#Marco De Angelis

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One Year of War l Marco De Angelis

#art #cartoon #marco de angelis #cartoons #russia #russian invasion #ukraine #ukrainians #putin #war #stop the war #we stand with ukraine

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L'Universo Donna disegnato da Marco De Angelis.

A cura di Donatella Lavizzari

Marco De Angelis è giornalista professionista, disegnatore umorista, illustratore e grafico. Ha illustrato molti libri per ragazzi per Giunti, De Agostini, La Scuola, San Paolo, Lapis, European Language Institute (28 riviste, distribuite in 40 Paesi) e altri editori. Dal 1975 pubblica su 150 tra quotidiani e riviste in Italia e all’estero: Il Popolo, Il Messaggero, La Repubblica (di cui è stato redattore), Il Mattino, Grazia, I Gialli Mondadori, Panorama, Help! Comix, Comic Art, le riedizioni de Il Travaso e Marc’Aurelio, riviste umoristiche e specializzate.

I suoi disegni sono apparsi su decine di giornali negli USA e in Europa distribuiti anche da Cartoon Arts International e The New York Times Syndicate: Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Vancouver Sun, Sacramento Bee, Herald Tribune, Courrier International, Le Monde, Nebelspalter, Yez, Eulenspiegel e altri. Ha collaborato con la RAI, con TeleMontecarlo, molte associazioni e società, tra cui Confartigianato, Università Bocconi e Ministero dell’Interno. Palma d’Oro a Bordighera nel 1997, ha ricevuto più di 100 premi in Italia e all’estero: Istanbul, Teheran, Tokyo, Belgrado, Krusevac, Montreal, Amsterdam, Olen, Genova, Dolo, Fano, Ferrara, … Recentemente è stato premiato a Solin (Croazia) per il 17° International Cartoon Festival e alla 38a edizione dell'Aydin Dogan Vakfi (Istanbul), uno dei concorsi più prestigiosi al mondo, gli è stato assegnato il Terzo Premio (dopo aver vinto il 1° premio nel 1987 e nel 2016). Sua è l'illustrazione della bellissima mostra di Cannes Cartoons "Infanzie rubate", esposta domenica 11 Settembre al Palais des Festivals di Cannes, dopo la mostra tenutasi a Giugno nell'Isola di Santa Margherita. Due libri da lui illustrati hanno ricevuto il 1°Premio Legambiente 2001 per la divulgazione scientifica e il 1°Premio Bancarellino 2002. E’ uno dei tre curatori della rivista umoristica online Buduàr.

La vasta e poliedrica produzione artistica di Marco De Angelis annovera opere originali che trattano temi sempre attuali: politica, società, ambiente, guerra, amore, scienza e cultura. Il suo è un ritratto a 360 gradi dell’umanità. Sempre fedele a se stesso, De Angelis aderisce alla complessità della realtà contemporanea, interpretandone le contraddizioni, le ambiguità, le fragilità. Il suo è uno sguardo ironico, schietto, preciso, a volte poetico, a volte tagliente ed impietoso.

De Angelis è un sensibile scrutatore del mondo e le sue denunce sagaci toccano profondamente le corde dell’anima e colpiscono al cuore come dardi. Le sue illustrazioni PARLANO. E parlano una lingua universale. Sono capaci di sensibilizzare i destinatari su questioni rilevanti. Lanciano SOS per il pianeta Terra, risvegliano coscienze, portano alla luce problematiche spesso vengono sepolte dall’indifferenza. Il pianeta Donna è una delle tematiche affrontate da De Angelis, sotto diverse angolazioni ma sempre con la stessa sensibilità.

E i messaggi diventano memorabili e inducono gli spettatori alla riflessione.

#Marco De Angelis #cartoonist #comicart #comicartist #international artist #donne #women #diritti violati #condizione femminile #cartoon art

[laonuba]

Who ordered the apple?

