From ‘dedak’ to ‘babi,’ award-winning play ‘Kandang’ is restaged in Malaysia Baru
he was excited for audiences to watch the production with new eyes.
“The country is in an interim position so it’s kind of interesting timing staging it a year after GE14,” said Omar, who adapted the play with his late father Tan Sri Muhammad Ali Hashim. “In the end, it all doesn’t matter who is in power but what matters is once you’re up there what do you do with it? That question was important for my dad.Those familiar with Orwell’s novella might wonder where the pigs fit in on a Malaysian farm.
Omar said when the play was first staged two years ago, some members of the public were enraged by the notion of pigs, in particular, Malay actors playing the four-legged animal.
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