Fortunately his faithful chicken finds Madam Hoang the phoenix, and with the help of a pie rat (Elizabeth Loh) residing in the prison, they rescue Ma Liang.īut their escape is thwarted by Shrimp and Sotong, who capture them all. They apprehend Ma Liang, and imprison him. They inform the Emperor (Tan Shou Chen), who is obsessed with acquiring gold. However, his acts of altruism is witnessed by two hare-brained rogues, Shrimp (Darren Guo) and Sotong (Ebi Shankara). Ma Liang helps the poor and hungry wherever he goes, by painting food for them to eat. Ma Liang’s first creation is a chicken (Ghazali Muzakir) who becomes attached to him, and follows him everywhere. This paintbrush is magic because it has the power to transform painted objects into 3-dimensional life forms. The Spirit of Creation then personally appears to deliver the paintbrush to Ma Liang, instructing him to use it wisely. He wishes for a paintbrush, and his wish is heard by The Spirit of Creation (Dwayne Tan) who sends Madam Hoang, a phoenix bird (Amanda Tee) to help. The Magic Paintbrush is based on an old Chinese folktale about a young boy, Ma Liang (Jodi Chan), who wants to paint, but is too poor to afford a paintbrush. It talks about excessive parental pressures on the kid’s academic studies, about greed for material wealth, about using one’s abilities to help others. Indeed the Magic Paintbrush does just that. The laughter continued unabated right through the show.Ī musical for children will only succeed if it speaks to the adults as well. They saw the villains Shrimp and Sotong getting lost, and undecided which direction to go. They saw the poor hungry peasant family trying to catch the chicken that had just been brought to life. They saw the father scolding his stage daughter because she had fallen asleep instead of studying for her exams. Both adults and children were gushing: “Good, really really good!” “So funny!” “Must tell my friends to watch!” “Hilarious!” Those are some of the descriptions I overheard by the audience members, complete strangers to me.Īll the elements came together in this musical. Probably the best review one can get is what is overheard as one leaves the auditorium. This impromptu interaction was fascinating for me to observe. Throughout the performance, I heard shrieks of laughter, and children shouting to the cast telling them what to do, and misleading the villains by pointing them in the wrong direction. Sure enough, today’s performance was full house. When I got round to buying the ticket, there was only one left, and no choice, I bought that last one. However, I had something else to attend to, and so delayed buying my ticket by one hour. Music Arranger and Additional Music by Bang WenfuĪ week earlier, I tried to buy tickets online, and there were only six tickets left. This leads to the possibility that Il Piantissimo is now Shadow Mario, who was a playable character in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour.Book, Lyrics and Artistic Director: Brian Seward dropped the Paintbrush and I l Piantissimo found it on a beach. After the final battle with Mario on Corona Mountain, Bowser Jr. gained possession of the Brush, he began to coat Isle Delfino with Graffiti disguised as Mario. the brush for some reason, and it is also plausible that Bowser Jr. Gadd logo on the handle, as does F.L.U.D.D. It is unclear exactly how Bowser Jr. says that he received the brush from an "old man in a white coat". It is directly inferred that the Magic Paintbrush was created by Professor E. While Mario was cleaning up the mess, Bowser Jr. pinned the blame on Mario by disguising himself as him, who was forced to serve out a sentence of community service. After using it to cover Isle Delfino with goop and graffiti, Bowser Jr. OverviewThe Magic Paintbrush was the main instrument in Bowser Jr.'s plot to kidnap Princess Peach in Super Mario Sunshine.
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