Hamletmachine by TTRP

20th century Heiner Müller deconstructed Hamlet.
21st century Uichiro Fueda made new meaning to Hamletmachine.

silence of space @ emily hill
listen to the fans blowing
smell the mosquito coils burning
touch the dense air with your nose

do not look for a plot
feel your heart beating
acknowledge your emotions breathing

failed ideals and human disillusionment
as you try to break free of the continual cycle of violence
all a trauma of existence

all in all, appreciate the process each performer has gone through
please do not destruct an actor's training with harsh words

마이걸

简单不过的剧情，编剧却过于刻意将其复杂化，看了肠子总是纠结在一起。
当大家都在赞美女主角演得多可爱的时候，风却只从男配角身上感受到一点戏味。이준기其实也没什么发挥的机会，画面皆是서정우躲在一旁暗暗难过，独自忍泪。千篇一律。是导演没有消化情节、要求内涵吧。
作为诙谐爱情剧，诙谐的部分是做到了，却没有丝毫感动度。结果是，风边看边盘算着连续剧几时会大结局。
总算落幕了。带走了一句话：

눈뜨면 안돼요 .. 안 들은척 우기구.. 꿋꿋하게 버텨요
거짓말이 들키지 않게... 속마음이 보이지않게

Men of Steel (Australia)

Objects from the kitchen come alive under 3 mad chefs.
Tongs, cake mixer, blender, stove, saucepan, forks, spoons, straws, cups... you name it, they have it.
2 little steel man moulds come to life and embark on their adventure.
Steel man cut the apple stomach of the steel woman open and tata! A steel baby is born.
The little steel men met a saucepan baby and lured it to fire with an oil bottle. Ting! Within minutes, saucepan baby is asleep on the stove and exploding with popcorns.
Steel men made gingerbread men out of doughs. However, the doughs are not working well and we see puppeteers tearing hands and legs out of each other's gingerbread man to make up for their own.
This is definitely not a children's show. Do Singaporeans actually see the message behind these snippets?
It's time to overturn the equation. No, puppet shows are not equivalent to children's shows.

死神の精度

死神，你的颜色是黑暗，你的朋友是音乐，你的优点是天真。
正当你带着雨走来，我看到的却只有《0501之雨》的路人画面。不愧是 sweet rain。在生活小细节中隐约感受到简简单单的纯粹感。
深深感受到日本人的细腻。颜色的选择（黑、红、蓝服饰雨伞的搭配）以及重复出现的元素（枯萎的向日葵、音乐CD、白手套、雨声、门等）贯穿三节故事。一丝不苟的导向。精简幽默的对话。自然素拍的人物。
死神千叶带领我们走进普通女职员藤木一惠的人生。三节乍看之下全然不相干的故事，通过导演细心的提示铺排、暗藏画面中的电影元素，最终串起一段女人及儿孙的故事。
我喜欢这出戏。是那种淡淡的喜欢。近来很少在看完戏后会判“认可”。死神在我心里却埋下了小白花的种子。活着，就要有意义、有目标地呼吸。
唯一让我考虑做出“放生”的决定是，有些 moment 太久了。养足精神，带着最纯真的心去看这出戏吧。
对于五位同我前去观戏的朋友，对不起，我喜欢的戏，你们没看懂。

Made of Honour

Hollywood is still living the American Dream. Or should I say, breathing an air of superiority right smack into our faces.
Then again, maybe I'm reading too much into the manhood between a Yankie and a Scottish. Remembering again that this is just another Hollywood romance with a sweet,happy and perfect Big Apple ending, it's probably just another excuse to film the cinematic Scotland with bagpipes sounding in the background.
Actually there IS something I can relate to...... hey you! how long have we known each other? 12 years? Haven't you been lending a listening ear and a shoulder to cry on all these while? Don't worry. Nothing romantic ever gonna happen here. But I'm thankful you're always here for me. Close Friends, Made of Honour.

