#and whatever one protag does affects the other protag - whatever happens in america affects philippine events and vice versa yay | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

thewhizzyhead · 15 days ago

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one day I wish I could actually like understand songwriting especially for theatre so that I can I dunno actually put to use the random tunes I have in my head that just spontaneously appear while I'm doing the most mundane of shit. anyways patron has the concept of an opening number now

#im gonma call it Silakbo #the gist of this is um LOOK TO REALLY EXPLAIN WHAT PATRON IS UMM #understand that patron was originally two separate musical ideas whose events occur At The Same Time To Teach Other #so like yea same universe #Patron (pronounce it in the Filipino way) is about modern student activism in the philippines and the nitty gritty of it #Patron (english pronunciation) is about a young filipino playwirght struggles to find their voice in an american landscape (new york)#especially in the context of the events of Filipino Patron #both discuss what it means to be a young filipino revolutionary in this day and age #so um i first thought of this when i was 17-18 - and now im 20 and like the masochist i am i have decided to have them become one project #dual protagonist - one a new and rather sheltered stude of UP Diliman and one decorated young progressive writer in New York #the former is a journey of looking beyond privilege and what it really means to be among the masses #the latter is a story of how privilege blinds - and how susceptible we are to american neoliberalism #that it dulls once sharp pens + the irony of succumbing to such amidst environment and communities that scream for resistance #and whatever one protag does affects the other protag - whatever happens in america affects philippine events and vice versa yay #anyways openign number Silakbo is the arrival of these two protagonists to their respective settings - both with their own musical styles #(UPD protag progresses from broadway belts to pinoy hiphop - NY protag progresses from pinoy hiphop to broadway belts) (this is A Clue)#and most of UPD protag songs will be sung in Filipino while NY Protag will um progressively grow into being fully English #and silakbo can be used synonymously with storm so its basically a storm is coming who's gonna bring it #a change is approaching who's gonna chase it #tbh this out of all of my works is gonna be inspired heavily from lmm's work because tbh this is gonna be a beast to even conceptualise #so um yea thats a mini patron ramble woo hope its um understandable at worst 😭#personal shit #also yes the NY storyline is based on um once progressive Filipinos becoming subservients to conservative and harmful politics #either out of ignorance or power or simple nonchalance #i can name a lot of namess gjdjd

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