De plaaaay, de plaaaaaaaay, boss!
Every year the JET community in Fukui puts on a small play. It is open to the general public and is somehow done in both English and Japanses. The play was performed this last weekend & it was really great. Unfortunately, my starring, 5-line, part got cut from the play (boo hoo, tear)- yes, yes, my brilliant ACT-ing talent will be overlooked yet again. Oh well... there's always reality TV.So, the story, as I mentioned, was a mix of Japanese folk tales, pop culture and English folk tales.
It went like this...
hmmm... actually, I don't really feel like typing this all out... its rather long. Basically Hello Kitty and Domo-kun (a kids show character) go on a quest to find a family & must complete some tasks. They help the 3 little pigs (and defend them from Gundam), help the pirate Luffy (from the anime Onepiece), solve a riddle, defeat the evil Momo-Potter (Momo-taro is a Japanese folk tale hero, kind of like Herculese, so this was a mix of Momo-taro and, you guessed it, Harry Potter) and find a place to live. Very cute & the kids in the audience loved it. A good time was had by all... at the bar after the play.
(L-R)Domo-kun, Kitty-chan, 3 Pigs & Doraemon (comic relief & Japanese translator)
(L-R) Doreamon, Kitty-chan, Luffy & Domo-kun taking the pirate oath to help Luffy find the treasure.
Everyone doing the chicken dance at the end of the play. EVERYBODY DANCE!!!!! YAY!!!!
Crazy Japanese pop-culture... and I thought I'd seen it all.
posted by KidBach @ 12:07 PM
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