PLOT

Like every story, Antigong Agong has a plot and it follows the oh-so-famous and oh-so-always-mentioned Freytag's Triangle. It sure does have an introduction where the actors themselves introduced their roles and what they do. The rising action is where Sam wants to marry Fatima but he has no money as dowry so he planned to go to Iraq but instead, Fatima's grandmother gave him a quest to find the antigong agong and if he finds it, he can marry Fatima without dowry. The climax is where Sam and his friends experienced what their ancestors experienced 100 years ago in Mount Dahu. The falling action is where they came home and got the antigong agong. The resolution is where they made their realizations after knowing what happened a century ago in their land.

CHARACTER

The characters in the play are all equal. There was no lead roles, whatsoever, because it is about the community, therefore, the actors are called emsemble and also because it is a musical play. Evaluating the characters through Aristotle's Peotics is so damn hard. I can't put it into words but here are some of what I learned. Aristotle stressed out that actors should be:

1. good in acting
2. appropriate
3. true to life
4. consistent

DICTION

The languages used in the play are acceptable, of course. The lines are mixes of Filipino, their native tongue, Tausug, and a little bit of English. It is just right that the writer used these languages because it is easy to understand and the audience are all Filipinos! Although they insert some Tausug lines, which not everybody understands, the writer still managed to not affect the play and the attention of the audience.

THOUGHT

Thought and diction go together. The actor should do what he is saying and he can incorporate it to his thoughts. Whatever he thinks, he says and acts.

SPECTACLE

The stage design they have is good and their costumes and props, awesome. It may not be really "bongga" but it showed that they really put on efforts to make a production like that. Kudos to their stage designer, who is also their singer and actor! *applause* The stage is not easy to make, for sure. It takes a lot of engineering and creativity to put up that stage. It was quite high and I think if i climb up there, my legs will shake like crazy! hehe.

MELODY

Without the spectacle and melody, the play will be bland. Too bland. It will not be called a musical play if there's no music! The songs were very catchy and it was easy to sing. I actually sang along during the performance. hehe. But now, i forgot the lyrics. hehe. They used native instruments adn their ensemble was fantastic. Their lead singer was soooo amazing! She has this really great voice and she was one of the actors too! Muti-talented! whew! cool. so cool.