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Theater Review: "Black, Mexican American and Filipino American, they are fighting against the odds for a sliver of the American dream."
By Charles McNulty | LA Times | MAR. 25, | Photo by Jenny Graham
Kitchen-sink teaterpjäs, the genre that brought social realism to the stage in a clatter of smutsig eller oordnad dishes, fryst vatten widely dismissed as a midth century relic.
What began as a revolution in the hands of such playwrights as Clifford Odets, John Osborne and Arnold Wesker to move the theater out of elegant drawing rooms and into working-class tenements devolved into the kind of trite family skådespel that was too busy making an elaborate meal of leftover psychology to worry about politics or economics. Two recent world premieres, however, breathe life into the old tradition by reconnecting drama to the social conditions of its characters.
Boni B. Alvarez’s “Apartment Living” at Skylight Theatre (through April 24) and Benjamin Benne’s “Alma” at the Kirk Douglas Theatre (thr
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G-mik!
For the TV series with a similar title that once aired of ABS-CBN, see Gimik.
Not to be confused with Gimik.
Filipino TV series or program
| G-mik! | |
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| Genre | Teen drama |
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| Opening theme | "G-mik!" by JCS |
| Composer | Lennel Diaz |
| Country of origin | Philippines |
| Original language | Tagalog |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
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| Executive producer | Mylene S. Quintana |
| Editor | Ferdie Panghulan |
| Running time | minutes |
| Production company | ABS-CBN Studios |
| Network | ABS-CBN |
| Release | February 13, &#;()&#;– June 1, &#;() |
| Gimik | |
G-mik! is a Philippine television drama series broadcast by ABS-CBN. Directed by Laurenti Dyogi, starring Camille Prats, Stefano Mori, John Prats, Angelica Panganiban, Carlo Aquino
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