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An eclectic mixture of impishness and the droll, bits of risqué and a lot of graceful movements, reverberating music and simple beats — this play had them all. Small wonder the audience loved it.
The Dokkebi jumped all over the stage with the agility of acrobats and made it look so simple.
The costumes in gossamer white for the sprites, the primary colours for the lovers and the earthy tones for Ajumi, the mundane herb gatherer, were perfect in conveying the woodland setting.
The Tamil expressions ensured the connection with the audience and the lilting Korean ditties, tinged at times with love and other times with fear, conveyed the midsummer madness to perfection.
The actors whirled, jumped, danced and even fought with perfect rhythm and absolute grace.
The scenes themselves were not new — all of us have seen them before — but it was the Koreanisation of the theme that left one enthralled.
The joie de vivre of the Dokkebi filled the hall and resurrected the child in everyone. The tomfoolery left a clear message in the end and the thoughtful surtitles helped understand the nuances of the Korean belief in the spirits of the woods.
The expressions on the faces of the charmed/crossed lovers evoked among the laughter a sense of sadness even when you knew they would find their true love at last. Little moral nuggets are strewn everywhere and, in the midst of all the tomfoolery, and one can cull them carefully.
The enchantment of the Korean folklore lingers long after the curtain call and all the senses are satiated.
An opening night that has raised the hope of the Chennai theatre lover, and as one of the characters in stylised Tamil would have said, poga poga parkalaam.
G.MADHAVAN
Besant Nagar
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