In this episode, Jeanne discusses a monologue she worked on from the TV show Threat Matrix. She plays a Cambodian woman who recounts her experiences of escaping the Khmer Rouge. I’ve visited Cambodia and seen first-hand some of the atrocities that happened there—just horrific, as we talk about.
You’ll hear Jeanne discuss:
how a book she had read two years earlier helped her initially with the audition and then again, once she booked the part how she ended up finding a sense of ease with the text
Plus, we talk about working on monologues that are stories set in the past vs. things that are happening right now!
It's a great session, and it was really wonderful to hear Jeanne’s process of connecting to this material.
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Jeanne's monologue (as Dara) from Threat Matrix
DARA
The stream bed, it was dry season
But the rocks still slippery
Uncle Sam help me, carry my baby
He say he have baby boy long time ago in the States
[AGENT FRANKIE: Did he talk about his boy, did he say his name?]
No, but he say worse pain in world
is losing family
[AGENT FRANKIE: How long did you walk?]
At least three hours, then no more
But Uncle Sam, he move quickly like he see in dark
Then he stop us at pool of water near big boulder
Uncle Sam say, many mines in jungle on side
Only way through water
Water deep, cold
Sam carry my baby high
On other side, we see small house
He had name for it.
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