It
lacks the gritty elements and rugged, breathtaking scenery of the wild
west, but the pure magic remains in the new stage play, based on a
popular comic strip serial, 'Calpunio', with 'Cuttlas' the famous
'pistolero' the gunman. It's on now in the Theatre Raval in Barcelona.
You
wouldn't see Clint Eastwood or any of the other legendary Hollywood
cowboys in this play. Cuttlas is not even flesh and blood but special
puppets, NOT on the strings, nor made of rags with the head of cement or
wood, but some pliable wire-ropes that 'draws' out the silhouettes of
the many characters, 'acting' out all the actions and emotions. Yes
emotions. More than that, love, as it's basically a love story.
The
story-line braids around the love of Cuttlas and his eternal beloved
Mabel. Not leaving out, of course, the baddie Jack, and the pensive
Juan Bala, (at least when he is awake, in the shade under a tree and his
Mexican hat) The adventure develops and terminates in the uproaring
shindig of a rave Cherokee organized by the DJ Jeronimo. Apart from the
electronic rhythm there's also direct live music, with sounds between
ragtime and primitive jazz, with flavour of the so called spaghetti
western.
To
say that the play has no actors is not really correct. They are there,
and famous ones too, who have to learn their lines as any other
actors; but they act and talk behind the scenes, together with a large
team of technicians just like any other major theatre production.
In the imagination of comics, anything is possible. I got the imagination to match too, and I love comics in their many forms.
