WE ARE THE SPERM CELLS

If you've ever wondered what a manzai/disco human sexuality class would look like, D.K. Hollywood has cleared it up for you with WE ARE THE SPERM CELLS a show running at the Theater for the New City in Manhattan through this Sunday. D.K. Hollywood is the brainchild of Japanese 80's TV star, Daisuke Koshikawa, a comedian who gave up TV for independent theater. He and the cast of 10 (including one very sexy midget) have saved their own money to come to NYC and perform and their determination is just like the determination of the human sperm.

As the program says: "The sperm cells that land on a woman's belly will not give up their mission of fertilization. As they race towards her womb, they join forces while fighting off fatal enemies such as Kleenex, Body Soap and White Blood Cells. Could they accomplish their mission within the limited time? This is a spectacular, heart-warming battle adventure in the world of 60 microns."

Performed in Japanese with occassional, English-language voiceover that is absolutely priceless ("If you fall into the anus, you will lose all self-respect.") this is a slightly-too-long dance/theater spectacle bringing war movie conventions to the life and death struggle of the lonely sperm cell. The actors are ferocious in their commitment to be totally ridiculous, and during a manzai sequence towards the end they were cracking each other up.

You can read more about the show here (this is an encore engagement for D.K. Hollywood in NYC).

I leave you with the last cry of the last sperm, begging the universe for justice:
"God, why do we always have to be runabout by this cruel fate by the name of Love?
We are born for some one's new life and go only for the destination.
We neither fight nor hurt anyone.
Now, I date to go forward for our colleagues who got tired, hurt, lost the dream and ended their life being caught in the torrent called destiny.
This glorious misfortune ejaculated on the belly. Le me accomplish my destiny by giving the birth of your child.
God! Let the door open for the sacred fertilization."