Analysis Of Tanti At The Oval

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This paper will seek to analyse Paul keen Douglas’ audio piece tanti at the oval. Paul keen Douglas, a Trinidadian, was raised in Grenada in his early childhood. He attended Presentation Boys College in his childhood and also holds various diplomas and degrees for television and radio broadcasting and sociology. He is known for his active involvement in theatre and performing arts from a young age .His main focus since returning to Trinidad was poetry, storytelling, advertising and dramatic presentation as writer and performer. This audio entitle tanti at oval was about an experience of an old lady called tanti merle who was going to attend a cricket game at the oval in Trinidad. Tanti merle was a very patriotic older woman gave
A group of black cricketers from various colonies of the Caribbean came together and formed a team which was very successful in world. With the Caribbean being so successful in the world this brought identity to the people. They dressed different, talked different, music produced and a sense of pride was brought into them. Such small countries making a world impact. Today because of the West Indies dominance and cricket history, cricket became a big event in the Caribbean. Cricket at the oval is almost like a field trip or what West Indians call a “lime” with were no age limit. This was illustrated in the audio piece where you saw tanti merle been an elder also supporting the cricket game at the oval. She was just as interested in the cricket as any other person at the oval. The atmosphere now at a cricket game and back would have been even better because over the years the islands have joined and became more
Even though the result of the cricket game resulted into a draw, tanti merle still celebrated as though combine islands had one the game because she was very patriotic. Tanti merle jumped up with other combine islands supporters. In cricket games in oval there is a lot of heckling (or “old talk”) of umpires and players. When the game wasn’t going in favour of tanti merle team she heckled the umpires and