Who Wants to Play 20 Questions?
Jigs, a conservative economics graduate, and Yumi, a very liberal and outgoing commercial model are the victims of a long standing barkada tradition: they have to stay in a room for three days and two nights. Fifty hours to go before their stay is over, they find bottles of wine and twenty questions to learn more about each other and possibly fall in love.
Twenty Questions. Refresh my memory. I'm not sure, but I think this was staged in the Ateneo a couple of years back. It really feels very, very familiar. Hmm..
Anyway, I just watched it earlier tonight with my sister and her friends. It was my first time in the University of Makati, and surprisingly, I am amazed at how beautiful their theater is. Better than the Ateneo RMT, even. But then what good is a nice venue when your audience is rude and unappreciative, right?
Fine, call me judgmental. Call me old, even. But watching with lots of high school kids who were obviously required to watch the play was not fun. One, they were NOISY; before the play, while watching, and after the play. They were making all sorts of comments which were really uncalled for while watching. Where else could you go and hear someone randomly shout, "Ang sarap mong mahalin!" in the middle of a serious monologue? HONESTLY.
Two, they just make me cringe with their stupid questions. Yeah, I know the play's title is Twenty Questions, but that doesn't mean you can ask the same question over and over and over and over again. Active listening, please. You just rephrased what the person before you asked.
Three, the play has an actual story. It wasn't staged just so they can gawk at the cute actor. I swear, they were squealing all over the place.
Apart from all these, I actually enjoyed it. It was relateable and that's good enough for me. The lead actress does get very annoying at times, especially with the "Ano ka baaaaaa. Ang corny mo!!" line that she said for most of the earlier part of the play, but she's okay. She kinda balances out with how different she was in the latter part. Plus, I like that it's fresh. It's actually refreshing to watch something that makes you want to believe in butterflies and rainbows again.
One thing, though. Watching Twenty Questions made me want to play twenty questions. Hahaha. Question is, who to play it with. Hahaha. :)
Twenty Questions. Refresh my memory. I'm not sure, but I think this was staged in the Ateneo a couple of years back. It really feels very, very familiar. Hmm..
Anyway, I just watched it earlier tonight with my sister and her friends. It was my first time in the University of Makati, and surprisingly, I am amazed at how beautiful their theater is. Better than the Ateneo RMT, even. But then what good is a nice venue when your audience is rude and unappreciative, right?
Fine, call me judgmental. Call me old, even. But watching with lots of high school kids who were obviously required to watch the play was not fun. One, they were NOISY; before the play, while watching, and after the play. They were making all sorts of comments which were really uncalled for while watching. Where else could you go and hear someone randomly shout, "Ang sarap mong mahalin!" in the middle of a serious monologue? HONESTLY.
Two, they just make me cringe with their stupid questions. Yeah, I know the play's title is Twenty Questions, but that doesn't mean you can ask the same question over and over and over and over again. Active listening, please. You just rephrased what the person before you asked.
Three, the play has an actual story. It wasn't staged just so they can gawk at the cute actor. I swear, they were squealing all over the place.
Apart from all these, I actually enjoyed it. It was relateable and that's good enough for me. The lead actress does get very annoying at times, especially with the "Ano ka baaaaaa. Ang corny mo!!" line that she said for most of the earlier part of the play, but she's okay. She kinda balances out with how different she was in the latter part. Plus, I like that it's fresh. It's actually refreshing to watch something that makes you want to believe in butterflies and rainbows again.
One thing, though. Watching Twenty Questions made me want to play twenty questions. Hahaha. Question is, who to play it with. Hahaha. :)
posted by Leigh Villegas at
12:33 AM
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