#apple #manzana #humor #Marco de Angelis

[genericeurofan]

THE WALL IS READY ( partial ME reveal, peep the shirt btw)

#eurovision #eurovision 2023 #joker out #marco mengoni #bojan cvjeticanin #loreen #käärijä #tvorchi #too lazy to add more #mae muller #radiohead #frank ocean #the police #jan peteh #nace jordan #jure maček #kris guštin #noa kirel #victoria de angelis #sublime #coldplay #women want me fish fear me

[rookofthekingom]

So I may have collected a group of emotional support gay Italians? (Though maybe “gay italian” is too repetitive. I mean, we all know that “Italian” is synonymous with “gay” so)

But look at them, look how silly!

#I love them all sm #I didn’t even mean to collect them #I swear #it just kind of happened #marco mengoni #mahmood #maneskin #måneskin #blanco #blanchito #blanchitobebe #michele bravi #damiano david #victoria de angelis #vic de angelis #thomas raggi #ethan torchio

[feuerspirit]

sono un italiano un italiano vero

I am Italian A real Italian

#valentino rossi #antonio giovinazzi #marco bezzecchi #riccardo patrese #pecco bagnaia #elio de angelis #toto cutugno - l'italiano #I have too many songs about countries and nations pt.1

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Grande successo della performance di Guido De Angelis al Teatro Comunale di Nardò con la direzione artistica di Marco Eugenio Di Giandomenico

Sabato, 16 marzo 2024, presso il Teatro Comunale di Nardò (LE) si è svolto con grande successo l'evento dal titolo "UN VIAGGIO NELLA BELLEZZA LUNGO UNA VITA. L’arte di Guido De Angelis tra musica, cinema, scrittura e tanto altro", organizzato da Ethicando Association di Milano in collaborazione con il Comune di Nardò (LE), con la curatela artistica e scientifica di Marco Eugenio Di Giandomenico.

E’ stato presentato il libro di Guido De Angelis dal titolo "IL SOGNATORE. Io, gli Oliver Onions e tutta una vita", edito da Mondadori Editore (2023).

L'iniziativa ha costituito un tribute all'artista Guido De Angelis, che negli anni settanta fonda insieme al fratello Maurizio il duo musicale Oliver Onions, noto al grande pubblico per la creazione di colonne sonore di successo, oltre a produrre molteplici pellicole cinematografiche e sceneggiati televisivi di rilevante riscontro mediatico.

La carriera di Maurizio e Guido De Angelis inizia nel 1970 con l’arrangiamento del pezzo “Tanto pè cantà” composto nel 1932 da Ettore Petrolini (musica) e Alberto Simeoni (testo). L’anno successivo compongono la colonna sonora del film “Per grazia ricevuta”, scritto, diretto e interpretato da Nino Manfredi, presentato in concorso al 24º Festival di Cannes, dove vince il premio per la miglior opera prima.

Nel 1972 firmano le musiche del film “... Più forte ragazzi!”, per la regia di Giuseppe Colizzi, con la coppia Bud Spencer e Terence Hill, vincendo l’anno successivo (1973) il Nastro d'argento per la migliore colonna sonora.

Per più di un ventennio compongono le colonne sonore di vari film di successo in Italia e all’estero e collaborano con i più famosi musicisti dell’epoca (Lucio Dalla, Claudio Baglioni, etc.).

Alla fine degli anni novanta inizia la loro carriera di produttori cinematografici e televisivi con “Incantesimo”, la soap opera italiana trasmessa in prima visione tra il 1998 e il 2008 su Rai Due e su Rai Uno.

Seguono “Sotto il cielo dell’Africa” (1999), diretto da Ruggero Deodato, con Carol Alt e Tomas Arana, “Diamond Hunters” (The Diamond Hunters), la miniserie televisiva del 2001 diretta da Dennis Berry e interpretata da Alyssa Milano, Sean Patrick Flanery e Roy Scheider, “Giulio Cesare”, miniserie televisiva drammatica statunitense del 2002, diretta dal regista tedesco Uli Edel (premio oscar per i Ragazzi dello Zoo di Berlino).

Producono “Elisa di Rivombrosa”, la serie televisiva italiana, trasmessa dal 17 dicembre 2003 al 1º dicembre 2005 in prima serata su Canale 5. La fiction, partita con il 24% di share e un seguito in valori assoluti di oltre 5 milioni di telespettatori, arriva a toccare il 41% con oltre 12 milioni di telespettatori, rappresentando uno dei più grandi successi televisivi degli anni 2000.

