Happy Sunday folks!
Yesterday, a few of us attended the Encore production in Kota Laksamana.
Below is my report: 1st, the positives:
A technically superior light and sound show. Unsurpassed by any in Malaysia ...at the moment.
Environment well planned. Staff well trained and responsive.
Parking can be improved & is a hassle if you go even half hour earlier but again, staffs were trained well to disperse traffic accordingly.
Chamber is acoustically sound and of superior quality.
Seats were well planned and identified but smallish and a little uncomfortable if people left and right to you are of normal adult size.
Crowd control and traffic flow despite all the above was able to disperse entry and exit for almost 2000 pax within 25 mins.(both in & out)
Now, for the negatives:
As i see it, after this show; I have three malay words for local Malaccan's in the near future : If more of these projects materialize here, we are looking at a future Antara dua darjat societal representation.( My personal opinion)
1. Thats because looking at the before and after young crowd (non localised); their patterns and life styles were totally above and different from malaccan chinese or even malaccan malaysians norm. ( very flashy and ostentatious)
2. The impact of non local choreographer has made the show totally alien to msian cultural traits- & has totally missed how we potray ourselves.
So, in these two ways, the production does not embody malaysians nor their cultures. I personally found the baba nyonya dance choreography reminiscent of shenzen/ macau jazz dance moves rather than the feministic malay based (asli tune swaying and sashays) nyonya style traditions.
Also, the portrayal of a single scene for Indian woman during 600 years if cross cultural history is damning(!).
That too, portraying her as a violent mother that beats her malay son ( albeit out of supposed love)
3. Also, although they tried to create a storyline based on their ( non malaysian) understanding of our culture; the fact remains that the choreography and storyline was a china chinese based storyline transplanted into a local storyline.
( i found it more interesting once i ran the story flow & nuances in my head according to a mandarin language based plot line!)
Remarks:
Based on the exiting crowd gossip, Its going to be a tough sell to locals.
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