin po yun “Mirasol”. Pero madali lang naman yan eh I will go and ask them myself. If they say we are not friends, then we are not.
Kung babalikan natin, hindi ako nag-name drop, hiningi mo ang mga pangalan nila.
“oo nga pala lahat ng nename drop mo ay kilala ko at kilala ako!” – ano ba ang pangalan mo?
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Jul 01, 2010 @ 06:03:36
Hot na hot yung iba dito ah.
Si actor23 baka ngayon lang nakatikim ng critique, ang tagal niya sigurong tinitigan ang sarili niya sa salamin ng may Downy sa isang kamay. Sabay inom. Narealize niya siguro na mapait. Hahaha.
Atsaka hindi naman ganun kasakit ang salitang “reckless” or “playtime.” I mean, grow up man.
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Jul 01, 2010 @ 08:55:11
napakahaba na ng nangyari… isa kang alamat angku! affected sila sa sinabi mo! hahaha
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Jul 01, 2010 @ 08:58:44
Uy, isama ko ang blog mo sa blog roll ko.
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Jul 01, 2010 @ 12:52:26
Ay ang personal na ng atake ni actor23. Puwes pepersonalin din kita. Anchaka mo te. Anchaka mo magsalita, anchaka mo magrason, anchaka ng pangunawa mo, anchaka mo bilang tao. Oo, jinu-judge kita. Chaka.
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Jul 01, 2010 @ 15:31:20
sos naman to. pakasimpleng bagay lumago. uy actor 23, kalma te. anlabo mo na.
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Jul 02, 2010 @ 21:21:28
Ay nako, kung ganito ang meron sa oberpass, day tambay ako at kakain pa ng popcorn.
Ang layo na ng narating ng usapang ito. Angku gawa ka ng dula na ang theme ay itong blog mo sa virgin labfest. punong puno ng conflict at maaanghang na dialogue at since hindi ito traditional na plot, day subtext ang drama!
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Jul 02, 2010 @ 23:17:59
Grabe, angku ang taray mas exciting pa ito sa eksena sa overpass.
Hay nako angku pwede ka gumawa ng play tungkol dito, tas pasa mo sa virgin labfest! May conflict, may bida at contra bida (depende kung sang angulo ka titingin), kasalukuyang pinagdadaanan ng blog mo na ito ang climax, papunta na sa falling action. tas gawin mong treatment sa direction parang Subtext.
Wag mo akong kalimutang imbitahin pag natanggap ha!
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Jul 03, 2010 @ 01:56:04
Maraming salamat Juan. Natawa naman ako sayo. Hahaha. Pwede ikaw na lang gumawa ng dula tungkol dito? Panoorin ko tapos bigyan ko ng proper review. Hehehehe.
Pasensiya na guys, hindi ko nagawang proper itong entry na ito. Gagawa ako ng review at pagsisikapan kong gawing proper – as a review. Ito kasi simpleng blog lang kaya maraming kulang. Ni hindi ko nga nasabi kung bakit nagustuhan ko yung Balunbalunan, Bingibingihan hindi ba?
Tapos hindi ko rin nasabi kung ano ang maganda dun sa dalawang ibang plays, na siyempre meron din.
Kung ang blog post na ito ay ituturing na isa lamang blog at hindi review, sapat na ito, kasi blog lang naman. Pero kung ito ay ituturing na isang review, ito ay kulang na kulang.
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Jul 03, 2010 @ 01:46:21
It’s me again. Angku, I saw you kanina pero I prefer to be mysterious.
I can say….. Wala nang kokontra pwede ba? gustuhin ko mang magpakilala at sabihin ang mga napagaralan ko at mga tinuruan kong marahil ay guro mo o ni actor 23 o ninuman, eh wag nalang. ika nga. waste of time. KUDOS ANGKU!
“in the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks” -bible. you have a good heart angku don’t worry..
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Jul 03, 2010 @ 02:17:35
Maraming salamat Ben. Wala akong kaide-deya kung sino ka but if you say my teachers were once your students, then you must be mature in terms of age! Because my teachers are quite mature in terms of age (thoughts of Sir Tony and Sir Amiel in my head). I’m just kidding.
Marami talaga akong natutunan dahil dito sa blog na ito. Marami rin akong nakilala at kinailangang pakilalahan. HIndi ko ito na-expect at all when I wrote this blog. I have never intended to write play reviews. I wrote that in one of my September 2009 blog entries that I have unearthed. But here I am, an unwitting play reviewer.. and I wrote a very incomplete review.
