How does “Ang Tatay mong Kalbo” make sense?

Is the story literally talks about a father who has a bald hair? Answer is NO. Ang tatay mong Kalbo is a parody from a play The Bald Soprano or The Bald Prima Donna- first play written by Romanian-French playwright Eugene Ionesco. It is about a couple who invited another couple, together with the first couple’s maid and the fire chief, they are all talking about some things that does not make any sense throughout the play.

The play is entertaining and funny, but at the same time it’s also nonsense. As I watch the play I almost fell asleep but I can’t, because I need to watch the whole play for my blog and also for my assignment in world literature. But there are times that I managed to stay awake, especially when there is a part that’s about to be funny and I was like “I need to see this, maybe this one will do a shot”.  I love it, what I can say is Ms. Eliz Reyes picked a good play for this blog.

I also saw my classmate, Josh Beredo, he is the fire chief, he is really a good actor, and he is very funny during the play. Especially the part when he almost cried like a baby. I also love the character of Maria, she is the lover of the fire chief, her character is played by a male that made her character strong and humorous. She is disgusting, but she is very funny. Actually they’re all funny, the Santos couples who argues nonsensically and the other couple which is the Reyes who first converses like they’ve never met before but soon realizes that they are married. I love all of the characters, they did a wonderful job and they all deserve a big round of applause.

One of the question from my assignment in world literature, is why do you think the story is titled as “Ang Tatay mong Kalbo”? answer is, like the conversations in the story a bald head makes no sense at all. How does it make sense? The fact that it is nonsense, by watching this play, people can analyze what makes more sense or not.