Drama, Monday, Period 2 [6/22]

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"Today is our last class. I've very much enjoyed our time here, so while, as I said, I wanted all of you to do your presentations today-- and that is not canceled--" Sophie smiled. "You may do them on whatevery you wish. Why you should be President. Your Oscar acceptance speech for Best Actor, Actress, or F/X Coordinator. Your reasons on why we should all convert to Jainism. A monologue from Shakespeare's Amleth. Have at it!"

"And please have some of the muffins and cookies here. I hope to see some of you in the class I hope to be teaching next semester. And of course, those of you who are in the play-- I'll see you tomorrow."


[OCD on its way up!]

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Re: ACT!

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"I'm very proud," Eric began, and then hesitated, licked his lips; he rested his hands at the modded, oh noes podium. "I'm grateful to have won for the school, but there was another article that was to have been included in the school magazine. It was, ah, censored because it was about a young man who... just happens to be gay.

"I wrote that article." Eric's hands flexed, gripped a little tighter on the podium. "I wish you could have read it," he continued, his voice tight with emotion, "so that you could understand.

"I'm tired of feeling sad and scared. I want to have friends who like me for who I am. I want to be part of a family who loves me for who I am, and not who I pretend to be to keep their love!"

Eric stepped away from the podium, stepped forward; he advanced on the class. "Have you any idea?" he asked them, anger, fear, and sadness mixed on his face. "God, there must be more of you feel like this, like I do, just... too frightened to speak out!" He looked over his gathered classmates, waited, one beat, two, three. "Thanks for proving my point," he said, laughing just a little, self-deprecatingly.

"I'm sorry, Mom, Dad," Eric said, shaking his head. "But you can bet your life you're not the only parents here with a gay son.

"It's only love," he finished. "What's everyone so scared of?"

[Monologue from Get Real (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162973/); any mistakes mine, as I don't have the movie handy to check it against and I haven't actually performed the monologue in, uh, five years.]

Re: ACT!

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"Very nicely done," Sophie said in appreciation. "Anything you want to share about your choice of monologue?"

Re: ACT!

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Eric smiled softly. "It's from a movie," he admitted, "not a play, but I'm really fond of it. And the monologue means a lot to me; it's the first gay movie I ever saw."

Re: ACT!

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"Ahh." Sophie nodded. "A good choice, then, since you have such a strong connection with the script. And you don't have to fake any of the levels of emotion." She smiled gently at Eric. "Wonderfully done. And I look forward to being in the play with you this coming term."