[Banksy] Table reading field sketch

Date: June 24, 2019 13: 40 ~ 15: 40
Venue: Daehakro ´Ganda´ practice room 
Director: Jeonghwa Choo
Cast: Hankeun Park, Seongil Moon, Hiera Kim, Byul Lim, Minsoo Jang, Yuri Bae

The table reading of 'Banksy', which is a selection of Glocal Musical Live 4 was held. [Banksy] is a work based on the unidentified street artist Banksy of England. It traces the illusions of contemporary art and capitalism through the surrounding figures of Banksy. Writer Hongki Kim said, “I conceived this work by looking out the ironic reality that Banksy, who pointed to capitalism, the gap between rich and poor, and the vanity of modern art, rather serves as a tool to fill the interests of the rich.” I hope this work gives a different glance to understand society.  

The overall response to the play was good, but many commented that the character's persuasiveness is not enough and that there was no special event in the play. First of all, people pointed out that the protagonist Banksy was not attractive. Hiera Kim, who played Banksy's colleague Aila, said, “ It was hard to understand why Bansky draws the social critical pictures through this work because of an insufficient description of what kind of character Banksy is, what he is pursuing, and what kind of repercussions his work has had on society.” On the other hand, actor Hangeun Park, who played Banksy, said, “ The dialogue and songs explain the character of Banksy however people listen to the dialogs and lyrics in the play without much attention.”
Therefore he suggested adding the main stories that make people recognize and remember more vivid the character ‘Banksy’. 

A question about the set-up of Tyler and Aila, Banksy's surrounding figures rose. The main consensus was there are insufficient explanation and persuasion on the sudden betrayal from the British Elite, Tyler who helped Bansky’s work. Director Jeonghwa Choo said “ It is Tyler who is more curious than Banksy in the play.” and she added, “It is hard to understand why Tyler who respected Bansky so much in the first act betrays Banksy all of sudden in the second act.” Also, she pointed out that it is necessary to create an event that shows the reasons why he turned his back on Bansky in order to convince the audience.  The main consensus was the lack of persuasion of Tyler's sudden change in the betrayal of the British elite, who helped Banksy work. Estimating directors said, "It is Tyler who is more curious figure than Banksy in the work." Choo said, “We need to convince the audience by creating a reason for the change.”  Sungil Moon, who played Tyler, also questioned Tyler's change and said, " A specific event that will make plausibility for Tyler's change is needed." Hiara Kim, who played Aila, also questioned the role of Aila. "I can't figure out why Aila is collaborating with Banksy or why she succumbs to capital later," and she added, “Aila is an unnecessary figure to develop the stories in the current script.”

Minsoo Jang, who plays the chorus, pointed out that the reason why the work is well-read but flat is ‘ the lack of relationship between each character’. He said, "In general, as the drama unfolds, the conflict is intensified, but the characters in Banksy have no conflicts or confrontations, and they comprise each other too easily." Actor Hangeun Park also pointed out again, "I wish there would be an event that could create a crisis and climax of the characters." 

Finally, Byungwon Kang, the CEO of Live Co., Ltd., commented that there might be a difference between what the artist writes and what the audience wants to see. He advised, "I think the writer is more concerned with the value of art in a capitalist society, but it may be more attractive for the audience to focus on Banksy."