Seguono altre fiction e film TV tutti di successo.

«Nel libro "IL SOGNATORE. Io, gli Oliver Onions e tutta una vita" - commenta il critico d’arte Marco Eugenio Di Giandomenico - Guido De Angelis epiloga il percorso artistico e umano con sguardo disincantato e al contempo di meraviglia, ricostruendo, senza eccessiva dovizia di particolari, una miriade di aneddoti personali legati al suo universo affettivo (famiglia, amici) e alle situazioni artistiche vissute in quasi sessant’anni di instancabile attività. E’ un libro che si legge tutto di un fiato, dove il testo dialoga con le bellissime immagini senza tempo».

All'evento sono intervenute varie personalità del mondo delle istituzioni, della cultura e dell'arte, tra cui: Sen. Roberto Marti (Presidente della 7ª Commissione permanente - Cultura e patrimonio culturale, istruzione pubblica), Giuseppe Mellone (Sindaco del Comune di Nardò), Antonio Matarrelli (Presidente della Provincia di Brindisi e Sindaco del Comune di Mesagne-BR), Luigi De Luca (Coordinatore Poli Biblio-Museali Brindisi-Lecce-Foggia), Valentino Nicolì (Presidente Confindustria Lecce), Ernesto Toma (Sindaco del Comune di Maglie-LE), Fabio Vergine (Sindaco del Comune di Galatina-LE), Giuseppe Tanisi (Sindaco del Comune di Taviano-LE), Giorgio Salvatore Toma (Sindaco del Comune di Matino-LE), Giovanni Mauro (Sindaco del Comune di Aradeo-LE), Silvia Tarantino (Sindaco del Comune di Porto Cesareo-LE), Graziano Scorrano (Sindaco del Comune di Sannicola-LE), Flavio Filoni (Sindaco del Comune di Galatone-LE), Andrea Vito Barone (Sindaco del Comune di Alezio-LE), Antonella Miccoli (Assessore Lavori Pubblici e Ambiente Comune di Torchiarolo-BR), Giulia Puglia (Assessore alla Cultura del Comune di Nardò-LE), Roberta Iasella Vilei (Assessore Cultura, Turismo e Istruzione del Comune di Maglie-LE), Georgia Tramacere (Vice Sindaco del Comune Aradeo-LE), Barbara Paladini (Assessore al Turismo e alla Cultura del Comune di Porto Cesareo-LE), Davide Miceli (Consigliere del Comune di Galatina con delega alla Cultura), Saulle Cavalera (Presidente del Rotary Club di Nardò - Distretto 2120), Elisabetta Branco (Operatrice culturale).

Hanno dialogato con l'artista e il curatore anche due esponenti del mondo imprenditoriale salentino, quali Fernando Nazaro (Imprenditore turistico) e Luciano Barbetta (imprenditore).

L'evento è stato patrocinato da: Provincia di Lecce, Provincia di Brindisi, Polo Biblio-Museale di Lecce, Museo Sigismondo Castromediano di Lecce, Confindustria Lecce, Comune di Gallipoli (LE), Comune di Galatina (LE), Comune di Maglie (LE), Comune di Galatone (LE), Comune di Taviano (LE), Comune di Matino (LE), Comune di Aradeo (LE), Comune di Porto Cesareo (LE), Comune di Sannicola (LE), Comune di Alezio (LE), Comune di Mesagne (BR), Comune di Torchiarolo (BR), Rotary Club di Nardò (LE), Associazione Caffè Letterario Neritonensis di Nardò (LE).

L'iniziativa è supportata mediaticamente dalla piattaforrma di comunicazione internazionale Betting On Italy (BOI) e da Estro Digitale di Milano.

Antonella Stifani ha curato le relazioni pubbliche dell'evento.

