New Yorker in Tondo
New Yorker in Tondo is a classic satirical play in one-act, written by Marcelino Agana Jr. in 1958. First staged by the Far Eastern University (FEU) Drama Guild at the FEU, Manila. This is one of the more popular Filipino comedies that have been produced many times through the years.
This play in Tagalog is about Kikay who is a balikbayan or a newly arrived from New York. The girl acquires the style, manner, and culture of New York and thus forgets her roots and one true love in Tondo. It also tells how she gets back to being the Kikay of Tondo that her friends and love ones knew.
It is the comedian story about the girl named kikay who went from New York. She inherited the attitude of New York's person like, how to speak, how to dress, how to interact to the people and the manner. So when she came back to the Tondo, the place where she came from, is definitely obvious. In the end, Kikay knew that she's wrong to forget the culture the she was fledged. So she realized to don't forget the culture origin. And she become a simple-kind girl.
ReplyDelete-> As a future educator, don't be too arrogant, specially when we go to the place outside our country. Be humble always. And don't forget the place who you where born, specially to the persons around you.
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