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PE 2 Reflection Paper 1
PE 2 Reflection Paper 1
Vinagrera
2015-08358
Tisoy Brown
Tisoy Brown is a play performed by the artists of Dulaang UP. It tells the life story
of Tisoy Brown, a Fil-am man, living in the busy and colorful sub-urban Subic. My first
impression of him is that he is a lazy yet charismatic and daring young man. During the
first part of the play, he was recounting his encounter with an American helicopter and
how he managed to fight the soldiers and pilot within it. He retold the story to his
mother in great detail to the extent that he was already enacting the events using large
The play also showcased a lot of production numbers—from the disco dance, to
ballroom dance, and also to sensual and naughty dances. During the first half of the
play, sensual dances were prominent and the actors and actresses even displayed a
touch of burlesque theme on the scene where Tisoy Brown met with the princess of
father of the princess and his fellow monsters were also seen on the part when Tisoy
Brown was invited to the kingdom of the monsters. The latter part of the play displayed
interpretative dances about the wasted life of Tisoy Brown who was deemed as “Hari ng
Wala”.
Overall, the play was well thought of and magnificently executed by the actors
and actresses. I really like how the dancers showed great bodily movements in both the
lively and sensual dances because their performances really captured my attention.