Monologue Madness |
| Published: July 29, 2008, 8:00 am |
| Tags: theater, so gay, asian america, monologue madness |
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[For this week's edition of Monologue Madness, we go to Model Minorities (2000) which at one time was called Model Citizens a play about Asian-American fashion models, the outrage of minority groups, an anchorman in limbo after a suicide, and a sock puppet who claims to be god. Despite being a runner-up for the National Play Award and despite being perhaps my most ambitious piece, it has never been produced. Oh, well. (By the way, playwrights, that's how you should handle rejection. "Oh, well.")I have read the following monologue on occasion during Jukebox Stories because it's just too damn good to not be seen or heard by the public. I'm taking it one step further by presenting it to you here and now. I hope you like it.](Loud drum music. A lone spotlight shines down on nothing. After a few more beats of the music, VIOLET (20s, Japanese American), wearing jeans and a tank top, floats down from above the stage. She is hooked to a thick white rope. The music stops as soon as her [ Full article ] |
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