Heart-warming, tear-jerky, sometimes funny, well-acted! There were lots of plot-lines, because there were all sorts in ‘heaven’ and in ‘hell’, so it is challenging to manage and keep everything together. Having a strong lead couple helps! Hae-sook (Kim Hye-ja) complains about her and Nak-joon ( Son Suk-ku ) looking like mother and son, but it never feels like they’re mother and son. Throughout the show, you think of them as a couple. Well done, both! Ryu Deok-hwan, playing the pastor, is impressive portraying different emotions and moods, especially when he has to come to terms with Hae-sook's identity. However, he has major question marks. How is he an adult here when he died as a child? In fact, how did he become more mature and perceptive than many others? People probably found Som-yi ( Han Ji-min ) exasperating, puzzling, disturbing or even hateful. Smart plot move to make us w...
Probably I should keep a closer eye on the art scene here, learn a bit more and move beyond just looking out for people painting flowers and landscapes. Besides the Impressionists , there were a couple of smaller displays to enjoy. Fernando Zobel: Order is Essential (National Gallery Singapore) This is the first solo exhibition of works by Fernando Zobel (1924-1984), a Filipino artist with a cosmopolitan spread in his experiences and art. Zobel's interpretation of van Gogh's A Wheatfield with Cypresses Penitentes Also on display were works by artists connected to him and by other Filipino artists. St. Thomas Aquinas, Alfonso Ossorio (Zobel's relative and friend) San Vicente Ferrer (artist unknown) Jose Joya And yes, order in art, please. Verse: A View of Things to Come (The Arts House) A very interesting collaboration between art and poetry (my friend FS tells me it’s called ekphrastic poetry), with the artwork done by former prisoners and poems b...