#ethicando association #marcoeugeniodigiandomenico #contemporaryart #bettingonitaly #artcurator #marco eugenio di giandomenico #guido de angelis #oliver onions #il sognatore #mondadori #comune di nardò

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Look, Fulham is beating Spurs! Spurs fans, overreact like United fans and sack your manager so you can sign Roberto De Zerbi and never lose to Fulham again!! 😂🙄

#tfd #marco silva #ange postecoglou #erik ten hag #roberto de zerbi #fulham #tottenham #brighton #premier league #soccer #football #manchester united #it’s ten’s time now

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𖹭⠀⠀MARCO NEL FILM⠀⠀)⠀⠀

marco de angelis, italiano de veintitrés años. fue adoptado de bebé. corredor de fórmula 1 para scuderia ferrari, habiéndole entregado cinco victorias consecutivas al equipo. anteriormente corría para red bull, pero decidió dejarlos atrás al notar que su carrera profesional se veía estancada con ellos. comenzó a correr en kartings de pequeño por influencia de su tío, también conductor de f1 que trágicamente falleció en un accidente en la pista.

⠀⠀⠀⠀#⠀⠀⠀tablero.

#（⠀𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮.⠀）⠀⠀:⠀⠀personajes. #marco de angelis. #marco y asahi. #con robin.

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oggi, 26 maggio, al piper (roma): presentazione di (e dialogo su) "generazione settanta", di miguel gotor

OGGI, VENERDÌ 26 MAGGIO 2023alle ore 18:30, al PIPER CLUB – via Tagliamento 9, Roma –presentazione del libro GENERAZIONE SETTANTA Storia del decennio più lungo del secolo breve 1966-1982di Miguel Gotor (Einaudi) Con l’autore interverranno: Alessandro De Angelis, Maria Teresa Carbone, Andrea Cortellessa, Giuseppe Garrera, Marco Giovenale, Alessandra Vanzi ingresso libero * scheda del…

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#Alessandra Vanzi #Alessandro De Angelis #Andrea Cortellessa #Anni &039;70 #anni Settanta #arte #dialogo #Generazione Settanta #Giuseppe Garrera #Marco Giovenale #Maria Teresa Carbone #Miguel Gotor #music(a) #Piper #Piper club #Pippo Di Marca #politica #presentazione #teatro

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This one is actually from Guido & Maurizio De Angelis who compsed a lot of film themes, like - Piedone Lo Sbirro (and it's sequels) or even the theme of Sandokan & animational series Marco Polo... They are also known as Oliver Onions... 😉

#titanic blood & steel #neve campbell #chris noth #derek jacobi #titanic #music #main theme #spotify #oliver onions #guido de angelis #maurizio de angelis #piedone lo sbirro #sandokan #marco polo #dune buggy #flying through the air

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Kabesang Tales - Isang Rap en Rol Musical

A Filipino Musical that hasn't left my mind since the mid 2010s

Poster for Kabesang Tales posted by Palakat Batangas City via Facebook

Although the Philippines is known for its many talented singers which include many that had crossed over to Broadway such as Lea Salonga, and Rachelle Ann Go, alongside many other Filipino-American talents like Conrad Ricamora, Arielle Jacobs, George Salazar, and Darren Criss just to name a few, the musical scene in the Philippines itself isn't as popular nor as successful in the country as it really should be.

Even with Filipino-majority musicals in states like the controversial Broadway musical "Here Lies Love" which narrates the life story of Imelda Marcos, one of the most controversial figures in Filipino politics and history today, and with Filipino stars often taking in lead or secondary roles in major productions, the musical boom of the 2010s did not come with a boom for the musical industry in the local level compared to the sudden popularity of American musicals like Hamilton, Heathers, Dear Evan Hansen, or Be More Chill to name a few.

The very few musicals that did garner the spotlight did not receive the same notoriety of these foreign productions save for one of the few musical movies to have gotten major media acclaim Loy Arcena's Ang Larawan (2017) (en. The Portrait) based on the 1997 play of the same name by National Artist Nick Joaquin which became a media frenzy as being maybe one of the few if not the only original movie not based on major series or created by a large production company to be released that year for the Metro Manila Film Festival. One of the things that had skyrocketed it to media attention was the fact that most theaters did not screen it and it was only shown in very few cinemas, but that's a story for another time.

