The Great Indian Blogologues - Bits and Pieces !!!

     History has been made and yeah for the first time EVER (from what we heard from the Stray Factory folks) a string of stand alone blogs, mostly written burning the midnight oil I guess, has been brought to light or rather should I say LIMELIGHT. Now, having watched it twice here's my take on the bits and pieces that made up this show.

Starting off with the three plays...

@Judy finds ‘The One’

• Firstly, kudos to the director for striking a connectivity between more than a handful of posts and delivering with absolute precision and timing.
• Its sarcastic genre has surely struck a chord at a lot of stark realities prevalent in the social and work surroundings.
• It was appreciable that the voice audibility level imbalance between the two characters that was seen in the first screening was overcome here.
• Bottomline: Amazing adaptation and indeed Judy found 'The One'.

@Vigilante Vs Vigilante

• Great to see such a complex set of posts be taken in for an adaptation, honestly I couldn't comprehend completely though, still. However must say that I felt the second screening was a bit more "adapted" in an attempt to suit the audience understanding.
• The Loan Sharkji dialogs seemed to use expletives like as if she was made to sign up for just that.
• The crying scientist girl acting overflowed (கொடுத்த காசவிட ஜாஸ்தியா நடிச்சா) in the second screening in comparison to her apt act on the first.
• The background score was not of much support to the scenes at hand.
• As Inspector Sathya knew his jaab, he saved others' butts, with just bruises.
• Bottomline: I was twice as "Vigilante" as I could be, both the times but still the clone escaped over my head.

@Confessions of a scattered a mind

• The first thing that came up in mind was the musical touch that I enjoyed and it was truly refreshing after a befitting fighting-for-samosa break. Must say that the scientist had a good singing potential.
• The idea of using a mime to create a traffic jam on-stage was truly laudable, hands down but I did not know why it was a wee hour traffic jam rather than a peak hour jam.
• Mr.Modi was amazing and might have left the real Modi gaping for a moment, had he watched.
• The character Anuraag struck a good balance in his intonation and rendition and for sure the script did complete justice to the blog post.
• The என் இனிய தமிழ் மக்கள் who "filled" the last part were good on their accent, body language and voice throw but not on the substance.
• Bottomline: Truly lived up-to its name and kept the audience mind scattered.

Moving on-to the collaborators...

@Indiblogger

• Its pretty evident to know that Indiblogger has grown to the extent of being looked upon as a pioneer in showcasing Indian Blogger talents and no one else would've been a better choice for Stray Factory for this venture, than you folks.
• Kindly stick to timelines when showing promotions for shows like this and remove it or update it upon completion of the shows because the first thing I still see logging into your forum is the blogologue tab with 'Buy Tickets' button for the 31st Oct show, STILL. It gives a feel that the site has been cobwebbed due to some poor site administration. There are quite a few more for which this is not the space for me to highlight though.
• Bottomline: Indiblogger will surely make it to that coveted world level showcase SOONER, sans these technical glitches.

@MacTrics

• I know you guys have the potential to have pulled off even a larger, bigger and more 'realistic' traffic jam. No idea whether what you had showcased was all, that was expected by the director.
• Your part in the second show did not do justice as to what the first show did and there was an evident lapse of coordination which I am sure you people would've realized already.
• Bottomline: The performance was way below par off a trademark MacTrics performance.

@Hip Hop Tamizha

• I was very much disappointed and confused with your performance, which was just like a background score in bringing the cast and crew on stage in the first show.
• However, I am blessed to have made it to the second show wherein I had been a witness of the true potential of what you were capable off. I loved and enjoyed your  scintillating performance on stage.
• The lyrics was well scripted and stuck up-to the message that you wanted to convey.
• It made me decide to get a copy of your tracks if it has been released already.
• Bottomline: HIP HOP தமிழா உனக்கு நான் தலை வணங்குகிறேன்.

@Stray Factory

• The sync-up, discussions, brain-storming sessions with the blog authors were truly up-to the expectations and the run-up to the event was well informed as well.
• The live-recorded conversational pair debuted truly in style and sure it was well received by the audience too.
• I'm rather surprised to notice that the 'LCD Screen Conversations' worked picture perfect for 'Judy...' but not for 'Confessions...' on both the screenings, with a little improvement for 'Confessions...' on the second show making not much of an impact though.
• The lighting and audio queues are definitely something that should be on the MUST IMPROVE list as it faltered and the actors on stage had to cover up for it.
• The props management needs fine tuning as well, or maybe the bad light-queuing made this look a bit clumsy especially in the second screening.
• Though the LIMELIGHT objective was achieved, the Bloggers were not given a worthwhile mention, on either of the shows.
• All said and done, yet again a must say is that this is indeed an amazing venture and I'm sure you guys will go places.
• Bottomline: Stray Factory bravely strayed into the unexplored and the unheard off domains and no doubt are en-route a firm path towards fame, achievements and accolades from a growing audience, each time.

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