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Thursday 24 January 2008

Audience weeps over Diablo's epic performance.

Diablo chose the love theme of Romeo and Juliet and stars as Romeo in this solo performance. The musical score is complex and highly dramatic and has always been a challenge for artists to portray the depth of emotion. But as you will see in the video below, the choreography of Diablo's movements embodies both grace and tension allowing the audience to see just how versatile a performer he really is. We see Diablo swim Romeo's unforgetable climb to Juliets balcony in an upward surge of life and love followed by a downward spiral sinking to the bottom as if dead. A premonition of things to come.

I thought the ending was anti-climactic as we see Romeo drifting slowly to the bowl's edge like a prop accidentally left on stage. Some finale's are intensified by that unanswered question, but here it just seems weak. If I were to conclude the world's greatest tragedy I'd be anything but ambiguous. And speaking of tragedy, the sequence was well over the time limit resulting in automatic disqualification. But in spite of that, it was without a doubt the most riveting and memorable performance of the season. Good job Diablo!

4 comments:

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Anonymous said...

I think possibly you chose the wrong soundtrack. Did you consider anything else... such as a nice contemporary number by, lets say- Lenny Cravits? I don't think the modern Diablo was educated enough in the Classics, or knew enough about Shakespeare, Yet, in order for him to be able to synchronize properly achieving maximum effect in the areas of foreplay. I don't know your musical background, but I myself would have played "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from The Phantom of the Opera. Then again I watch The Sound Of Music about 300 times when I was an usher at the Capitol Theater back in the 60's. This could have discombobulated all my musical instincts without me ever knowing it, or even realizing it now. So just to stay safe next time you encourage Diablo in a feat like this play 'Ole Como Va' by Santana..

Anonymous said...

The Betta SongBook

Betta Joe Cocker
You can Keep the bubbles on

Betta, I'll clean out your bowl...real slow
Betta, clean out that gravel..No, I'll clean your gravel
Betta, clean up your mess..No I'll clean up your mess
Yes, yes, yes, But-
You can leave your bubbles on
You can leave your bubbles on
You can leave your bubbles on !!

Go over there and turn on the lights, no, all the lights
Now swim back here right by my chair...that's right
Raise your fins up in the air...shake em
You give me reason to write
You give me reason to write
You give me reason to write !!.

Suspicious bloggers are writing
Trying to tear us apart
They say my takes are wrong
They don't know what love is
They don't know what Betta love is
They don't know what Betta love is

I know what Betta love is !!

Anonymous said...

The Betta Song Book

Born To Swim Wild
Bettawolf

Get your dorsal hummin'
Head into the fishbowl
Lookin' for Diablo
And whatever swims our way
Yeah... Rojo go make it happen
Take that fish in a love embrace
Fire all my fins at once
And explode into liquid space

I like bubbles and water
And swimin' down way under
Racin' past the filter
And the feelin' that I'm under
Yeah, Rojo gona' make it happen
Take your flipper in a love embrace
Fire all my spawns at once
Exploding into liquid space

Like a true water child
We were born, born to swim wild
We can swim so low
I'll always wanna' go

Born to swim wild
Born to swim wild