Eve Ensler's "In the Body of the World" TMI Sharing but Thanks for Caring and Impacting Women's Lives

Eve Ensler ( b Amer 1953) is amongst the most impactful theatrical artists of the 21st C.  Her play "The Vagina Monologues" earned Ensler a special Tony Award for her humanitarian & charitable contributions to the world.  Ensler's One Act memoir "In the Body of the World" staged at City Center is a relentless & exhaustive monologue (performed by her).  It's an opened naked book about her life, her treatments for uterine cancer and personal family history.  But, moreover it concerns her courageous & indefatigable dedication to sheltering women & mitigating abhorrent mutilations & violence against women.  Bravo to Ms. Ensler whose committed herself altruistically to funding & establishing safety shelters and anti-violence community programs domestically & internationally: Dem. Rep. of Congo, Iraq, and Haiti to name a few.  Ensler's auto-biopic journey takes us on her travels & tribulations to the Mayo Clinic in MN for uterine cancer treatments.  She adroitly combines some comic relief to the draconian measures she has succumbed to sustain her life.  The chemo cocktail of this biographic self-examination is a mixture of unendurable, intolerable vomit inducing realities of the tyrannical tortures women in Africa and throughout the world are subjected to daily.  Hooray for Ms Ensler's altruist bravery & charitable commitments to combat what many people won't  bat an eye at regarding intolerable abuses aimed at women.  Some of this shockingly graphic stories Ensler shares would seem too cruel to be credible.  Unfortunately, the tales are true & turning a blind eye is not an option.  Ensler uses the pain & comedy of her own life to make palpable the truths of such gruesome violence perpetrated upon women.  However, Ensler is ambiguous with her admonitions of alleged sexual abuse by her father.  This feels cowardly & demeaning amidst the insurmountable atrocities suffered by women worldwide.  Ensler keeps a running monologue with Mama C in the Congolese with whom she is establishing a haven for women.  At the curtain call,  Ensler invited the audience to come on stage & meet Mama C who she was pleased to have in the house.  "In the Body of the World" Ensler rants effectively & comedically against our domestic issues.  But, like the intelligent & sharp witted Rachel Maddow, you can only listen for so long before it becomes off-putting.  I commend Ensler as a humanitarian and what she has achieved & seeks to accomplish with her play.  While I commend her genius & generosity, I don't recommend the play.  At the very least, be advised this biopic comedy is wrapped in world wide atrocities.   Still there is poetic beauty to be found in Ensler's words "A mother's body encompassing a child marks a place you are here."