If I will write more reviews, wittingly this time, I will exert more effort on it. That much I have learned.
Maraming salamat sa lahat. Tayo lahat ay nagmamahal sa ating sining at ninanais ang patuloy na pag-unlad nito. Nawa’y marami tayong natutunan sa ating mga diskurso at nawa’y ipagpatuloy natin ang ating pagnanais na matuto, mamulat at yumabong ang ating mga pagkatao.
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Jul 03, 2010 @ 02:18:04
Team Angku ako. Kailan pa nawalan ng karapatan ang mga manunuod para magsabi ng saloobin niya offstage? Kung may mga sinabi naman siyang mga rason why not! Yan ang problema sa inyong nakukulong sa konsepto ng fourth wall, kayo na ang aktor ng taon cheh. Angyayabang, bato nang bato ng mga pangalan, siguro nasasamid at natatapilok na ang mga yan isa-isa thinking may nakaalala sa kanila. Pero okay naman ang diskusyunang ito, sana maresolba ang isyu ng pagiging blogger-critic, subjectivity, konsepto ng labfest, at karapatan ng “theater practitioner” na humusga vs audience.
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Jul 03, 2010 @ 04:50:21
last na to promise.
kailanman hindi naging mas mataas ang artista sa kanyang manonood, bagkus para sa kanila nga ang pagtatanghal. at para tawagin silang observer lamang ; maging isa man silang alagad ng sining pang teatro, o nag aral at naging iskolar nito, para sa akin ay isang kahambugan. para kanino ba ang sining mo? sayo lang? eh di magtanghal ka na lang sa harap ng salamin. malulupit ang manonood. wala silang pakialam kung ano mang pagod, hirap, pagaanalisa, pag aaral na ginawa ng isang artista. ang mahalaga ay ang kanilang nakita. at bilang isang artista ay dapat gutom ka sa mga pagpupuna. kasi ito ay isang signos na may iuunlad ka pa bilang nagpapanday ng sining. kung sa palagay mo ay narating mo na ang tugatog eh, tunay na nakakalungkot ito para sayo. hindi ako nagmamagaling o ano man. pero may karampatang bigat ang pagiging artista. ang kapangyarihan mong baguhin ang mundo gamit ang iyong sining ay totoong nakakalula. pero ito ang rin ang nagbibigay bigat at direksyon ng iyong pagunlad bilang isang artista ng bayan na naglilingkod sa masang kanyang pinagtatanghalan.
aytenkyu.
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Jul 04, 2010 @ 00:56:44
Si Dax na ang deepthinking ng taon. Anyhoo, nakakalungkot na hindi marunong tumanggap ng kritik ang ibang mga artista. Kung ganoon, paano kayo umuunlad? Ang mga artistang nasa ivory tower ang mga artistang hindi nagpapahintulot ng pag-unlad ng sining, amsosorryjudges. In short, ginaya ko lang yung thought ni Dax, and i agree to him fully
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Jul 07, 2010 @ 10:01:59
Hi Angku! Dahil late ako ng 15mins sa class, hindi na ako pinapasok ng prof ko. Kaya dito muna ako sa library just to kill time. wala share ko lang.
Nga pala, napadaan lang ako sa “angkulet.com” nabalitaan ko ang init na nagaganap sa iyong mga blogs. Well, true enough ang kati sa ulo ng mga comments. Hindi ko na nga binasa yung mga sobrang haba na puro kawawaan. blah blah blah..
Anyways ((slang) kung anuman ang tawag dyan, maganda lang kasi sabihin ‘anyways’), ako ay isang theater performer sa isang bonggang theater company(chos!) for 4 years, theater enthusiast na rin para madami. Ang gusto ko lang naman sabihin ay binabati kita dahil naging matagumpay ang iyong pagpuna sa mga sining na iyong nasasaksihan. Nawa’y ipagpatuloy mo ang iyong magandang simula! ang init! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY sa iyong angkulet.com!
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Jul 07, 2010 @ 12:25:03
Maraming salamat! Hindi ko inasahan pero ayan, napasubo so sige na nga lang, pinangatawanan ko na rin kasi ano pa nga ba?
Pero yun nga, siguro dapat matuwa na rin lang ako dahil may napatunguhan ang blog kahit papano at marami ako, at sana yung iba rin, natutunan.
Ang hirap ng late ng kahit 15 minutes ano? Hahaha. Natry mo na ba yung late ng 1 minute? Ayun, mas bongga yun! Hahaha. Natry ko na yun at ginusto kong lumupasay against the closed door.
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