Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah Ze Muzikal! Vack with A Vengeance!

Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah Ze Muzikal returned to the stage for the 7^th time giving the audience a power-packed and breath taking performance from the leading actors and actresses of our generation. Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah was based on the comic book written by award winning contemporary writer Carlo Vergara and was given to life on stage by the legendary Chris Martinez and was directed by Chris Millado.

The story is about a gay beautician who lives a boring life in a barrio. His life changes when a magical pink rock falls down from heaven and hit him while he was taking a bath. Together with his sidekick Didi, also a homosexual, they discovered the hidden power of the magical pink rock and they fight the forces of evil. To make the whole thing short, the story is just any other typical fairy-tale about a super hero who saves humankind yet with a twist.

Eula Valdez played the role of Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah, the hero of the story. Ada becomes Zaturnnah every time he swallows the magical pink rock. Eula is a widely known actress in the big screen and Philippine TV. After being marked as the powerful Amor Powers in one of ABS-CBN soap opera, she was indeed awarded as a very promising serious actress in her generation. But surprisingly, she portrayed the role of Zaturnnah perfectly which was way beyond expected. I seriously couldn’t picture her out portraying the role of Zaturnnah because the whole dynamic of seriousness and edginess in her characters in the movie and television. Yet she did an awesome job, letting the audience felt and believed that she is a gay person trapped inside a superwoman’s body. Didi was played by Gabe Mercado which I wanted to commend for being the life of the whole play. His acting was brilliant and exemplary. He mostly gave punch lines that made the whole crowd laughed. Zaturnnah’s archenemy, Queen Fermina Suarestella Baroux was played by one of the nation’s pride stage actress, Pinky Amador. Needless to say, her performance was beyond outstanding. Of course, in every story there’s always the love interest. Ada/Zaturnnah’s object of affection was portrayed by Eula’s real life partner Rocky Salumbides. He might be casted among the veterans but still his portrayal in the role of Dodong wasn’t bad enough.

As I sat on my chair and watched the play, I realized something; this isn’t all about a funny story about homosexuals having super-powers. It is how our society is starting to embrace and appreciate the wonderful works of the third gender. Slowly, our culture is beginning to widen its belief about norms. The gay society have lifted their pride and proved to the whole humankind that they are not to be shelved in this world because just like all of us who can define our gender in an option boxes, they also can make wonders and amazing job that we can all be pompous of. To sum it all up, Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah Ze Muzikal! Vack With A Vengeance really deserves a standing ovation because they earned every bit of clamor and praise.