Ridiculous!!! Do you know what that is? Honestly, I do not know what the hell this is. It is apparently a Japanese movie based on The Cherry Orchard except I would say it is classified as a C class movie. As far as the description says (which seems seriously unappealing), it is a remake of a hit film from 1990, “The Cherry Orchard.” The story takes place at a prestigious girls high school where everyone is oppressed with rules. One girl who just transferred to this school finds a long lost script of Anton Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard” which was banned from school 11 years ago. Breaking strict school rules and boundaries, she and her friends decide to perform the play. With sentiment, love and passion, the girls cherish the moment of their life before taking the next step towards adulthood. I would love to have a look at some of the clips just to entertain myself from awkardness of the plot. Although it is AM 3:57, I had a good laugh just looking at the poster of this movie. By the way, no offence to Japanese movie industries in any way.
Getting to the point, after finishing Act II, I was not clear what the author's message was. The characters in the story are simple, but I also know they have an underlying characteristics in each of them except that I cannot catch the hidden message. Looking through other people's blog, I found Nicolas Zuleta's post a little similar to my reflection of Act II. His perception of the characters were based on the impression he got from them, except he did not indicate the specific character. So I would like to make my own impression of a few of the characters in The Cherry Orchard.
Yermolay Lopakhin - a businessman who delves into his work only
Dunyasha - maid who is in love for Yasha : "passionately in love with [him]" (339)
Yasha - young male servant who criticizes Russia for being uncivilized
As you can see, their roles in the play do not seem to be that much intricate. That's why I think they are actually conveying hidden messages in order to meet up to the author's satiric intentions. I guess I will have to keep on reading.
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