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Past, present and future are all incorporated into the plotkings, court scenes, enchanted rings, magic incantations, village doctors, political elections, bandits, dwarves, battle scenes on man-powered horses. You could see anything. If the Christmas story is enacted, it's with traditional Javanese dress and mannerisms. Hamlet can even be adapted to ketoprak with all kinds of local elements mixed in to Javanize it so it will be a success. Clowns do mimicry of the courtly Serimpi dancers, including all the simpering expressions. Audiences roar with laughter at this slap-stick comedy. It's truly a theatre of the people. Ketoprak is sometimes so popular that local authorities must close these shows down beoause villagers are spending too much money, neglecting family responsibilities and local taxes.