recalled Yi. “The booklet that
came with it suggested that I
take a look at smaller creatures
such as algae and brine shrimp
so I started breeding brine
shrimp to observe through a
microscope. Years later when I
was looking for subject material
to turn into a musical I remembered the shrimp, I thought it
was a very original idea to set a
musical in a brine shrimp breeding tank. The religious undertones come from my love/hate
relationship with institutionalized religion.”
This musical comedy is a microcosm of the loves, beliefs and
hardships of everyday life in a
brine shrimp breeding tank. A
society that is complete with beliefs that shrimp are meant for
a greater good; the other side,
from which no shrimp returns;
and an unknown deity - a moving light source and a net. They
also have sibling rivalry; gangs
of no-goodniks and lovers who
vow to spend their entire lives
to gether. The system is challenged when one shrimp returns
from the “other side” to reveal
I started to realize that
there is a definite
hierarchy of humans.
Some are meant to be
predators and
others end up
becoming the prey.
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