Community Community Integrated Tranquillising International sound of P6Electrical P16 Hindustani Engineers Qatar musical instrument Chapter organises sarod mesmerises its third technical audience during musical seminar. event in Katara. Wednesday, August 28, 2019 Dhul-Hijja 27, 1440 AH Doha today: 320 - 390 The dénouement Ready or Not ending explained: Bloody laughs at the expense of the 1%. P4-5 COVER STORY STAR ATTRACTION: Samara Weaving in Ready or Not. GLITZ & GLAM SHOWBIZ ‘Vital Signs’ dot Latino representation in Alia’s debut song. Hollywood movies is abysmal. Page 14 Page 15 2 GULF TIMES Wednesday, August 28, 2019 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT PRAYER TIME Fajr 3.53am Shorooq (sunrise) 5.14am Zuhr (noon) 11.37am Asr (afternoon) 3.06pm Maghreb (sunset) 5.59pm Isha (night) 7.29pm 47 Meters Down: Uncaged great white sharks. With their air supply steadily dwindling, USEFUL NUMBERS DIRECTION: Johanes Roberts the frightened girls must navigate the underwater labyrinth of CAST: Sophie Nélisse, Corinne Foxx, Brianne Tju claustrophobic caves and eerie tunnels in search of a way out SYNOPSIS: Four teenage divers discover that the sunken of their watery hell. ruins of a Mayan city are also a hunting ground for deadly THEATRE: Royal Plaza Emergency 999 Worldwide Emergency Number 112 Kahramaa – Electricity and Water 991 Local Directory 180 International Calls Enquires 150 Hamad International Airport 40106666 Labor Department 44508111, 44406537 Mowasalat Taxi 44588888 Qatar Airways 44496000 Hamad Medical Corporation 44392222, 44393333 Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation 44845555, 44845464 Primary Health Care Corporation 44593333 44593363 Qatar Assistive Technology Centre 44594050 Qatar News Agency 44450205 44450333 Q-Post – General Postal Corporation 44464444 Humanitarian Services Offi ce (Single window facility for the repatriation of bodies) Ministry of Interior 40253371, 40253372, 40253369 Ministry of Health 40253370, 40253364 Hamad Medical Corporation 40253368, 40253365 Sons of Rizk 2 quit a life of crime, four brothers reunite to embark on new Qatar Airways 40253374 DIRECTION: Tarek Alarian adventures. CAST: Ahmed Ezz, Amr Yusuf, Ahmad El-Fishawi SYNOPSIS: Two years after their last con and oath to THEATRES: The Mall, Landmark, Royal Plaza te Unqu uo ot Q “I will love e the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.” — Og Mandino Community Editor For movie timings and Kamran Rehmat further details please scan e-mail: [email protected] the QR code above with your Telephone: 44466405 mobile phone camera or visit qatarcinemas.com Fax: 44350474 Wednesday, August 28, 2019 GULF TIMES 3 ROUND & ABOUT COMMUNITY rings and fl oor exercises on mats for the Mamangam is an art and performance children from age 4 till 16. centre started with a vision of spreading our knowledge, interests and experience in various disciplines in arts across diff erent countries for children and adults. Summer camp at Mamangam has become the children’s favourite centre for learning art and craft, drawing, and learning spoken English. The kids also enjoy Bollywood dance, contemporary and hip hop music. To develop health consciousness, we teach them kids yoga, karate etc. Mamangam has also come up with chess and robotics in the regular batches in an attempt to give a better learning experience. Registrations are open to kids between 5 to 16 years. For those who wish to register for more details, visit www.mamangamqatar.in Ballet Lessons WHERE: Music and Arts Atelier WHEN: Ongoing TIME: 4pm – 8pm For more info e-mail at registration@ atelierqatar.com or call on 33003839. EVENTS Yoga Class WHERE: Lululemon, Mall of Qatar Art Lessons WHEN: Every Saturday WHERE: Mathaf Manara Qatar Museums TIME: 8:30am – 9:30am WHEN: Today Join the complimentary in-store yoga Arabic Calligraphy Workshop TIME: 4pm — 7pm classes. No registration or mat is required. WHEN: Saturday – Wednesday Join artist Ismael Azzam for Art Lessons at The class runs on fi rst come fi rst served basis. TIME: 6pm Mathaf and learn drawing techniques called Arabic Calligraphy workshop is back. portraiture using pencil, charcoal and paint. Come and learn the artistic practice of Arabic Lessons are off ered to people with basic to handwriting and calligraphy at Music and intermediate sketching and drawing skills. Arts Atelier. For more information, mathaf_education@ The lessons will take place every Saturday, qm.org.qa Monday and Wednesday at 6pm. For more information, contact registration@ The Comedy of Tango atelierqatar.com WHERE: Katara – the Cultural Village WHEN:Today TIME: 8pm-9pm With the support of Katara – the Cultural Village and embassy of Argentina in Doha Tango Pasión Doha presents Los Guardiola – “The Comedy of Tango” on August 28. A After School Activities show consisting of seven scenes is inspired by WHERE: Atelier famous tangos. Dancers, mimes