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>rama-rama hinggap di jendela by teater artistik >reviewed by musa fazal >date:
21
mar 2003 >tired
already? go home then |
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Sazali Othman, part-time lecturer at LASALLE and Artistic Director of Teater Artistik, writes and directs this competent, but rather uninspiring production. RAMA-RAMA HINGGAP DI JENDELA tells the story of Hasan, a rich, successful yuppie whose unscrupulous behaviour finally catches up with him on a dark and stormy night, when he leaves the window open and lets in not just the butterfly of the title, but strange other-worldly apparitions from his past. The premise is potentially interesting, though it bears the suspicious whiff of a Malay version of Scrooge's Christmas tale. The dialogue is fluid - Othman can clearly write- but what disappoints about the script is the one-sidedness of the characters. Hasan is your typical bad boy, a drunkard and chain smoker, who declares he's God, says nasty things to his mother over the phone, and generally seems doomed from the start. Nuraisha A Haleem and Sugiman Rahmat play the apparitions - one a woman Hasan has raped, and the other his dead father. Hasan, begins the story believing the world revolves around him, and though the other characters in the play seem determined to convince him of his follies, by their incessant chatter, they merely seem to prove him right. Hasan's butler of sorts, Ahmad, (played by Hazriemanja) is short on lines but perhaps the most interesting character. Indeed Othman displays the most subtlety with this character. In one scene Ahmad nonchalantly strides into the room and helps himself to a drink as if he were the owner of the house - we find out later of course that Ahmad is more than a servant; he is an accomplice to the rape and murder of Nuraisha's character (Perempuan). |
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>>'The premise is potentially interesting, though it bears the suspicious whiff of a Malay version of Scrooge's Christmas tale.' |
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Overall,
a decent play. Teater Artistik has been around for over a decade but has
only recently been given a home at Telok Ayer Performing Arts Centre.
We look forward to more productions from this company. |