Are you ready for this...?

It seems as if half the year has already passed in my mind, and I've been working on various things and getting information every day, which has been very fulfilling.
The government is making half-hearted rules and regulations and I wonder how much they are listening to the voices of the people working in the field.
If they want to protect people, I think it would be better to take a variety of economic measures and close the country off.
Counting the number of infected people is still understandable, but counting the number of people in close contact with the disease and reporting it in the media is like hanging a criminal and those who are complicit in the crime, and I feel that the way it is reported is excessive.
In the past two years, the economic gap has clearly widened, and at the same time, I feel in no small part that the current political system does not intend to help everyone.

It is getting colder with each passing day, and I feel it is even colder than last year with rain on the 11th and snow on the 6th.
Nowadays, if there is no earthquake or power outage, we can use electricity smoothly, and thanks to that, the heating function of air conditioners and other heating devices make our rooms warm and comfortable at the touch of a switch or button.
I don't think many people, including myself, think about such obvious things in their daily lives.
At around 8:00 in the morning on the 8th, the ventilator I use at bedtime suddenly beeped an alarm, and I was so startled by the sound that I woke up and turned the ventilator back on, only to hear it again.
The cause was a malfunction of a part in the circuit breaker. The electricity in the room, as well as the air conditioner, did not turn on, and when I contacted the 24-hour number of the apartment management company in the cold and dark room, they told me to contact the power company myself.
When I called the emergency number of the power company, I was told to contact the repair company I was about to call.
I told myself that it was a good thing that the problem occurred in the morning and not at night, so I called the repair company. They came to my house in about two hours, checked the circuit breaker, replaced the parts that had failed, and finally restored the power about three hours after I found out that the power was out.
I only use a ventilator when I sleep, so it is not life threatening to have the electricity cut off, but for people with severe disabilities who use ventilators and medical equipment 24 hours a day, not having access to electricity can lead to death.
I thought that if the apartment management company, the repair company, and the power company were all better connected, it would have been possible to restore power in a short time.

On the 10th, I went to see the new kabuki play, Pupel - Tenmyou no Gobi-Jima, at the Shinbashi Enbujo.
The best! One word.
I was impressed by the acting ability of Ebizo Ichikawa, who played the main role, and his son, Binnen, who was very cute. I could also sense from the stage the attitude and study of the man who wrote the script, Yoshihiro Nishino, who has the ability to incorporate the original story, Pupel of Entomachi, into kabuki, as he enters a new world.
I've already talked about my impressions of the show on Kentaro's Room, but in any case, Binsho-kun is adorable!
This was my first time to see kabuki, and I had already seen the story of Pupel in Entomachi many times, including the 2020 movie and last year's musical, so I was familiar with the story. But it also made me want to see other Kabuki performances!
When I saw the father, Ebizo, and his son, Binsho, riding on the set of a large boat in the final scene, I felt that it was exactly like the original story of Pupel of Entotsu Town.
I felt that it was the image of Mao, who had passed away, and the image of Ebizo, who is taking good care of his children who are now growing up, that led to the creation of this great work.

There were four curtain calls and a standing ovation after the performance, and although I couldn't speak because I was wearing a mask to protect myself from corona, I got goose bumps from the applause that filled the hall and felt that the hearts of the audience watching the performance and the performers and staff were united.
At the same time, I really felt that there are some wonderful things in modern entertainment, and at the same time, entertainment like Kabuki and Rakugo, which have a long history and are still going strong, have their own charms and are still loved over the years.
I strongly felt that I would like to go to see Rakugo and Noh next time and study them so that I can perform Rakugo in earnest.

Watching such a wonderful new kabuki play, Pupell: Tenmyou no Gobi-Jima, gave me a lot of inspiration, which I have turned into strength to work on my production activities every day.
I am not writing this with the intention of making you feel sorry for me, but with the hope that I can share with you a little bit of what my production activities are really like.
I have written two autobiographies, written lyrics, and released a song.
As a person who expresses herself through social media, I have tried not to write too much about negative things such as difficulties and worries.
As I have been involved in various production activities since the start of My Action, I have never written only positive things such as "it's fun to do" or "writing lyrics is easy.
However, it is true that there are some real aspects of providing entertainment that are difficult and difficult.
I think that I have set myself a very high hurdle in my current production activities, which are different from the autobiography writing and lyric writing I have done so far.
However, I don't regret it, and I believe that people can realize what they can imagine in their minds if they take enough time.
Making people around the world smile through welfare and entertainment. I tell myself that I cannot achieve my goals and dreams unless I stay up until I fall asleep thinking about my creative activities and how I can create the knowledge, wisdom, and connections necessary for them.
I want my children to have something they want to do, a dream, and to have fun while working towards it, and I also want them to think about other people and act accordingly.
If I am to convey this message, I need to put it into action and make my words persuasive, so I want to study harder and make smarter efforts.

My Action　General producer・Performer Sugiyama．