Pygmalion- The Movie

The movie Pygmalion was supposed to be viewed in Bilik Seminar. Unfortunately Bilik Seminar was being used for a meeting so we viewed the movie in Bilik Tayangan.
At first, when the movie was being played I was surprised to see that it was a black and white movie thus I lost my interest in viewing the movie. In my mind, I thought ‘this might be one of the boring movie’ eventually my prediction was wrong; it was really an interesting movie to watch. Actually if given a chance, I would like to watch it again!!. The movie helps me to understand better the play. Now if I read back the novel I could imagine the characters and the flow of the story. Through the movie I got to know that Proffesor Higgins is not an old man but quite a young man actually. This is because in the play he portrays himself as an old bachelor. I realize that it’s just a saying that he uses to describe himself. This shows that the movie is actually a great help to students like me to get a clear picture and understand the play better.

FIRST TEST

Last Friday, I had the first test for Drama class. It was supposed to be on Wednesday but due to the size of class it was postponed to Friday. I really wished it was on Wednesday as I did not have to reread again the notes. The test on Friday in my opinion was tough. I find it difficult to answer some of the questions. However I managed to answer all of the questions. I really hoped that I will do better in this test as it is the first test. After the test we were to watch Pygmalion the movie. I was excited to watch the movie as I felt that by viewing the movie I could get a clear and better understanding of the play.

Pygmalion- from a myth to a play

The play Pygmalion is actually illustrated from a myth Ovid’s Metamorphosis. This I knew after doing some research on the play itself. In both the myth and the play, both of the man hated women and decided to create the women of their choice. The sculpture, Pygmalion who wanted his desired women crafted the women that he wanted and fall in love with his statue he made sacrifice to goddess of love, Venus to bring the statue alive. Venus granted his wish. Pygmalion then married his statue, Galatea.
In the play Pygmalion, Professor Higgins also created new women out of Eliza a flower girl who doesn’t know to speak Standard English. The only difference from the myth is that Proffesor Higgins didn’t fall in love with Eliza but she left him. In this case the statute (Eliza) did not stay with her sculpture (Prof. Higgins) but left him.
I never knew that Pygmalion has a parallel with a myth until my lecture asked me to do some research on Ovid’s Metamorphosis. It’s really amazing to see how Shaw relates the myth to his own play. I feel Shaw is really a creative writer. In this way he could educate younger generation on the myth as it’s kinda difficult to understand the myth.
In Shaw’s Pygmalion, it’s kinda improvised version of the myth with a little comedic aspect in it to make the play a more interesting play thus finding it easier to understand the myth by understanding the play itself.

Antigone- a greek drama

The first time I got the book Antigone was last semester during my last paper of final exam. The first thing that was on my mind was that the book might be boring as I thought the language might be difficult to understand and it might be similar to Shakespeare’s drama.it was aGreek drama anyway.. The moment i open the book it surprised me that the language used was simple and easy to comprehend. I found the drama was an interesting drama. I enjoyed and appreciate the drama very much. I never felt bored reading the drama as I was anxious to know what happens next. Besides that, I could also picture in my mind the story as I was reading it. It was really an enjoyable drama to read. Later on when I entered the drama class this semester, the lecture was a great help, he helped me a lot in enhancing my understanding of the drama Antigone. It seems now to me that I have a very clear picture of the story and I understand better the drama.

Drama Class

The first time I entered Drama class I was curious to know how was the class to be… upon entering the class the first day, my mind was blocked... I felt so blurred... I couldn’t think…This maybe because of the long semester break... Besides that, I was also scared and nervous with the lecture. I ended up sitting at the back actually. As the class progressed... I enjoyed the class very much... I got to know what Drama is all about... Once I hated drama and don’t like reading drama scripts. I only like reading novels... I stereotyped drama as a boring thing to read but now through drama class I love reading it... It has given me new view on drama... The lecture really helped me a lot in understanding drama better. I hope this class will give me new experience in understanding drama from various playwrights

Mak Yong- My Malaysian Heritage

Mak Yong is quite a popular dance art in the olden days. It is known that nowadays it is not a popular dance any more. I guess its because of the controversy that was spearded during that time... This causes this dance art to fade away with time... I myself don't know about Mak Yong until i read the play on Mak Yong in Now Read On... It really brings my curiousity to get to know about this dance art that was no longer known by younger generation... I feel that the people concern such as the Ministry of Art should look into this matter and try to bring into life this form of dance art. This is vital as the younger generation should get to know 'bout their own culture. I feel this dance art should be preserved as a not only a Malay tradition but as Malaysian tradition. This is one of our heritage so we should be proud with it despite the controversy that occur with this dance art.

Kuda Kepang...

I was getting more intrested in Malaysian Dance Art form after learning bout MakYong. I found out there are another form of dance art that is quite similar to MakYong which is originated from Johor.. Its known as Kuda Kepang.. Hmmm.. i'm from Johor so i think i ought to find out more bout this dance art. What i know is that this dance art is linked with spirit possession. There's lots of infomation on this dance art actually and i was amased by the information i got on this dance art.. Finding out bout both of this dance art actually makes me proud of my Malaysian Heritage. I never thought that there are many types of dance art exisited in Malaysia. Thanks to Drama class i actually got to know more bout this dance art. I feel more exposer should be given to students especilly in primaly school, so that this heritage of ours would not fade by time. Ii'm proud of my heritage so i hope that though exposing this type of dance art will make younger generation appreciate Malaysian Dance art thus feeling proud to be a Malaysian.