Debate and Theatre: Any Link? - Part 2
Some excerpts from my piece during the debate:
“ ... On TV, there are many programmes especially on violence, hooligans, rapes, hitmen, heist etc. But do these influence the similar crimes that happened in Singapore?
No!! These violence are already in existence even before the coming of the global media. For eg, the racial riots in the 60s and the secret society triads during the colonisation of Singapore. And how is the situation right now?
We live peacefully as the crimes are under control. Why? Because it is our social beliefs that make us stay that way – forming up crime-busting teams like the Neighbourhood Watch by residents, for instance. We do not fight when we watch soccer at stadiums as often as reported in the media in other countries. Well, at most, we shout “Referee Kayu” but it was all for fun...”
Hahaha...the audience laughed when I mentioned “Referee Kayu” ... And that was the point! Which was to inject some humour in the usually-serious debate. The debate was scary, initially. But I guess, once the audience started laughing and enjoying it, it eased me.
Jing Jing did very well earlier when she managed to grab the audience’s attention and created some light-hearted moments with the witty rebut of the motion with words like, “..that is multi-tasking!”.
Jeremy did extremely well in concluding the debate, when he rebut all the three speakers from the Proposition side. And overall results? We won!! Can you believe that?
Some of my fellow classmates congratulated us. Some liked my stunt in appearing in the traditional costume. My lecturer smiled and thought it was some kind of tactics in wearing that.
Well, in a way, it was. A psychological tactic – or in theatre terms “... the sense of PRESENCE has to be there”. And it worked!
One of us even offered me to be his spokesperson if he ever opens up a political party!! It was mentioned that the way I presented the points was more like a malay politician speaking in a rally rather than in a debate. Haha!! That’s cool!
Well, as far as the debate thingy in concerned, especially for a non-debate person like me, having prior involvements in theatre (and that had undergone its trainings) really helps a lot.
“ ... On TV, there are many programmes especially on violence, hooligans, rapes, hitmen, heist etc. But do these influence the similar crimes that happened in Singapore?
No!! These violence are already in existence even before the coming of the global media. For eg, the racial riots in the 60s and the secret society triads during the colonisation of Singapore. And how is the situation right now?
We live peacefully as the crimes are under control. Why? Because it is our social beliefs that make us stay that way – forming up crime-busting teams like the Neighbourhood Watch by residents, for instance. We do not fight when we watch soccer at stadiums as often as reported in the media in other countries. Well, at most, we shout “Referee Kayu” but it was all for fun...”
Hahaha...the audience laughed when I mentioned “Referee Kayu” ... And that was the point! Which was to inject some humour in the usually-serious debate. The debate was scary, initially. But I guess, once the audience started laughing and enjoying it, it eased me.
Jing Jing did very well earlier when she managed to grab the audience’s attention and created some light-hearted moments with the witty rebut of the motion with words like, “..that is multi-tasking!”.
Jeremy did extremely well in concluding the debate, when he rebut all the three speakers from the Proposition side. And overall results? We won!! Can you believe that?
Some of my fellow classmates congratulated us. Some liked my stunt in appearing in the traditional costume. My lecturer smiled and thought it was some kind of tactics in wearing that.
Well, in a way, it was. A psychological tactic – or in theatre terms “... the sense of PRESENCE has to be there”. And it worked!
One of us even offered me to be his spokesperson if he ever opens up a political party!! It was mentioned that the way I presented the points was more like a malay politician speaking in a rally rather than in a debate. Haha!! That’s cool!
Well, as far as the debate thingy in concerned, especially for a non-debate person like me, having prior involvements in theatre (and that had undergone its trainings) really helps a lot.
posted by kampunguy @ 9:17 PM
2 Comments:
At 12:11 AM,
JMN said…
Hi, someone told me about your blog....Wah! Very pink ah...Anyway, good to hear u furthering ur studies. All the best. :)
At 4:42 PM,
Happy Girl said…
hazriq! kau kental ah! kau tak bilang aku pasal kau punya blog eh?! *LOL*
and congrats for winning the debate. so arty farty...like always! *holds nose*
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