Saturday, 26 April 2014
My monologue for assessment
RITAS MONOLOGUE: THANKS GIVING IN THE WILDERNESS
This is the link to the monologue I have chosen for my vocal development programme. It is by Kellie Powell and is taken from her play " Thanks giving in the wilderness"
The play is about a young woman called Emily, who has given up all hope on all men as she has had so many problems with relationships in the past, she is very cynical of men, but one day she meets a strange man, who appeals to her, and he invites her to spend thanks giving with him in the countryside, she is thrilled but when she gets to his eery house, she meets the two guests he has invited, and they are two women he is also romantically linked with! It is quite a strange play, and overall makes men look like lazy, rude and heartless pigs!
My monologue is spoken by Emily's best friend Rita, who is fuming at the man who has hurt her best friend, and is tearing into him and letting her anger out on him, she is also comparing him to other men as well, she is generalizing men and comes across as a feminist, and she is extremely feisty. I love this monologue as I can relate to it, and I just generally love feminist monologues, as I am a bit of a feminist myself, and I love performing monologues that most girls can relate to.
MY MONOLOGUE:
You know what, dick head? (i changed this from " jack-ass to dick head, as I am not doing an American accent and jack-ass does not sound as strong with an English accent!)
I am SICK of guys like you! Sarcastic guys, who spend their time, pointing out the short comings of others, rolling their eyes, shaking their heads and making JOKES.
Your NOT unique, your just a pretentious bastard. I've had enough of guys like you, you supposedly damaged guys, who do not believe in monogamy anymore, who want to just sleep around with anything that moves, not caring about how other girls feel and then announcing that they are not "ready" to be somebodies boyfriend just yet.
You think HONESTY makes you a decent person?
But at the end of the day your still taking advantage of women, who do not seem to realise they can do BETTER.
Emily is an amazing girl, she is beautiful, smart and funny and if you think you can find another girl like her, you CAN'T. She is one of kind, and any man would be lucky to have her.
And you have treated her like a piece of shit! Do you know what, fuck you and fuck this, I give up, C'mon lets go home.
This monologue roughly lasts around 1min and 20 seconds, which I feel is a good amount of time for a monologue as it is not too short yet still staying under 2 minutes so it does not loose its importance. It is a good monologue as the beginning, middle and end all have a good structure and it never drifts off, it always stays on topic and has a strong argument and clear objectives.
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