4000 Miles: In-Depth Monologue Analysis (Leo)

We dipped our back tires in the Pacific, that's another corny thinhg you do, because then you're supposed to dip your front tires in the Atlantic when you get there. Which I have not done yet, incidentally, don't know why. And I got a little video of him dipping his back tire and pretending to fall off this rock into the sea because he was a fucking clown, you know, he was a gifted physical comedian, he could have done that for real.
And then there are all the pictures of him I don't remember taking, and maybe losing those is worse than losing the ones I do.
It took them about 45 minutes to get him out, and the funny thing was he hadn't sustained any trauma to his head or anything but he had been face down in the mud with hundreds of pounds of weight on him and he had suffocated. So the part that everyone's pissed at me about is that after I filled out all the paperwork at the police station and called his mom and my mom I got back on my bike and kept riding.

I tell everyone to READ THE PLAY so I'll always include a link to purchase the play if you're interested and want to support theatre as a whole. Soon I'll work on other ways to get involved but want to ensure that you guys actually enjoy the content before getting ahead of anything. Thanks!

https://www.amazon.com/4000-Miles-Amy...

4000 Miles is a wonderful play by Amy Herzog (2011) where I found one of my favorite monologues of all contemporary theatre. Leo is telling an emotional story to his great-grandmother, Vera, and culminates in this powerful and calm, roller-coaster monologue that is a favorite amongst college-aged actors. It starts with a read of the monologue and followed by analysis of the monologue on the script level, performance level, and actor's level (hopefully).

This is the first video I'm uploading for this channel, Mission: Audition. I'm creating this channel hopefully for several audiences: young and inexperienced actors who want to learn about how to approach monologue prep; experienced actors who want to review monologues that they think are in their range but haven't perfected/want to debate; theatre nerds like me who just love deep dives; and critics who just like to rip on everything they see regardless of the content (fortunately the theatre community is not as toxic as others). Since this is my first video I would love to get feedback in comments or messages, whether that's monologues I should review going forward, presentation critiques, suggestions, etc. Thanks for watching!