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venue: soto sulung depan majesty
time: 2 Juni 2005 - pre theatre dinner
members: fenty, deth, sandra, jean2















talking about character's flaw in shakespeare's plays, kita sadar memang manusia itu mudah tergoda dan tidak sempurna. contohnya tentu saja kita. setelah setuju that we're gonna eat out only once a week, minggu ini kita langsung makan dua kali - and that's right after we made the agreement. tapi kan hidup memang penuh adaptasi ^^

there was a drama performance by teater topeng tonight in the university theatre. Romeo and Juliet. started at 7 p.m. jadi sebelum nonton, tentu saja kita harus makan dulu. today we went to soto sulung di depan majesty. it was simple, cheap, delicious, and hot - a perfect place to eat on a cold evening. jean2 pesen soto ayam pake jeruk nipis yang banyak, sandra the regular, deth without chicken but with eggs. yang pake telor, dapet telornya banyak sekali!!! and it cost less than 15.000,- for all that (fenty ga makan, btw, tapi sibuk menghabiskan satu bungkus sale pisang)

then we went back to the theatre. dramanya ... ya ampun ... engga banget deh. the tempo is so slow, banyak banget adegan ga penting (seperti semua figuran yang jadi tamu harus SEMUANYA bersalaman dulu sama tuan dan nyonya capulet di panggung, adegan balet-balet gitu sebelum kissing, dll), dan dialognya itu loh ... shakespeare's lovers would cry their eyes out listening to this adaptation - banyak banget dialog klise yang so-not-shakespeare (kaya dialog romeo: oh, dia cantik sekali seperti bidadari - gubrak deh memangnya ga ada frase yang lebih original gitu?) and the play cut out some parts of the original script - such as the fact that romeo had a cousin called benvolio and he was at first broken hearted with rosalind before meeting juliet in capulet's party. anehnya udah banyak yang dipotong pun, tempo dramanya masih lambaaaaaaat sekali. after one hour, the balcony scene hasn't even started yet. padahal rasanya balcony scene itu masih di babak-babak awal play. wah belum nanti adegan when romeo is banished, adegan juliet minum racun, dan adegan romeo bunuh diri (usually this is the one that takes forever to build suspense and dramatic irony) pas jam 9.30-an, nengok ke sebelah dan ternyata fenty, deth, dan jean2 semua udah pada tidur dengan nyenyaknya di kursi masing-masing dan selimutan dengan jaket (sayang pisan ge sempet difoto!!!) jadi akhirnya kita memutuskan pulang meskipun dramanya belum beres. kabur ceritanya ... trus di luar kita mulai keketawaan sampe mau nangis ngomongin romeo and juliet barusan (duh buat temen-temen teater topeng, maaf ya, our review is so negative tapi romeo and juliet yang ini tuh memang engga banget deh. some of your previous plays were much better, such as lysistrata) eh udah acara menghina-hina gitu, pas deket tempat parkir, fenty and her cousin mendadak mendengar suara aneh menggeram di balik salah satu pintu. hih ... jadi seram. cepet-cepet semua bertobat, masuk mobil dan pulang ^^