A musical-sex-comedy about hypocrisy, bigotry and prejudice. Featuring top sexy stars - Katya Santos and Allen Dizon with Viva Hotmen-- Paolo Serrano, Justin de Leon, Jayson Colis, Ethan Zulueta and Jerome Ocampo. Supported by an ensemble of talented theater actors from PETA.A show full of punch lines, comedy sketches, monologues and musical numbers, this stage play will tackle relevant issues like gender, sexuality and also controversial issues that made the headlines like the much investigated escort services expose, right-wing moralists, self-righteous and self-proclaimed "guardians of morality" which give twisted interpretations of the law and sometimes even the Word of God.
Hipo (Short for Hipokrito) was a musical-comedy play directed by Soxie Topacio. The leads were headed by Katya Santos and Allen Dizon. As a comedy, only the first part were laugh-out loud funny. The scenes, the dialogues, and the jokes were direct to the point. In the second part, subtlety played a major part. If dry humor isn't your thing, it would come out as boring.
Some scenes and dialogues may need re-working. But as a whole, it is still quite clever and witty. Acting-wise, Katya, Viva Hot Men, and some PETA actors were good. Si Allen Dizon lang talaga ang panira! Allen naman! Umarte ka naman ng maayos!
However, seeing all the semi-naked actors on stage, I can't help but feel offended. Sexploitation easily comes to my mind. I guess, the conservative part of me still rules. But then, of course, I also couldn't help looking at them and liking what I'm seeing. It would really knock one's out with what it tries to point out: we are all hyprocrites!
Note: It is always BEST to watch plays live in theaters and not on videos! But then, for those you can't afford to watch them live or failed to, videos are the best alternatives. I wish that more plays could be transferred on videos after their performances so that they would gain a bigger following.
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