Nothing much went on for Christmas day apart from the dinner at my aunty's place on the eve. Was pretty bored most of the time because nothing interesting ever happens at dinner here. Good thing I had my iPod company and my camera.
Went to SIB KL's Christmas musical production and the first thing I have to say about it even before all of it started is that the props and the background scenes were pretty epic. I don't think I've seen any church having props/background as epic as this. And they look pretty good too. But what about the substance of the musical? Surprisingly, it was actually not bad. The lyrics were pretty interesting and the singing were alright. The band was nearly epic in its style with the drums and bass really putting in the groove for most, if not, all the songs. The choreography of the dances with singing and all were pretty tight although there was really random dance-off about half way through the musical.
Now the rest of the criticisms. The main guy character's tone during his dialogue sounded very unnatural and at times didn't seem to fit in with the rest of scene. He did manage to pull it back together after some time but it could have been better. Most of the songs have like a million key changes which I thought was a bit unnecessary. Most of the songs were sung alright with a few off keys thrown into the bunch. Nothing too serious except for the last song. I think the parts were too high for all of those who were singing so it was pretty excruciating to hear that song. That song was pretty much butchered.
I think overall it was a pretty well produced musical with most of the songs being originals, maybe just a little too much for them to chew. Had they have another 2 weeks to refine everything, it would have been stellar. Either that or I should go back in time and prevent myself from not listening to the Wicked soundtrack because after listening to that, I cannot drop my level down to semi-pro level musicals.
Next few days I shall contemplate on the year that has gone by for myself and maybe some reflections of the coming year. But as a heads-up, it is not going to be good. Expect rantings, cynicism and the lot.
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