It’s Malaysia Night once again, and the Cambridge University Malaysia Society Committee this year is staging a grand reworking of “Romeo and Juliet.” Two hours before the curtains are raised, everything is in pieces – not least the entire team staging the play.
The most repulsive thing ever seen to (wo)mankind plays Juliet, an understudy pines for the handsome but mentally-challenged jock, and the club president plots to sabotage the show in the name of the country. Also, a set of twins create wayang kulit war, Romeo can’t seem to remember any of his lines at all, and a very confused Fairy Godmother happens to crash the practice.
Will there be resolve, or will the whole night go down in flames? A winning show must be fashioned in two hours, from a group of mismatched troublemakers no less.
In an absurdly (and also purely) Malaysian fashion, The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet combines screwball comedy, melodrama, Manglish and a lot of nasty people in close contact with each other.
It is also expected to win the Tony Award this year. (Malaysia Boleh!)
3 comments:
rarrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!
Omg..It's Malaysia Night again!
Jom..Lets go together gether....yay....
YP
Well said.
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