원더풀 라이프II

아버지近日精神爽朗，常常到外用餐散步。向来在家里话不多，아버지和어머니近来时时闲话家常。虽然淡薄，也总算有가족的感觉。
下午，아버지对平日老是不在家的딸说：“什么时候有空，我们去一趟은행，把你的名字加进去，将来有什么事也比较方便。”딸一时间无法反应，只是回过头静静观察。아버지很平静，很理所当然。딸却隐隐觉得这样的平静在作痛。
晚上，어머니又把딸拉进房间说话：“你아버지放心不下。那笔钱是给你们결혼用的。你们要收好，不要乱花。”딸只是“呃”一声应话，走出房间。这时候，딸的眼泪已在眼眶中打转。

英式女篮II

托腮捧颊，小心翼翼
场上杀气逼人
厮杀正在进行中
古惑女拼水气势绝不输阿明仔
随时都会报告最新的伤亡消息
不到 10 分钟第一起流血事件发生了
Stingray 的射手惨遭践踏，右膝盖血流不止
接下来赛情更是紧张，看似随时会爆发一场“猫战”！

女人狠起来，比男人凶千倍万倍
看世界杯足球赛，球员再粗暴，观众仅会情绪波动，以粗话敬之
面对两队目光犀利的女球员，坐在观众席也会战战兢兢
身旁两位体育教师却若无其事地安心观战
这样的场面他们似乎司空见惯
然而，习惯在舞台上厮杀也要保护自己保护对戏演员
我始终无法释怀

What happened?

Amazing! 4 years of dating and we've never watch anything like "What happened in Vegas". Was it because I've refused to stoop so low as to go for mainstream Hollywood movies or that I've gone out of that league? Either way is the same.
No, I didn't enjoy myself in the movie, more so, I was criticising on the script, directions and acting over and over again in my head. The entire plot is too expected, leaving no surprise for the audience at all. The actors, backing on their own experience, don't seem to have done much homework to build up on their characterisation. As a result, the two protagonists are two-dimensional, falling flat like paper dolls. The directions are passe. In fact, the last bit of the movie reminded me of some lighthouse scene in a Korean tv serial 환상의 커플 ("Fantastic Couple") and some korean movies like 시월애 ("Il Mare"). Sadly it doesn't work for this movie as the director manages to capture neither the essence of the two protagonists' love nor the significance of the lighthouse.
Yes, I laughed a few times, not at the American humour though, but at the stupidity of the plot. It is a movie clearly to make the audience laugh, and to leave the cinema thinking about nothing. Not even about love in modern age which is the theme of the entire movie. All the more, it makes me firmly believe that being in the creative industry means reading up and observing life. Without these to lay the foundation, how is one going to build up his work?
Still, I'm glad I went for the show. It feels good to see the lights flickering on the screen and being surrounded by 7 friends. Now bonding seems more important than the movie screening.
As for you, I finally can confirm the real reason behind our breakup. Why? You should know why.

角度

马英九的政治理念：

用人不疑，疑人不用

许多在阿公制度底下存活太久的人似乎都无法真正了解其中道理。
给这类人起了新名字，就叫他们青蛙吧！（名字背后的含义，就有待各位观众细细反复琢磨体会）

最近看到了这一幕：
老青蛙把小妹妹和小弟弟的电脑‘藏’起来，还得意洋洋地吩咐他们先去向青蛙王自首才回来领电脑。（套老青蛙的话：先去被骂再回来拿）
小妹妹气得暴跳；小弟弟乖乖去自首。（这小弟弟也太没骨气了）
风看不过眼，教了小妹妹一招：composure。置之不理个两三天，和老青蛙耗耐力。
果然不出所料，两天后，老青蛙还是悄悄吩咐别人给小妹妹、小弟弟通风报信藏电脑之处。
真是闲着没事干才玩的把戏，无聊！
换个角度看，老青蛙活了一把年纪，果然返老还童。可笑可笑。

