- In our performance, his character appears in different ages, because of the flashbacks. But the general development of Jamal goes from a little orphan who is accompanied by the brother, to a incredible game winner. In Jamal's childhood, he had a vagrant and dark life among india's streets. As an orphan, he and his brother begged for life. The criminal kidnapped the two naive, innocent child, and their lives were no longer the same. However, Jamal's pureness still remains in his heart, comparing to his brother. When the scene flashbacks to where they came back for revenge, Jamal didn't touch the kidnapper's blood. He uses his experiences as wealth instead of changing by it. This "wealth" brought him extreme pains but eventually turns into true assets. His character at the show was still the little Jamal, innocent and tough.
Salim Malik - played by Joseph
- Salim's character went through the most changes in the performance. Starting from his childhood: as Jamal's older brother, he was protective and tough. His characteristics were reflected by every moments. When they were trapped by the kidnapper, Salim was extremely calm and intelligent. He used the acid to made the kidnapper blind, and brings his brother out of danger. However, because of his belligerent personality, Salim changed into another person while growing up. He went back with his brother to the bad guy, and executed the pathetic kidnapper. Violence grew in Salim's heart at that moment. Later, Salim chose to walk the path of criminals and became a negative character. It's a contrast to his brother who remains innocent.
The "Millionaire"s Host - played by Leo
- The host did not have such significant changes like Salim throughout the play. He is consistently excited by Jamal's answer, whether it's caused by show effect or true excitement. The host is also hypocritical dramatic - There's a controversy in the process of designing Leo's acting, that as an upper level(rich) TV host, he held discrimination deep inside of his heart. But we can't really show that in the performance, because his identity of TV host requires his respect to Jamal. In the movie, the torture and interrogation of Jamal showed how people are skeptical about his knowledge, but we will delete that scene in our performance, and therefore the people(including the host)'s despise to Jamal can't be demonstrated that well. Finally, we decided to keep the part where the host mislead Jamal to the wrong answer to show how insincere he is to the poor young man's success.
- The host did not have such significant changes like Salim throughout the play. He is consistently excited by Jamal's answer, whether it's caused by show effect or true excitement. The host is also hypocritical dramatic - There's a controversy in the process of designing Leo's acting, that as an upper level(rich) TV host, he held discrimination deep inside of his heart. But we can't really show that in the performance, because his identity of TV host requires his respect to Jamal. In the movie, the torture and interrogation of Jamal showed how people are skeptical about his knowledge, but we will delete that scene in our performance, and therefore the people(including the host)'s despise to Jamal can't be demonstrated that well. Finally, we decided to keep the part where the host mislead Jamal to the wrong answer to show how insincere he is to the poor young man's success.
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