Jeez... I’ve done it again! I’ve
abandoned my blog for months on end L
I always tell myself I need to find
time to write here, but it’s much harder than it seems. Actually I’ve been so
busy I’ve had very little time to watch Zuka – though I have watched some, of
course.
At any rate, today I feel the urge
of recommending and praising a show which has bewitched me in the past couple
of months…
PUCK
Please be warned: there might be
spoilers!
Puck was staged by the moon troupe
in ’92. The top star at the time was Suzukaze Mayo (whom I ranked 5th
in my previous post). Thanks to this show I have come to love Suzukaze Mayo
even more than I did before: her acting is so meticulous and at the same time
natural! Not to mention her incredible singing.
Anyway, back to the show.
Puck is loosely based on Shakespeare’s
A Midsummer Night Dream but the whole focus is on Puck, a cute but somehow
clumsy and mischevious fairy, and the way he interacts with a group of humans,
in particular a girl called Hermia. There are several sub-plots and interesting
characters, such as the king and queen of fairies or the rock-star-to-be Bobby played by Amami Yuki.
The show has both really funny and
really moving scenes and is particularly interesting because of the evolution
of the main character. At the beginning Puck is just a newborn fairy who knows
nothing of the world, innocent and perky. As the show goes on, Puck evolves
slowly but continuously, grows into awareness while going through different emotional
stages. Honestly, I think that playing such a character must be very difficult
and Suzukaze Mayo is so good! She honestly made my heart melt.
Amami Yuki is also really good in this funny role, she made me laugh really hard!
The show was also somehow really
original… let’s just mention a pair of roller skates and moving donkey ears!
This show is DEINITELY a must see!
I usually just post links to bits of shows, but I'll just go ahead and post the link to the full show this time.
I know that some people think this is not right, but here's what I think: if there had not been online videos I would not have become a Takarazuka fan and I would not have supported Takarazuka by going to the theatre and buying a bashful amount of goods XD
I know that some people think this is not right, but here's what I think: if there had not been online videos I would not have become a Takarazuka fan and I would not have supported Takarazuka by going to the theatre and buying a bashful amount of goods XD
So, here is the link to the show! Enjoy!
