We went to see Lat the musical as Istana Budaya. The thing about Lat is that he looks cute and cuddly and his cartoon of himself is equally adorable. It would not be difficult to delved into the man himself. Ordinary or out of ordinary events, there would sure be a caricuture of an interesting aspect or moment of that event in the paper the next day that only Lat could capture. And it would be exaggerated, to the point and hilarious. But most importantly Malaysian - he is the epitome of 1Malaysia. However, I was slightly disappointed as the musical did not capture that essence of Lat. Although I love the character of Mrs Hew, Frankie, Lat's father and the poignant moment when Awie's voice soared with sadness upon his father's death, I give the show a B.
Call me lame but I enjoyed Konsert Akademi Fantasia - though not as much as before and tears not shed anymore. Back then it would be the weekly family entertainment - I would make ready or order TV dinner with lots of snacks. Since this is said to be the last AF, with the efferversant Aznil as the anchor with his "kezutan" and gila-gila Sarimah, Amy Search as the pengetua, it may be a good showing. Hopefully the judges would not be too technical and arrogant but be the likes of JLo & Stev Tyler of American Idol (plezzz no Ramli MS, Aman Ramli, Fauziah Ahmad Daud & Shafinaz - bring back Kudsia Kahar) . So I will be in front of the TV come tomorrow night - ready to fight for the TV remote with my beloved who is no more interested in AF after Stacy season.
Salam Puan.... I tak sempat tengok theatre back home and teringin sangat to watch PGL and of course LAT N HMM. Anyway...am looking fwd to July's event and sure that you will be coming too. We will be organising a dinner in Mr Ong's honour and maybe we can also go for a theatre session. Let me know. SalAam n take care
ReplyDeleteHi Cimun, :-) was so looking forward to go but found out on April 1st my tix was sold to someone else and it was no April Fool :-( I'm positive Awie will need more acting jobs after his Wings and Superfriends Tour and I'm planning another outing with friends this time if theres another instalment :-) or better yet NORA ZAIN end of this year!!!! Double rainbow dude! ;-)
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ReplyDeleteMy benchmark for local theatre would always be PGL which is an A+. I would compare others to it. It was amazingly entertaining and awesome (as opposed to PGL movie which was awful).
Anyway about the London trip, due to the ISM dinner being changed to 8 July, I now had to re-organise my accreditation program with the universities. Hopefully it could be accommodated but I had to be back to KL by 8 July.
Hi super niece
ReplyDeleteYour tix being sold to others may not be an April Fool's joke but may be a premonition of things to come. Better find out what happened with your friend. Talking about it is way better than memendam rasa.
Salam Puan....so I've heard. Anyway, just let me know when you are here and we all can go for the 'women of leisure' theatre trip. okay? watch anything aje ...I think it's the 'company' that we enjoy!!! Take care and speak soon
ReplyDeleteok. because of your review. i finally decided to give HMM a try.
ReplyDeleteyou went to LAT!!!!! :( nak tengok jugakkk. and Merong Mahawangsa! please send dvd HMM to melbourne pls thank you i love you :)
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