Not dead, but Othello is

Really felt like posting an entry, since

1. have not posted a review post in forever
2. just went to watch an awesome modern-day Thai adaptation of Othello
3. the last post was about Same's sinuses (?!)

Things that have happened since:

1. graduated HS
2. finished a semester of university
3. wrote, like, 20k in essays
4. been conscious at 5 am (and did not like it) 
5. replaced old iPhone with Galaxy Note 10.1

Anyway, a 25-baht motorcycle ride away from my house is Democrazy Theatre. It seats around maaaybe 50 people, and the actors act right in front of you for maximum immersion. Anyone who complains that there is no good theatre in Bangkok, I will drag you there (I have to take you, since it's in a very secretive location, very easy to miss). 

Anyway, the army setting in the original Shakespearean version is converted to Lumphini FC, where the soldiers are football players. Othello is อ๊อต, Desdemona is โมนา, Iago is โก๊, etc. About 160 costumes were used, all of them very Bangkok-current and good to look at.

All in all, a very เข้มข้น performance, and Iago is the best villain ever. So manipulative.  Very panicked and stressed during this scene:

For Shakespeare, I try to watch rather than read it, since a play is made to be watched first and foremost, no? This adaptation's modernization and tradaption (a word I learned in Theatre Appreciation Class- a play that is both a translation and adaptation) really helped to make otHello seem like a very plausible Bangkok situation.

Democrazy's next performance will be in 2013. Will definitely go to it. 480B is nothing.

On a completely unrelated note, I opened a new Instagram shop in order to help my parents sell Scholl Sandals. Check it out! Maybe will rename the shop to "Mind's Scholarship Fund"...hahaha.