Friday, September 29, 2006

12:20 AM

Anyway, tonight's forbidden city was "good but not perfect" as Pok puts it. As in a gestalt sense of way, every thing was good but the whole picture was not. The themes and contrasts were excellent; the costumes, backdrop and the props were aesthetically pleasant; the performers were experienced and talented; nothing to complaint about either. The crux of the matter however, was that it was rather disjointed and did not flow that well. I guess there were too many happenings and too little time (2.5 hrs). On the other hand, the play did put Empress Cixi in a different perspective from the one I learnt of her in history 1101 four months back which was rather refreshing.

Will post New York New York pictures up in a week or so. ok goin to bed. So not looking forward to tomorrow morning's class. I got the blahs....