Despite the time and devotion Filipino musical fans may have for theatre, rarely do Filipino made and produced musicals ever enter the pop culture zeitgeist due to many factors like the lack of advertising, accessibility issues, and honestly the lack of cast recordings. Out of the many throughout the 2010s, one of the few I was able to watch that I still think about at times is Ricky Lee's very own rap and rock musical Kabesang Tales.

Background

Photo of Ricky Lee, the writer of Kabesang Tales the Musical via Inquirer

Kabesang Tales - Isang Rap en Rol Musical) (en. Captain Tales - A Rap n' Roll Musical) is a rap and rock musical first performed in the year 2015 and was written by renowned Filipino writer and National Artist Ricky Lee. The musical was directed by Alejandro "Bong" Ramos, with music by Jeffrey Hernandez and Alfredo Ongleo, and produced by Red Lantern Production (Inquirer, 2015).

Photo of John Arcilla, the lead actor for Kabesang Tales the Musical via Inquirer

The musical stars John Arcilla as the titular character Telesforo Juan "Kabesang Tales" De Dios, famously known for his breakout role as Hen. Anotnio Luna in the historical film Heneral Luna released the same year as the musical, alongside other talents such as Dio Marco as Karyo, Kevin Posadas as Tano de Dios, Alecx Lorica as Juli De Dios among many other talented actors (Inquirer, 2015).

A cover of one of the book's translations posted by twitter user El Filibusterismo (@/joseriz15155899) via X/Twitter

The play is based on Jose Rizal's El Filibusterismo (en. The Filibuster) and more specifically, the character of Kabesang Tales, the head of his barangay (a sort of Filipino village) and father of Basilio's main love interest Juli, who had turned into a guerilla bandit after his family and life were ruined by the Spanish friars. He becomes the feared Matanglawin (en. Hawkeye) who terrorizes the countryside. He plays a minor but important role in the books, being the father of one of the main secondary characters as well as being one of the main allies of the primary characters as they tried to start a revolution in the country.

The play primarily focuses on his perspective throughout the whole book with some scenes focusing more on the main protagonists Simoun and Basilio as well as his daughter Juli.

Performances and Releases

The musical had limited performances throughout some parts of the CALABARZON Region or Region IV-A, with some select performances in Metro Manila as well as some other provinces like in Mindoro, sometime during the years 2015-2017 with some being done in local cultural centers and schools throughout the region with very limited promotion outside of news stories.

The only promotional material I could really find are some posts on Facebook and a trailer in the Red Lantern Production's YouTube channel which could be seen here:

Trailer uploaded by Red Lantern Production via YouTube

There are no original cast recordings that I could find of any of the songs and the only material that I could find besides this are uploads on YouTube of scattered scenes from different parts of the play:

Full Playlist uploaded by YouTube channel pheejaypi here

I was also able to find a collection of clips of Karyo, a character possibly named after Karyo from Mga Ibong Madaragit which is a continuation novel of the El Filibusterismo written by Amado Hernandez, played by Terrence Guillermo.

Video uploaded by YouTube channel pinoy music maestro here

I remember some time in the 2010s seeing uploads of members of the cast singing in interviews I believe but I could no longer find any of these videos.

As of now, it is unknown if the production will ever come back with the last post on the Facebook page having been in 2021 with a post prior to posted on July 2019 calling for auditions in August 2019, possibly hinting that there was a planned 2020 tour for the musical before the pandemic hit.

Photo of the audition announcement posted on Facebook

The Plot (mostly from memory)

As there's barely any material of the live musical, I'll do my best to recollect what I could remember with the aide of the actual books to guide me. Of course, spoilers for Rizal's books Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo if you haven't read them.

The plot follows the events of El Filibusterismo but mainly from the perspective of the titular character Kabesang Tales. It begins with an extremely happy and optimistic scene with him, his family, and barangay as well as the visit of Basilio, Tales's daughter's lover to their house. I remember that there was an extremely cheesy song here between the two that a lot of people squealed over.

Photo of the mentioned musical number between Basilio and Juli posted by Jayson Pascua

The perspective switches over to Basilio and his visit to his mother's grave where he is shocked to see a man there who is revealed to be the thought to be dead fugitive Crisostomo Ibarra who now goes by Simoun, a jewelry merchant from the United States. The two have a bit of an argument where Simoun tries to convince Basilio to join him and his rebellion and I don't recall exactly if there was a song, but it seems likely.

