Gema Temasek review!
WEnt to Temasek JC last saturday to watch their annual MAlay Production " GEma TEmasek" whereby i had friends who were once part of this production as ex-actors/dikir barateers/dancers looooooooonnng time ago! hah!
I Arrived late at 210pm because of circumstances (normal excuses) when i knew it was suppose to start at 2pm. BUT BUT i was actually one of the early comers when i sat inside the auditorium, joining lots of other young girls and boys (read: im old so i consider the rest as kids)
The show started pretty weirdly. The whole cast of the act came out into the stage and stood under a spotlight while they posed continuously as camera starts flickering throughout. Then as i thought it HAS started, it actually has not! So what was that all about? it was a good 10minutes of posing, man!
Soon after the Guest of honour arrived, it was the VP of MCS (where's the President of MCS???) to give a speech and boy , did she screwed up. i felt pity for her. She might have been nervous so she stuttered to every word. It was easily forgotten when the auditorium came to pitch dark and it signals the start of the show.
SO first stop: It was a Dance prepared by the Indian Cultural SOciety of TJC. NOt bad though!
Then it all started....
The story depicts life in a typical family where a married couple lives with their grandfather who was married to a beautiful young lady. They have a daughter who was so in need of attention and hates the grandpa. They also hired a maid who was deaf and acted dumb.
So whats the conflict???
WHen the married man had a scandal with his father's new wife and decides to make sure they ran away with the old man's inheritances. Things started to get crazy when each of the characters in the family wants to get rid of the grandpa because of their own reasons. The best part of the show was the twist towards the end.
What i like about this year GEMA:
all girls show. NO guys dikir barat, the tarian was done solely by a large group of girls and 4 guys who cannot dance, and the whole cast of the show was dominated by girls.
the acting was superb except the grandpa's part. He mumbled as if he had a fishball stuck at his throat. The outstanding one was definitely the gal who acted as a the granddaughter. Her cute voices really match the role given to her
short and sweet production. no time wasting, no cock-ups..
The backstage crews, the speeches, host, video screening etc was ALL DONE BY GIRLS.
The crappy part!
From what i heard, the guys in TJC boycotted this year GEMA TEMASEK. Argued that the girls are not capable to run this year GEMA as they feel it would a failure to do it this year.
All the guys in the Malay Cultural Society committee were asked to stepped down by the teachers and man i was so disappointed. Kental sangat ah budak2 lelaki TJ now.
WHat had happened?? Guess the "boys" from TJC are too immature. Even if they had conflicts with the girls, it shouldnot be an obstacle to run this production together. Well, at the end of the day, i really enjoyed myself as i feast on an all-girls show.
