GAROTE

Tonight I emulated sadism at its finest. Along with some old friends, we reminisced about our indefinitely postponed play for one of Rizal's greatest works - Noli Me Tangere. From a stellar cast and powerhouse script, we eventually headed into a parody; what I speak of is not just a typical comic parody but a very sexual torrid adaptation of the nationalistic novel. Though it sounded like a typical horny flash of imagination at first, it actually made sense to me - why not make a dozen of rape scenes with a dash of torture, all revolving on a central theme - a massacre: death of a country by collonial poison. After all, a cancer is mild compared to a physical annihilation. Exaggeration though brutal is logical.