Have to perform something: Need help chosing a monologue/thing to read.

Chop Logic

So, for this local community college competition, I have to perform a monologue, but the thing is, it doesn't have to be a monologue, it can be anything. I could read the back of a pop-tarts box or an excerpt from a history textbook as long as it relates to the theme. The theme is, 'Operation: Green'. So I can use green to relate to jealousy, money, environmentalism, I could even read an article about Allen Greenspan if I really wanted to.

I really have no idea what to choose though, and its coming up soon. If anyone has ANY ideas, I'd love to hear them, it could literally be anything relating to the theme.

Thanks.

Chop Logic

Anybody?

Pants Man

it's a little long, but patrick henry's give me liberty or give me death speech is INSANE

if you can sell it, you'll give everybody chills.

Pants Man

oops, my bad. missed part of your post.

http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/oconnell.htm

that might be good for you

Pico

How about this?


Godfather: Part II, The (1974)

Hyman Roth: There was this kid I grew up with - he was younger than me. Sorta looked up to me - you know. We did our first work together - worked our way out of the street. Things were good, we made the most of it. During Prohibition - we ran molasses into Canada - made a fortune - you father, too. As much as anyone, I loved him - and trusted him. Later on he had an idea - to build a city out of a desert stop-over for GI's on the way to the West Coast. That kid's name was Moe Green - and the city he invented was Las Vegas. This was a great man - a man of vision and guts. And there isn't even a plaque - or a signpost - or a statue of him in that town! Someone put a bullet through his eye. No one knows who gave the order - when I heard it, I wasn't angry; I knew Moe - I knew he was head-strong, talking loud, saying stupid things. So when he turned up dead - I let it go. And I said to myself, this is the business we've chosen - I didn't ask who gave the order - because it had nothing to do with business!

mark

You may find something on:

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/

(the most wonderful website about speeches I know of)

Preacher

Go for something from the Bill Pullman archives, if you want to be quirky he has a lot of monologues from Zero Effect, if you want to be inspiring do the Independence day Speech.

Fawkes

Tip, don't do a monologue from a film, chances are the audience have seen the film and you don't match up to the original.

If you want to go that route, pick some popular play-cum-films which have good monologues in, are well enough known by people, but perhaps not in the theatre version, and which one actor hasn't indelibly imprinted his version into the public consciousness. Also usually best to avoid Shakespeare if you don't know how to do it (you don't).

tech_hunter

The Raven

Whoops I went back and read all of your post, uhh the ingrdients off of a mountain dew bottle?