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BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Dulaang UP is the official performing arts group of the countrys premier university in its flagship campus-University of the Philippines-Diliman. In its participation in the universitys celebration of 150th birthday celebration of the countrys national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal. It aimed to compromise different point of views, works and life of Rizal to the current events in our generation today. The theatrical play covers the innocence of being a child and also the risks that we are taking due to that innocence. It also narrates to the masses, the suffrage of the Filipino youth, which is based upon the novel of Rizal, Noli me Tangere in its chapter that covers about the story of Basilio and Crispin. One of the most astounding and most noticeable performance in the play is the story of three Filipino women abused: one was raped, was one imprisoned and was abused by her employers, which is, obviously, a true to life reenactment of Nolis chapter entitled Sisa, which is about a loving mother and wife that has fallen into her own depression because of her ill-fated life and eventually loses her mind. Also, the play features the statue of Rizal being alive at night and sang about the freedom of his country from the cancer of society, as it has been his main topic in writing his novels. It also features his numerous love interests abroad to ignite more the flickering light of Filipino nationalism back here in our country- all of it, he sacrificed for the sake of his love for the mother land. It connection to this, the most dramatic of all is the presentation of his great disappointment in loosing his first love, Leonor Rivera to an Englishman, Kipping-all due to his ferocious fight against the oppressing Spaniards. All of these and other amazing performance can be witnessed from this opening performance of Dulaang UP in its 36th season. The play was directed by Dexter M. Santos, who was also the man behind Orosman at Zafira, another DUPs product of incredibility. II. REACTION: It is my first time watching a theatrical play made by UP students and the waiting I have made to watch this is not enough to describe how the play worth a thousand claps and an honorable standing ovation from its audience. The way the theme of the play has been presented was excellent. As it is noted by its actors first, it is not the typical story of Rizal, or the common dramatization of his novels, Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, rather, it is another way of expressing the ideas that our national hero shared to us approximately 100 years ago. Though this play, we can prove to ourselves that the message of these magnanimous novels arent just for books and for reading comprehension but is also, one of the best ways in reflecting our society, not only during the time of Rizal but also during our recent generation. Also, not for humorous intent, this play also reflects something that is most prominent in our society today, especially in the young adults. It has been highly noted of Rizals sacrificial of his love life for the motherland. For me, it implies that, to sacrifice a one true love for the sake of a bigger love may be hurt but may make you proud of your origin and make a better meaning of your existence. For the young adults of the today, I may say this: Why should you spend your whole time for that single person whom you didn t even know if it will be yours forever? Isnt more significant if you first give yourself to your parents who never stop believing in your own

capacities, to the people who, to their very best, provides you the best environment for your healthy growth, and to your country which mainly maintain the peacefulness of this country and provides you this so-called state where you can have the liberty to improve yourself. With that, you will be loved truly, not only by a mere stranger but a bunch of people who respects what you have done. With this also, by the experiences of your sacrifices have presented, you can now filter those who are true and those whore are not and may give you more chances and room to appreciate who you are and those who values you the most.
FRAULINE C. TADLE 2011-04813 BA POLITICAL SCIENCE