Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (2008): Something Wild

Something Wild
Elena Wang, Dwayne Tan

There is something in the air
So delicate and rare
I hear the tigers purring
The elephants are stirring

There is something in the air
You'll feel it if you dare
I see the hippo yawning
Is this a kind of warning

There is something in the air
It's caught me unaware
See the baboon leering
Just listen to their jeering

It's something wild
It's something wild
It's something wild I can't deny
I'm growing wings and flying high

Why does a peacock spread its tail
How does one be an alpha male
What explains the bower's birdsnest
Or locking horns just to impress

Well the breath is like a butterfly
That flutters sweetly in the sky
The heart is like an untamed horse
That gallops on its destined course

It's something wild
It's something wild
It's something wild I can't deny
I'm growing wings and flying high

Beauty and the Beast (2009): Come Closer

From one of my favourite theatre thespians. (:



Come Closer
Emma Yong, RJ Rosales

Excuse me young lady, but would you like to dance?
I'm hardly Mr. Twinkle Toes, but I deserve a second chance.
How could this girl say no to one so kind and so sweet?
I might have to warn you though, watch out, I might have two left feet.

Can music move the hardest hearts,
Or tame the wildest beast?
Let's try this one more time and see.

Forget the false and tricky starts and let us now make peace
Where once we stood so far apart, come closer if you please
Let's try again right from the start, we've only just begun
Just listen to our beating hearts, the rhythms move as one.

Excuse me young lady, I didn't mean to be rough
I don't know my own strength, I can't tell when it's too much
How could I teach you what you already know?
The feelings that we hide inside are not the feelings that we show.

Can music move the hardest hearts,
Or tame the wildest beast?
Let's try this one more time and see.

Forget the false and tricky starts and let us now make peace
Where once we stood so far apart, come closer if you please
Let's try again right from the start, we've only just begun
Just listen to our beating hearts, our rhythms move as one.

Cinderel-Lah!! (2010): A Waltz To Fall In Love With

The 2010 W!ld Rice Pantomime is once again an enjoyable production to catch. There were similar elements to 2009's Pantomime: Beauty and the Beast - Darius Tan and Chua En Lai 'reprised' their roles as evil step-sisters of sorts, and Emma Yong starring as the belle of the show.

Emma Yong was once again stellar and mesmerising as Cindy, belting out beautiful numbers which melted my heart(: But I wished Sebastian Tan (Prince Charmee) had more opportunities and musical numbers to showcase his voice. Gurmit Singh bordered on being a little annoying though, while Darius Tan and Chua En Lai's roles were, I feel, too over-exaggerated for my liking. But the interaction with the audience was quite fun, the kids at the show definitely enjoyed it.

Comparing it with Beauty and the Beast,the songs in Cinderel-Lah!! are probably less memorable, with the exception of 1 or 2 numbers. My favourite one's A Waltz To Fall In Love With, a duet by Sebastian Tan and Emma Yong.

You can't search for your true love based on a slipper. You will know your true love when you meet her.



A Waltz To Fall In Love With
Emma Yong, Sebastian Tan

Oh the thrill of a new love, a fresh beginning
In your eyes, my heart is still

Would I try to imagine a feeling so overpowering
That has sent me reeling to the skies

On this night when the stars shine on bright
Making light of all that's past or here at last
More than a myth
I can hear a waltz to fall in love with

A waltz to fall in love with
Enthrall in love with
Give all your heart can hold

Behold the love that comes from deep within you
I hear a waltz to fall in love with
Feel a waltz to fall in love with
Dance a waltz to fall in love with you

Simply lovely.

Cinema Paradiso

Alfredo: Once upon a time, a king gave a feast. And there came the most beautiful princesses of the realm. Now, a soldier, who was standing guard, saw the king's daughter go by. She was the most beautiful one, and he immediately fell in love with her. But what could a poor soldier do when it came to the daughter of the king? Well, finally, one day, he managed to meet her, and he told her that he could no longer live without her. The princess was so impressed by his strong feelings that she said to the soldier: "If you can wait 100 days and 100 nights under my balcony, then at the end of it, I shall be yours." Damn! The soldier immediately went there and waited one day. And two days. And ten. And then twenty. And every evening, the princess looked out of her window, but he never moved. During rain, during wind, during snow, he was always there. The bird shat on his head, and the bees stung him, but he didn't budge. After ninety nights, he had become all dried up, all white, and the tears streamed from his eyes. He couldn't hold them back. He no longer had the strength to sleep. All that time, the princess watched him. And on the 99th night, the soldier stood up, took his chair, and went away.

Salvatore: [later in the film, Toto gives Alfredo his interpretation] ... In one more night, the princess would have been his. But she also could not possibly have kept her promise. And it would have been terrible. He would have died. This way, however, at least for 99 days, he was living under the illusion that she was there, waiting for him.

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Alfredo: Whatever you end up doing, love it. The way you loved the projection booth when you were a little squirt.