From: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org (Monkey Digest) To: monkey-digest@valinor.eldar.org Subject: Monkey Digest V1 #1082 Reply-To: monkey@valinor.eldar.org Sender: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org Errors-To: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org Precedence: bulk Monkey Digest Friday, September 27 2002 Volume 01 : Number 1082 In this issue: [monkey] Monkey: The Country of Nightmares Re: [monkey] Monkey postcards / posters available to buy [monkey] Little bit of trivia about original Japanese version of Monkey [monkey] Monkey show in Brisbane - review #1 [monkey] Monkey show in Brisbane - review #2 Re: [monkey] Monkey: The Country of Nightmares ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 09:50:25 +0100 From: "Martin Day" Subject: [monkey] Monkey: The Country of Nightmares Hello all. The above episode of Monkey is on the DVD that comes with the November 2002 issue of PC Pro magazine (in the UK) - due in the shops any day now. Best wishes Martin - --------------------------------------------------------------------- + List guidelines: http://www.monkeyheaven.com/guidelines.html + To unsubscribe, send an email to: majordomo@valinor.eldar.org with 'unsubscribe monkey' in the body of your message + Need help? Send an email to: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org - --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 20:29:59 +0000 From: "Howell Parry" Subject: Re: [monkey] Monkey postcards / posters available to buy A quick message from Fabulous Films: "I am having to get some more no 1 postcards printed so they may be a delay." So please be patient - your order may take a bit longer than expected to come through. Howell _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com - --------------------------------------------------------------------- + List guidelines: http://www.monkeyheaven.com/guidelines.html + To unsubscribe, send an email to: majordomo@valinor.eldar.org with 'unsubscribe monkey' in the body of your message + Need help? Send an email to: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org - --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 20:46:18 +0000 From: "Howell Parry" Subject: [monkey] Little bit of trivia about original Japanese version of Monkey After watching the unseen episodes recently, to write synopses for the UK Monkey DVDs, I've found out a little bit of trivia.... In the Japanese version of Monkey: Monkey's cloud is called Kinto Pigsy's cloud is called Kissho Most people call Monkey "Goku", but I've noticed Pigsy calling him "Aniki", which means something like "Big Brother" :) Howell _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com - --------------------------------------------------------------------- + List guidelines: http://www.monkeyheaven.com/guidelines.html + To unsubscribe, send an email to: majordomo@valinor.eldar.org with 'unsubscribe monkey' in the body of your message + Need help? Send an email to: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org - --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 20:51:29 +0000 From: "Howell Parry" Subject: [monkey] Monkey show in Brisbane - review #1 Here's a review of the recent Monkey show in Brisbane (http://www.monkeyheaven.com/events_brisbanefestival.html) which finishes on Saturday 28 September, sent to me by Monkey fan Andrew Waddell: - ---- Well, we went to Monkey last night and it was fantastic. The writer/director Bryan Nayson did a wonderful job bringing the story to the stage. He managed to tell the entire story from Monkeys birth from a stone egg to the award of titles from Buddha when they finally reached India. Some interesting points (some spoliers for those who may be going to see it): * Monkey / Sandy / Pigsy were perfectly in character both for the story and those of us who have see the tv show. * Some dialog was taken directly from the tv show but the story was not reliant on or based on the tv show - Bryan actually told us after the show that it was based on the full (three volume) translation of the original story. * The story of how Monkey obtained his magic powers and enlighenment from the Patriach Subodi is told in the play (This was not in the TV show) * The cloud flying was excellently done ! Using a long see-saw, stage crew and lighting effects, Monkey was able to rise high in the air when cloud flying..... He did do the two finger thing to "call" his cloud (the audience LOVED that!) * Horse was wonderful - played by a guy in a long hair wig and harness - he ACTUALLY carried Tripitaka around * Tripitaka and Buddha were played by women - Buddha's voice was effect altered when she spoke and sounded almost exactly like the tv version. * There was lots of fighting scenes , Sandy was very philosophical and Pigsy was lustful and greedy. * Monkey copped the Headache sutra a few times "Yatatatata I DONT LIKE IT!!!!" * After the show the audience was invited to stay and talk to the writer/director. He was asked directly about the relationship between his production and the TV show and said that initially he was inspired by the written story... The tv show elements in the production were to provide a link for those who had seen that version. The music was done by a live band using a mix of traditional Chinese / Indian instruments and modern synthesizers. The music was not from the Tv show but was original and complemented the show very well. They did use their percussion section to provide sound effects for the fight scenes and to enhance the "magic" effects like Monkey cloud flying and his "hair into army of monkeys" trick All said, - we loved it, and though the production was well designed and told the story very well. The acting was excellent (and very athletic). A great night!! - ---- Howell PS If you've been to see the show, we'd be very interested to hear what you thought of it too - so please send on your comments! :) _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com - --------------------------------------------------------------------- + List guidelines: http://www.monkeyheaven.com/guidelines.html + To unsubscribe, send an email to: majordomo@valinor.eldar.org with 'unsubscribe monkey' in the body of your message + Need help? Send an email to: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org - --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 21:16:20 +0000 From: "Howell Parry" Subject: [monkey] Monkey show in Brisbane - review #2 Here's another review of the recent Monkey show in Brisbane, sent to me by Monkey fan David Dynes: - ---- Cecily & I came from Byron Shire to see Monkey, as we've been fans since seeing NHK's Monkey TV series on ABC. Delighted with your presentation - wonderful acrobatics, music, lighting, costumes straight from the TV series, casting - such a wonderful production of this dear old classic. I've studied Arthur Waley's "The Real Tripitaka" - an inspiring biography, and have given talks on it. Good work, Grin & Tonic! - ---- Howell _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com - --------------------------------------------------------------------- + List guidelines: http://www.monkeyheaven.com/guidelines.html + To unsubscribe, send an email to: majordomo@valinor.eldar.org with 'unsubscribe monkey' in the body of your message + Need help? Send an email to: owner-monkey@valinor.eldar.org - --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 21:15:18 +0000 From: "Howell Parry" Subject: Re: [monkey] Monkey: The Country of Nightmares >The above episode of Monkey is on the DVD that comes with the >November 2002 issue of PC Pro magazine (in the UK) - due in the >shops any day now. That's right - this issue (issue 97) came out yesterday. To whet your appetite for this episode, you can download a video clip from this episode - the classic moment where Monkey is doing his magic test, and shows off by flying on his cloud and writing "Monkey Magic" in the sky. This 1.5MB Mpeg video clip can be downloaded from the Monkey Heaven Archives mini-site: http://archive.monkeyheaven.com/ To access this site, you need to login with: Username: greatsage Password: masaaki Enjoy! Howell _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com - --------------------------------------------------------------------- + List guidelines: http://www.monkeyheaven.com/guidelines.html + To unsubscribe, send an email to: majordomo@valinor.eldar.org with 'unsubscribe monkey' in the body of your message + Need help? 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