"EJ - Ang pinagdaanang buhay ni Eveleo Javier at Edgar Jopson"
Watching this play last night at CCP depicting the life and times of two of the social reformists of their generation against the ugly regime of Marcos dictatorship. Though they both came from different setting, different social class, fought a different battle, but both studied at Ateneo de Manila, Edgar Jopson fougth for social reform leading the National Union of Students of the Phils. while Eveleo Javier who saw the ugly political system of his home province Antique decided to change the landscape of Politics thru reforms.
The social and moral values of the play still plays a significant role in our present modern setting, corruption, oligarchs rule, hunger, injustices and military abuses has been a constant struggle during this two youthful leaders times. Times have changed, leadership have changed but the same ugly hand of greed, power, injustice prevails.
One funny plot of the story is when Edjop brought his girlfriends and later becoming his wife Joy to China where a Red cloth was unfurled as the backdrop of the scene and the cast cutely dressed in Mao's communist attire holding on to a red book marching towards the stage, every playful statue like movement was well choreographed, the marching and poses has catched the audience attention as well as the musical score was relatively chinese and the man raising the red flag shouting YI, ER, SAN, SE(1,2,3,4 in mandarin) several times elicited much laughter from the audience.
The most gripping scene was when Edjop and his company were being interrogated and the 2 women cast were being tortured by allege military men and screams of the scene can emotionally touch the inmost soul of the audience what horror those women went thru during the Martial law years, the rape scene was also worth noting.
As for the scene on the life of Eveleo Javier, the comedy rest on the scene where the townsfolk came to give their donations for the construction of a gymnasium for the western Visayas meet back when he was elected as Governor. The reality that if your not a supporter of the President, funds will be deprived from your province and thus evcen cause much hardship on the delivery of basic services to the community.
Over all the play is great, the cast were absolutely stunning in their performance and shows their flexibility in their roles as their character portrayal changes, the music and choreography and the entire script is definitely appropriate and the social relevance of it to our modern socio-political landscape is appropriate in time for social awakening.
The musical score is being rendered by the band Sisig who were also onstage.
Bravo to the entire cast and crew, writer, director of EJ.
Watching this play last night at CCP depicting the life and times of two of the social reformists of their generation against the ugly regime of Marcos dictatorship. Though they both came from different setting, different social class, fought a different battle, but both studied at Ateneo de Manila, Edgar Jopson fougth for social reform leading the National Union of Students of the Phils. while Eveleo Javier who saw the ugly political system of his home province Antique decided to change the landscape of Politics thru reforms.
The social and moral values of the play still plays a significant role in our present modern setting, corruption, oligarchs rule, hunger, injustices and military abuses has been a constant struggle during this two youthful leaders times. Times have changed, leadership have changed but the same ugly hand of greed, power, injustice prevails.
One funny plot of the story is when Edjop brought his girlfriends and later becoming his wife Joy to China where a Red cloth was unfurled as the backdrop of the scene and the cast cutely dressed in Mao's communist attire holding on to a red book marching towards the stage, every playful statue like movement was well choreographed, the marching and poses has catched the audience attention as well as the musical score was relatively chinese and the man raising the red flag shouting YI, ER, SAN, SE(1,2,3,4 in mandarin) several times elicited much laughter from the audience.
The most gripping scene was when Edjop and his company were being interrogated and the 2 women cast were being tortured by allege military men and screams of the scene can emotionally touch the inmost soul of the audience what horror those women went thru during the Martial law years, the rape scene was also worth noting.
As for the scene on the life of Eveleo Javier, the comedy rest on the scene where the townsfolk came to give their donations for the construction of a gymnasium for the western Visayas meet back when he was elected as Governor. The reality that if your not a supporter of the President, funds will be deprived from your province and thus evcen cause much hardship on the delivery of basic services to the community.
Over all the play is great, the cast were absolutely stunning in their performance and shows their flexibility in their roles as their character portrayal changes, the music and choreography and the entire script is definitely appropriate and the social relevance of it to our modern socio-political landscape is appropriate in time for social awakening.
The musical score is being rendered by the band Sisig who were also onstage.
Bravo to the entire cast and crew, writer, director of EJ.
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