Perspective switches back to Tales as tragedy strikes as his entire family gets struck with malaria resulting in the death of his wife. I don't remember all the details here or if there was a song, but I remember a sort of depressing atmosphere for the rest of this part.

Photo showing all of the actors playing the De Dios Family posted by Jayson Pascua

The family struggles with money and friars come over to cause even more problems for them. There's a rap battle here between Tales and a friar. Here starts his downward spiral as he struggles to make ends meet as well as handle the friars that had been trying to gain his land. I don't recall if it's shown that he has to pay for a lot of lawyers, but he starts paying more and more for legal fees because of the legal drama with the friars and the government.

My sister tells me that there's a song about how good the friars are before they get properly introduced and I have a hazy memory of three friars wearing varied outfits typically associated with friars posing for the stage as people sing songs of praise and goodwill. My sister tells me that Basilio was in the ensemble here.

His son, Tano, gets drafted to the Guardia Civil (en. Civil Guard) and sent to the Caroline Islands because Tales could not pay money to prevent his draft due to their financial struggles. This is shown as a heart wrenching scene in the play where the rest of the family is left distraught.

He starts guarding his property in fear of bandits possibly taking his fields and taking whatever he has left.

Tales then gets taken by these bandits who demand ransom money for his return. There he meets Karyo, one of its leaders who tells him about the struggles of the working class and why he and the others had resorted to being bandits in the first place (?). I don't actually remember if this is the first they meet or what since I do remember that the two have a philosophical discussion about violence later and that Karyo is definitely a member of the bandits but there are scenes where he acts as the emcee during Tales's rap battle with the friar.

The bandits later lets him go back to his family where he finds that he has no one left.

Juli, in order to help with her family's financial struggles as well as pay for her father's ransom, leaves home and asks for loans and find work.

If I'm not mistaken, his father Tandang Selo goes mute with the grief of the continuous tragedies that had struck the family as well. It's hard for me to remember if this was shown in the musical.

When Tales returns, he finds himself at a loss for what has happened to his family. He is left with his daughter forced to work and his father mute. He is then met with Simoun, who comes to him as a jeweler. Simoun tempts him with some ideas of radicalization against the friars and he refuses at first before spiraling further and joining Karyo and his bandits, becoming the feared Matanglawin.

I genuinely don't remember if his meeting with Simoun was also in the musical or not but it's important context for the story.

The musical then switches perspective to Basilio, who gets implicated with a conspiracy against the government and gets arrested. A heartbroken Juli goes to Padre Camorra, a creepy priest that's been trying to corner her, to beg for his help since she saw no one else that could help her. This leads into a rather intense scene acted in shadows and lights where it is heavily implied that Juli gets assaulted.

After this, Juli sings a song about her assault where she contemplates getting revenge or retaliating but instead chooses to jump off to end her life.

The scene switches back to Tales who, unlike in the books, meet with his son again who has returned to the Philippines. This one, I know had a song in it since I remembered the extreme daddy issues punk rock vibes the scene gave off. He sang about how he no longer respected his father and that it's too late to repair things if I recall as he's now a bandit and he's a member of the Guardia Civil.

Photo of the confrontation between Tales and Tano where Tano sings about his frustration with his father posted by Jayson Pascua

Desolate and distraught at the loss of his family, Tales gets visited by a diwata (a forest spirit/fairy) and this part was extremely out of left field and absolutely not in the books.

Here, the diwata shows Tales visions of the future (???) and directly tells him, without any sort of subtlety, that the working class, and especially farmers like him, will continue to struggle in his country in the future. He is then shown a scene of farmers in a protest who were then taken down by police in what I remember as riot gear. He contemplates the future and is further given resolve to continue his rebellion.

Photo of the mentioned scene where Tales first meets a diwata who will later send him to the future posted by Jayson Pascua

Photo of the mentioned scene where Tales is sent to the future by a diwata to witness farmers being taken down by cops in riot gear posted by Jayson Pascua

Another photo of the mentioned scene where Tales is sent to the future by a diwata to witness farmers being taken down by cops in riot gear posted by Jayson Pascua

I need to cut in and say that this was so on the nose and is by far the weirdest and personally maybe the worst part of the show. I'm not even against the message, it just ruined my immersion and just left a weird taste in my mouth. I think the play was doing a plenty good job driving that point across already without the time travel diwata scene but maybe that's just me.

