David Chiu

Tonight in class I performed another paraphrase of the Edmund Pollard monologue. I was trying to address the notes Tom gave me on my last performance. He wanted me to be more passionate and more like Bacchus who is half man, half beast. So tonight I was preparing my performance thinking of vampires, seduction and the old Nine Inch Nails song, Closer.

Well I came on strong in my performance hitting the emotions I prepared to express. The only problem was that my interpretation was completely wrong. Tom said I was way too evil and sounded like evil Zargon from outer space, or I was from the underworld. He said no one would want to party with me or join me. The entire class started laughing like crazy. It was pretty funny. I guess I went way over the top with the beastly passion. Instead I’m suppose to be seducing and inspiring people to join me in my hedonistic ways. I’m suppose to be challenging and inviting people to party with me.

Tom asked me to try it again and the third time I performed the paraphrase Tom said I was now headed in the right direction for the monologue. He said I need to continue to be more playful and let my own personality seep through a bit more.

So next week I will be performing the monologue using the original text. Hopefully I won’t come off evil again…