又有一幕：
疲于奔波的女孩生病，请了假。老青蛙和青蛙娘娘看着未完成的工作，对着众人大骂女孩的不是。
又不是专属女孩的分内工作，干嘛见人说人话，见鬼说鬼话，在人家背后黑白讲？
女孩怒。
风看不下去，教女孩见招拆招：离家出走。眼不见为净嘛，何必气坏身子？
回头想想，能让在阿公制度里存活的青蛙‘破功’，女孩的能耐还真不小。怎么说呢？两只“高高在上”的青蛙竟为了一个小娄娄（女孩）大动嘴皮，沦为“闲话媳妇是非的恶婆婆”，看来女孩多重要啊！哈哈！

气归气。当然要气。何必给青蛙压着过活？这样会窒息的。
从另一个角度重新观看上演的一幕幕，青蛙又好似受害者，浑然不知自己中毒已深。什么时候毒气攻心，马上死在自己深信不疑的制度底下。可怜可怜。
奉劝众青蛙：背负着“政治性正确”的包袱是会被压死的。放下包袱，跳下水，好好净身，做回人，从人性出发吧！

Goodbye

This song by The Melody will soon appear in TFP latest version of 'Puppets Alive!'. 真是让 Karaoke Girl 很有共鸣的一首歌。是否也让你想起了辛晓琪的《领悟》？ ==================================================

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oh I love you
Endless time
I lose my mind
Because of you
oh I want to kill myself
you are the only love in my life
the only thing there is night
my love you are every breath that I take
oh I love you

if you go say good bye
but you know this
I will always love you
bye bye if you go
say goodbye
but you know this
I will always love you

어떤 말도 하기 힘들 때 (When it’s hard to say anything)
또 그대가 보고 싶을 때 (And when I want to see you)
아무런 말도 (Can’t say anything)
아무런 행동도 (Can’t do anything)
무엇도 난 할 수 없잖아 (I can’t do anything at all)

everyday every night
every single day
I want you
please don’t leave me alone
don’t leave me alone
I want you
I need you love you
I’m gonna take you

if you go say good bye
but you know this
I will always love you
bye bye if u go
say good bye
but you know this
I will always love you

oh I want to kill myself
I am just singing
I love you

英式女篮I

向来没什么体育细胞的风下午心血来潮，特到场支持友人。
明显是敌队实力较占上风，Vipers 还是不肯放松，铆足全力，奋勇作战。斗劲十足的比赛让人目不暇接。赛场上却也难免出现失误。原是打中场的球员就抛球力度过大，让球队频频失球；后卫又救球心切，连连犯规。
一个小时的交战，Vipers 个个筋疲力尽。每每休息时间，还不时反思作战策略。谁都不愿掉以轻心。
教练友人曾经在赛前就很有骨气地表示，别小看我们，还是有赢的机会。
虽然最后并没有胜出，但 Vipers 却重燃风心中的持恒之火。谢谢你们。

英雄之死 by 偶平坊

十年后第二次看《英雄之死》，没有当年踏入剧场的兴奋，多了一分批判。是在剧场“混”太久的必然结果吧。
导演特意穿插了现代社会问题（婆媳、同居、大耳窿等），试图为剧本注入新的生命力。虽不为过，处理手法却不免让人有 school show 的感觉。
15个演员。太多了吧。好多角色及 ensemble 都没有发挥的空间。在小型黑箱剧场里如何调度众多演员确实是很大的挑战。与其说演员太多，没有好好发挥，更在意的是没有“由心而发”。没有“用心”的戏又要如何打动观众呢？
不过，值得一提的是，这是一场感官享受的演出。怎么说呢？踏入剧场的那一刻，看到鼓手脸上漆的妆，“视觉系”一词马上闪过脑海。接下来的报纸大战、冥纸飞舞都给观众一种“美”的视觉享受。美中不足的是灯光设计并做不到画龙点睛之妙。
鼓，是整个演出的重点元素。阵阵鼓声给平淡的剧情增添了几分气势。离开剧场，耳边鼓声还咚咚作响。但，鼓与韩日音乐的配搭似乎不太协调，让全剧的音乐走向不明确。
英雄之死，死的究竟是谁？谁才是英雄？到了最后，生活中可能本来就不曾有英雄的存在吧。