My Jump Korean Martial Arts Comedy Experience
Courtesy of Jonathan, my best pal when I was in primary school, I was invited to an exclusive showcase of Jump - a Korean Martial Arts Comedy.
When I first google and check out the Youtube of snippets of the performance, it wasn't exactly impressive. I did some reading about it and found out that Jump is a comedy which doesn't really have much dialogue interaction between their casts. In fact, they stressed that the casts' expression are sufficient in delivering their messages and humor across to all the audience.
Bearing that in mind, I thought there aren't much audio in the entire show. But it wasn't that way as the show was filled with SFX and music but as promised, there were almost 0 dialogue interaction between characters.
The stage bears a background of the interior of a Korean house which doesn't even need to be changed as the entire show revolved inside the house itself. I know, you must be thinking how is it possible, right? Trust me, it is possible and in the same time entertaining. ;)
Jump is about a story of a typical Korean family which comprise a father, mother, son, daughter and the grandfather. However, the not-so-typical part is, all of them are practitioner of martial arts which audience will be shown on various actions, gimmicks and interaction between characters that involves a lot of martial arts moves.
Thanks to Jon, me and Zach got to the VIP seats and we're seated behind some Koreans who we thought might be the casts' family members or something. Konrad, my Gernese best pal during secondary school was also invited thanks to Jon and we were seated together. ;)
When it was about to start, I really had doubts on how good the show would be. But once it started and the story develops, my my. I was blown away laughing at their nonsensical acts, which were intended by the way.
On top of that, there are 2 male casts in the show which was appealing of course. Naturally if you're in a martial art comedy, you ought to have a nice body as you'll no doubt have to show off your assets occasionally. Well, let's just say that these 2 male casts didn't exactly disappoint as many eyes were fixed to their bodies. Lol.
All in all, I think this is a very entertaining show and is definitely worth bringing your family to enjoy. Kids will no doubt love it. However, if you're looking for plot and storyline, you may find this somewhat of a straight line.
I'm pretty sure they will be back soon in the future.
Do catch Jump if you have the opportunity to.
Cheers
Robb
When I first google and check out the Youtube of snippets of the performance, it wasn't exactly impressive. I did some reading about it and found out that Jump is a comedy which doesn't really have much dialogue interaction between their casts. In fact, they stressed that the casts' expression are sufficient in delivering their messages and humor across to all the audience.
Bearing that in mind, I thought there aren't much audio in the entire show. But it wasn't that way as the show was filled with SFX and music but as promised, there were almost 0 dialogue interaction between characters.
The stage bears a background of the interior of a Korean house which doesn't even need to be changed as the entire show revolved inside the house itself. I know, you must be thinking how is it possible, right? Trust me, it is possible and in the same time entertaining. ;)
Jump is about a story of a typical Korean family which comprise a father, mother, son, daughter and the grandfather. However, the not-so-typical part is, all of them are practitioner of martial arts which audience will be shown on various actions, gimmicks and interaction between characters that involves a lot of martial arts moves.
Thanks to Jon, me and Zach got to the VIP seats and we're seated behind some Koreans who we thought might be the casts' family members or something. Konrad, my Gernese best pal during secondary school was also invited thanks to Jon and we were seated together. ;)
When it was about to start, I really had doubts on how good the show would be. But once it started and the story develops, my my. I was blown away laughing at their nonsensical acts, which were intended by the way.
On top of that, there are 2 male casts in the show which was appealing of course. Naturally if you're in a martial art comedy, you ought to have a nice body as you'll no doubt have to show off your assets occasionally. Well, let's just say that these 2 male casts didn't exactly disappoint as many eyes were fixed to their bodies. Lol.
All in all, I think this is a very entertaining show and is definitely worth bringing your family to enjoy. Kids will no doubt love it. However, if you're looking for plot and storyline, you may find this somewhat of a straight line.
I'm pretty sure they will be back soon in the future.
Do catch Jump if you have the opportunity to.
Cheers
Robb
4 xtra squirt(s):
I guess this is just one of the smaller version of the Nanta show in South Korea. But yeah, they don't need to speak a single word and you are sure to be entertained (in a funny way har, not the other one lol).
I saw Nanta in Seoul the other day and my, my; I was laughing for almost two hours non-stop!
But the hall looked empty. Hmmmm...
Price factor?
i looked away in time!
and yeah, nice bodies. but the son in law had some ugly outfits lah.
and dude, pornese is funny 'cos of the 'porn' part. i guess? i dono. but gernese? hahah.
calvin: no side seating 'cos of position of action on stage, i think. the non-vip audience was at the back, not within range of photo.
@ konrad:
Yes, i think i got what you mean.
This kind of show need you pay full attention to their actions, so yeah, maybe that's why they didn't open the side seating =)
looks fun! =)
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