Marathon play watching . . . at UP Diliman IG-KAL and Ateneo Arete. Both on their final week end November
Bar Boys The Musical
Sinulat ni Pat Valera ayon sa pelikula ni Kip Oebanda noong 2017
Buhay pa rin ang mangarap ngunit sa panahong ito
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Apat na magkakaibigan
Nangarap maging abogado
Para baguhin ang mundo
Lahat may pagsubok na pinagdadaanan
Sa personal, sa eswelahan, sa lupunan
Pinaalala ang mga sakripisyo
At may singil ang pangarap
Pinatuloy ang laban
May nanaig may nabigo
Tuloy ang takbo ng mundo
Kalahating Oras sa Kumbento
Likha ni Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero
Sinulat 1934, angkop pa rin sa panahong ito
Sa dalawang salita ngayon, "mental health"
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Sa taong may pinagdadaanan
Itinakwil ng institusyon na dapat makakaintindi sa kanya
Ngunit di pinakinggan
Nasaktan at di nakayanan
May Katwiran ang Katwiran
Sinulat ni Rolando Tinio 1981 tungkol sa paghahati ng lipunan
Gaya noon, may mayaman at may dukha pa rin
Na pinagsasamantala ng mga may kaya
Sa Ingles ngayon, "gaslighting"
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Ang palaging nananaig ang may kakayahan
Ipamumukha ang pagkukulang at pagkakasala ng iba
Sa dinadaang balakid, may paraan tama man o mali para makaahon
Two student produced and acted plays. One commercially staged.
On a bigger stage is busy, executed with movement every now and then to deliver its message.
On a more intimate set up, the messages are immediately hearfully felt.
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This theatrical marathon across UP Diliman and Ateneo de Manila offers a sobering reflection on the cost of existing within a fractured society. We begin with the idealism of Bar Boys, where the dream of upholding the law is slowly chipped away by the brutal reality of the legal system, proving that every ambition carries a heavy price.
This disillusionment deepens in "Kalahating Oras sa Isang Kumbento", where the institution meant to offer solace instead delivers the ultimate rejection, breaking the spirit of the one seeking refuge.
Finally, "May Katwiran ang Katwiran" exposes the cynical machinery behind it all, a world where the wealthy manipulate logic to justify exploitation, leaving the marginalized to claw for survival by any means necessary.
From the law school halls to the convent and the distinct divide of social classes, these stories thread a singular, painful truth: while the world continues to turn, it often does so by crushing the vulnerable beneath the weight of power, privilege, and indifference.
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