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She gets the winter passion and I get the dotage? What am I supposed to do?Īm I supposed to sit at home knitting and purling while you slink back like some penitent drunk? I’m your wife, damn it!Īnd if you can’t work up a winter passion for me, the least I require is respect and allegiance! … Is that what’s left for me? Is that my share? Your last roar of passion before you settle into your emeritus years. This is your great winter romance, isn’t it? Or, or some broad that you picked up after three belts of booze. I’m damned if I’m gonna stand here and have you tell me you’re in love with somebody else! Because this isn’t a convention weekend with your secretary, is it? Go to a hotel, go live with her, but don’t come back!īecause, after 25 years of building a home and raising a family and all the senseless pain that we have inflicted on each other, Valerie.Ī monologue from the screenplay by Paddy Chayefsky I hope that the world turns and that things get better.īut what I hope most of all is that you understand what I mean when I tell you that even though I do not know you,Īnd even though I may never meet you, laugh with you, cry with you, or kiss you, I love you. With all my heart, I love you. I hope that, whoever you are, you escape this place. We must never lose it or give it away. We must never let them take it from us. An inch – it is small and it is fragile, and it is the only thing in the world worth having. It seems strange that my life should end in such a terrible place, but for three years I had roses and apologised to no-one. They took Ruth while she was out buying food. I remember how “different” became dangerous. While things like “Norsefire” and the “Articles of Allegiance” became powerful. How unfamiliar words like “collateral” and “rendition” became frightening… I remember how the meaning of words began to change. It was the most precious moment of my life so far.Ī monologue from the screenplay by the Wachowskis I was there when this wonderful person drifted into this world, and I was there when she drifted out. I just sat there holding Shelby‟s hand while the sounds got softer and the beeps got farther apart until all was quiet. Men are supposed to be made of steel or something.īut I couldn’t leave. I was afraid that I wouldn’t survive the next few minutes while they turned off the machines.ĭrum couldn‟t take it. I kept on pushing…just like I always have where Shelby was concerned…hoping she‟d sit up and argue with me.īut finally we all realized there was no hope. (talking, through tears, about the last minutes with Shelby) I stayed there. Steel MagnoliasĪ monologue from the screenplay by Robert Harling Million Dollar Baby 19 Best Dramatic Monologues For Women From Movies 1. 19 Best Dramatic Monologues For Women From Movies.
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