The scene cuts back to the climax of the story where Basilio, distraught over then death of Juli, finally joins Ibarra as they plant a bomb in a wedding reception that the Governor-General of the Philippines was attending. The scene plays out like it was in the books where the lamp gets tossed out by Isagani and the revolution doesn't start.

It goes back to a scene of Tales and his men trying to fight the Guardia Civil where he is shot and killed in action, by the gun of his own son. Tano realizes what he has done and is horrified. This leads to a song which later leads to a finale that sings about Tales as the cast come together for the curtains to close.

Photo of the mentioned scene where Tales is shot and killed by his son Tano posted by Jayson Pascua

Another photo of the mentioned scene where Tales is shot and killed by his son Tano posted by Jayson Pascua

The musical ends and the cast is called on to the stage one by one, with the loudest applause going to Basilio who a lot of the girls found hot, and of course, the man himself, Kabesang Tales.

Photo of the closing song with Tales being shown front and center posted by Jayson Pascua

After the play and final thoughts

Ricky Lee actually attended the performance I watched and I remember so many people crowding around the actors to get their autographs. My sister bought one of Ricky Lee's book, his script writing guide "Trip to Quiapo" and had it signed but she genuinely can't find it anymore sadly. My sister also got the autograph of some of the actors and the director on that same book so I'm a little miffed that we can't find it.

I would discuss more things and even show off my old ticket but I'm pretty sure that I would end up doxxing myself if I speak any more details.

That's all I remember from it and I would love to say more or even discuss the songs but as you can see, I could barely remember them, with only maybe a solid grasp in about maybe four songs.

It's a shame that it doesn't have as much of an established release and media presence because despite that one glaring issue I had with the weird diwata scene, I quite enjoyed the musical and it remains one of the few that I actually got to experience live.

It isn't Les Miserables or Hamilton, but it's still a musical I'll probably fondly remember especially since El Filibusterismo is one of my favorite books of all time with the character of Kabesang Tales being one of the most interesting — a man of honor and virtue who slowly descends into extremist violence because society had failed him. It's sad to see this musical barely recognized and very little talked about today and I do hope that it will one day return to the stage.

References

Introduction

Palakat Batangas City. (2015, May 29). "The Batangas City Government and Red Lantern Production present Ricky Lee’s KABESANG TALES - Isang Rap en Rol Musical." [image]. Retrieved on 17 February 2024, from https://web.facebook.com/palakat.batangascity/photos/a.1543377512565520/1636600273243243/?type=3&_rdc=1&_rdr

Background

El Filibusterismo (@joseriz15155899). (2019, November 13). "#TheFilibuster Ventura's salvificact made Rizal gave his original manuscript of El Filibusterismo, a pen and an autograph printed copy." [image]. Retrieved on 17 February 2024, from https://twitter.com/joseriz15155899/status/1194459895657041920

Inquirer. (2015, December 12). John Arcilla stars in Ricky Lee ‘rap en rol’ musical ‘Kabesang Tales’. LIFESTYLE.INQ. Retrieved on 17 February 2024, from https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/215824/john-arcilla-stars-in-ricky-lee-rap-en-rol-musical-kabesang-tales/

Inquirer. (2015, August 29). Ricky Lee writes rap, hip-hop libretto for new musical ‘Kabesang Tales’. LIFESTYLE.INQ. Retrieved on 17 February 2024, from https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/204943/ricky-lee-writes-rap-hip-hop-libretto-for-new-musical-kabesang-tales/

Lee, R. (2015, August 29). Ricky Lee: “I have been longing to do a musical, music being a driving passion in my life.” PHOTO FROM RICKY LEE [image]. LIFESTYLE.INQ. Retrieved on 17 February https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/204943/ricky-lee-writes-rap-hip-hop-libretto-for-new-musical-kabesang-tale

