Opera Van Java - "Kresna Gugah" - Scene III (Part 7 & 8)

Episode Structure Analysis:  Opera Van Java: “Kresna Gugah” (“Kresna Awakes”)

Original Broadcast Date: 20/5/10

Duration:  74min 11s

Cast:

Dalang  - Parto Patrio

Baladewa – Sule

Adipati Karna – Eko DJ

Banowati - Asty Ananta

Bagong – Azis Gagap

Arjuna  - Andre Taulany

Satyaki – Nunung

Kresna – Shreeraj

	SCENE III Setting: Forest scene but somewhat incongruously set up as a village bensin or petrol stand complete with petrol pumps and a Yamaha motorcycle. A thatched petrol kiosk is bedecked with Yamaha logos and bunting.
SCENE III	7	00:02	Commercial Break	42.	Musical Intro:
	7.	00:36	Narration	43.	Dalang’s narration: Arjuna is puzzled by Kresna’s prolonged meditation and wonders about its purpose. Bagong, his clown-servant, reminds him though of Kresna’s purpose.
	7.	01:04	Dalan Gecul	44.	The actors playing Arjuna and Bagong improvise a scene involving the actor playing Bagong purchasing bensin (petrol) from the actor playing Arjuna. The routine centre’s on a humorous notion of purchasing petrol “by the kilo” rather than according to the usual litre measure of volume.
	7.	05:43	Adegan Taman	45.	Arjuna expresses his confusion as to why Kresna is taking so long with his meditation.Bagong explains that Kresna is mediating in order to discover the outcome of the impending Baratayuda war.
	7.	06:28	Adegan Taman	46.	Enter: Banowati
	7.	06:30	Narration	47.	Dalang’s narration: Banowati’s purpose is to spy on Arjuna but loe-and-behold, she actually falls in love with Arjuna.
	7.	06:44	Adegan Taman	48.	At the dalang’s instruction the actors playing Banowati and Arjuna engage in a pantun competition the underlying premise of which is Banowati’s attempts to seduce Arjuna and Arjuna’s repeated rebuffing of Banowati’s advances.
	8	01:02	Adegan Taman	49.	Pantun competition between the actors playing Banowati and Arjuna turns into a competition whereby the actors trade songs with opening lines relevant to the conversation at hand.
	8	02:22	Adegan Taman	50.	Arjuna explains to Banowati that he cannot be her lover as she is married to Dursasana, King of the Korawas.
	8	02:52	Narration	51.	Dalang’s narration: And so Arjuna rejects Banowati’s advances and leaves her weeping, broken-hearted in the forest.
	8	03:15	Adegan Taman	52.	Actors on stage engage in a series of pratfalls destroying many of the foam props – including the prop petrol pumps – in the process.
	8	04:32	Adegan Taman	53.	Exit: Arjuna and Bagong.
	8	04:44	Adegan Taman	54.	Enter: Karna
	8	04:59	Adegan Taman	55.	Re-enter: BagongThe actor playing Bagong sheepishly admits that he wasn’t supposed to leave the stage yet.
	8	05:10	Adegan Taman	56.	Karna inquires as to why Banowati is weeping.
	8	05:30	Narration	57.	Dalang’s Narration:  Karna listen’s to Banowati’s account of her rejection by Arjuna and declares that war between himself and Arjuna is inevitable.
	8	05:40	Adegan Taman	58.	Karna instructs Bagong to return to the Pandawa to communicate his challenge to war.
	8	06:00	Narration	59.	Dalang’s narration:  And so the Korawa declare war on the Pandawa…
	8	06:17	Commercial Break	60.	Musical Outro:

Opera Van Java – “Kresna Gugah” – Part 7

Opera Van Java – “Kresna Gugah” – Part 8

Opera Van Java – “Kresna Gugah” – Scene IV

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