and actors, WHEN: Ongoing Marcelo Guardiola and Giorgia Marchiori, Music and arts activities for students known artistically as Los Guardiola, will taking place after they fi nish their day in project the audience into the fantastic world school includes Group Music lessons, Hip- of their danced pantomime where comedy hop, Ballet, Drawing and Painting, Drama and tragedy merge into the rhythm of tango. Theatre & Taekwondo. Ages between 5 and 10 years old after school hours. Career Guidance WHERE: Right Track Consultants, Al Sadd WHEN: Sunday – Thursday TIME: 6pm – 8pm Career guidance for course, country, college and entrance for students of Grade IX-XII, of all curriculum. Career assessments administered for stream preference, career test, branch preference, personality, Dance and Instrument Classes multiple intelligence and learning styles WHERE: TCA Campus, Behind Gulf Times and productivity. For more information, Building 55448835. WHEN: Wednesday – Monday Learn the movements of dance styles in Artistic Gymnastic Classes Bollywood, Hip Hop and also the musical WHERE: Qatar Academy Msheireb Hobby Classes instruments such as Piano, Guitar, Keyboard WHEN: Ongoing WHERE: Mamangam Performing Art for adults as well kids and move in the world TIME: 3:15pm – 4:15pm Centre of music. For details, contact 66523871/ The olympic sport using horizontal bar, WHEN:Saturday – Friday 31326749. Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Wednesday, August 28, 2019 COMMUNITY COVER STORY Rich comeuppance Despite the serious themes of wealth disparity and privilege explored in Ready or Not, the filmmakers primarily intended to make a film that was more wacky and fun than heavy and condemning, writes Sonaiya Kelley THE PROTAGONIST: Samara Weaving weaves a fine essay in Ready or Not. arning: The Before accepting new members following story into the clan, the family follows the contains minor tradition of choosing a board game at spoilers for the random to play with the newlyweds. We are fascinated horror thriller Only one option — hide and seek — WReady or Not, in theatres now. There comes with deadly terms. by the idea that the will be another warning before Screenwriters Guy Busick and discussion of the fi lm’s ending. Ryan Murphy (not to be confused uber-wealthy just The highbrow speciality studio with the prolifi c TV mastermind kind of live in their Fox Searchlight doesn’t often behind Pose and American Horror delve into popcorn thrillers, but Story) were intentional in casting a own world. It’s a the studio’s latest, Ready or Not, glare on the trappings of wealth and is a revenge picture with a specifi c privilege when drafting the script. world that the rest demographic in mind. “We are fascinated by the idea “It’s defi nitely hating on the 1%,” that the uber-wealthy just kind of us just aren’t said star Samara Weaving with a of live in their own world,” said allowed to see laugh. Busick. “It’s a world that the rest of The fi lm follows former foster us just aren’t allowed to see.” child Grace (Weaving) on the eve “One of the big questions we — Guy Busick, of her wedding to Alex Le Domas, are hoping the movie is asking ‘ the billionaire heir to the Le Domas is if extreme wealth is in and of Dominion’s gaming fortune. itself a deal with the devil,” said screenwriter The family has managed to build Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, who co- generational wealth via board games directed the fi lm with Radio Silence and sporting goods. And maybe one collaborators Tyler Gillett and ’ small deal with the devil. Chad Villella. “Is there something Wednesday, August 28, 2019 GULF TIMES 5 COVER STORY COMMUNITY intrinsically wrong with it? For us, like religion and whatnot?” the fun of the movie was balancing Despite the serious themes of all of the big set piece-y things wealth disparity and privilege with getting to comment on wealth explored in the movie, the inequality in the country and fi lmmakers primarily intended privilege and abuse of power.” to make a fi lm that was more For Adam Brody, who co-stars wacky and fun than heavy and as Daniel, the second in line for the condemning. Le Domas fortune, the timing of “I think a lot of fi lms out there the fi lm couldn’t be better. “We’re right now try to get a little too having a real moment in our society serious,” said Gillett. “And with this where we’re looking at where all our one, we wanted to touch on all these money comes from and at capitalist diff erent things but also remind structures and trying to shine a people that you can have fun going light on what’s fair,” he said. “And to the movies and enjoy them while really trying to reckon with some of also thinking about the themes in the unfairness of it all.” them later.” “Right now culturally, socially, Warning: Major spoilers for a lot of people are screaming at Ready or Not, including discussion the heavens,” Gillett agreed.