Red Lantern Productions. (2015, December 2012). John Arcilla. PHOTO FROM RED LANTERN PRODUCTIONS [image]. LIFESTYLE.INQ. Retrieved on 17 February 2024, from https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/215824/john-arcilla-stars-in-ricky-lee-rap-en-rol-musical-kabesang-tale

Performances and Releases

Kabesang Tales - Isang Rap en Rol Musical. (2019, July 27). Picture of the audition announcement posted on Facebook [image]. Retrieved on 17 February 2024, from https://web.facebook.com/kabesangtalestherockmusicale/photos/a.459803204196123/1309076952602073/

pheejaypi. (2016, October 3). Kabesang Tales: Isang Rap en Rol Musical clip 1 [video]. Retrieved on 17 February 2024, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jftRyZOpxAA&list=PL1Yv-w-s-ETvRYsDWtaMPw2q0QO0q8Nfc

pinoy music maestro. (2021, January 1). Kabesang Tales excerpts feat. John Arcilla and Terence Guillermo [video]. Retrieved on 17 February 2024, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlOkDi8_D_A

Red Lantern Production. (2015, August 15). Kabesang Tales Trailer [video]. Retrieved on 17 February 2024, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CKKJsuBiuc

Plot

Pascua, J. (2015, October 11). Various photos [images]. Retrieved on 17 February 2024, from https://estranghero.weebly.com/photo-blog/john-arcilla-on-ricky-lees-kabesang-tales-isang-rap-en-roll-musical

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by Marco De Angelis

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My list of books I wish to have read by the end of the year:

Quiet Days in Clichy -- Henry Miller

La petite vertu -- James Hadley Chase

Breakfast of Champions -- Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Call at Corazon -- Paul Bowles

Solaris -- Stanislaw Lem

Slaughterhouse-Five -- Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

The Savage Detectives -- Roberto Bolano

La Boutique Obscure: 124 Dreams -- Georges Perec

Mon corps pour me guérir: décodage psychobiologique des maladies -- Christian Flèche

A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living -- Joseph Campbell

Speak, Memory -- Vladimir Nabokov

Supreme Influence: Change Your Life with the Power of the Language You Use -- Niurka

The Journey and the Guide: A practical course in Enlightment -- Maitreyabandhu

Egon Schiele: Drawings and Water-colours -- Egon Schiele, Erwin Mitsch

Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears -- Pema Chodron

Rumi Revealed: Selected Poems from the Divan of Shams -- Rassouli

Confessions of an Art Addict -- Peggy Guggenheim

The Executioner's Song -- Norman Mailer

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead -- Olga Tokarczuk

Flights -- Olga Tokarczuk

America -- Jean Baudrillard

Too Much and Not the Mood: Essays -- Durga Chew-Bose

I Had Nowhere to Go -- Jonas Mekas

Francesca Woodman -- Marco Pierini

Yves Klein -- Hannah Weitmeier

Dune (Dune #1) -- Frank Herbert

Oreillers d'herbes -- Natsume Soseki

Les Choses humaines -- Karine Tuil

The Energy of Slaves: Poems -- Leonard Cohen

Selected Writings - Antonin Artaud

The Sisters Brothers -- Patrick deWitt

Pastoralia -- George Saunders

Signs Preceding the End of the World -- Yuri Herrera

Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley -- Peter Guralnick

Break, Blow, Burn -- Camille Paglia

Voyage au bout de la nuit -- Louis-Ferdinand Céline

Philip K. Dick: In His Own Words -- Philip K. Dick

Autobiography of a Yogi -- Paramahansa Yogananda

A Confederacy of Dunces -- John Kennedy Toole

Babel -- Patti Smith

Keith Haring Journals -- Keith Haring

Foam of the Daze -- Boris Vian

Inherent Vice -- Thomas Pynchon

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 -- Goran Olsso

Le Diable au Corps -- Raymond Radiguet

Bluets -- Maggie Nelson

Girl, Woman, Other -- Bernardine Evaristo

Devenir un ange -- Francesca Woodman

Faithfull: An Autobiography -- Marianne Faithfull

The Master and Margarita -- Mikhail Bulgakov

Eve's Hollywood - Eve Babitz

In Watermelon Sugar -- Richard Brautigan

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