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ULLIVER’S TRAVELS is described by George Orwell as one of the ten best books ever written. The book examines the human condition with such clarity and indeed morality, that it is hard to think of a more profound use of satire.
Gulliver journeys through five worlds: our world, where there is a balance between the love of his family and the cruelty of the pirates and mutineers; the world of the little people in Lilliput, where he parodies government; Brobdingnag the world of the giants where he explores commodity and the corruption of power (physical and financial); Laputa where he explores the absurdities of science and superstition – and finally the land of the noble horses and the beastly Yahoos. The whole journey is also a triumph of imagination.
GULLIVER’S TRAVELS portrays life as it is. All human life is here, along with kindness and sympathy for others, dignity in adversity and wisdom in the face of the irrational. We have attempted to explore Swift’s themes and used his structures and ideas. Swift parodied the politics and science of his day, so to be true to Swift we must satirize our own times.
In a world turned upside down by financial crisis, plunged into war by opposing irrational agendas, while we destroy the very planet that gave us life; there has never been a greater need for the deflating truths of satire. We hope we have done justice to the Swift’s caustic vision. And also entertained, Swift was one of the great originals who created British humor. From Chaucer through Shakespeare, Hogarth, Oscar Wilde, Charlie Chaplin, Beckett and Monty Python, this tradition of humor has always celebrated not only the joy in life but the darkness, and its ultimate target is not the stupidity of others but the folly of ourselves.
Cast and Creative team for Gulliver’s Travels at Gedung Kesenian Jakarta
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