Malaysian Media and Culture 03

Review on Mana-manalogues: Tangan Kiri Ayah

Tangan Kiri Ayah
"Written and directed by Fasyali Fadily and performed by Fadhli Masoot, Tangan Kiri Ayah made its premier in 2006 and have since been performed in several events in Kuala Lumpur. The play tells a story of Alim, who lives with his disabled father, and the love of a man in raising and supporting his family regardless his disability."

In the play, Alim is living with his family who is working as fisherman and farmer. His father is disabled as his left hand is cripple. Although Alim's father is disabled, he works very hard to raise his children and to let them have a proper education. People always say that Alim's father is disabled, but Alim didn't feel so. He thinks that his father is strong and can have done all the fishing, working even with only one hand. However, Alim couldn't understand why his father needs to work so hard in order to get them educated at first, he only wants to help his father in his works so that his father would not suffer so much. There is one time when Alim followed his father to work, his father fell into the sea and nearly drowned, Alim pulls very hard to save his father from being drowned. After this incident, Alim was very worried if he is not with his father every time he goes to work, what would have happened. Therefore, he decided to follow his father every time and his mother praised that he is the 'tangan kiri ayah'. 

I really like this play because the performer is very good at showing the emotions and the audiences are all attracted by the play. Although there is only one performer for the whole play, it is not boring because his way of performance is really deep and infectant. The play also reminds me how a father loves his family and I believes all fathers love their children like Alim father does. No matter how hard is life, parents will always give their best to us. When I was watching the play, I have eyes contact with him and I can really feel his helpless when he is saving his father from drowning. 

This play also shows how a child loves his father no matter what others comment on him. When all other people are commenting on you, looking down on you, there is always family behind you. Family will not follow how other people looking down on you, because the one who loves us the most in the Earth is always our family.