Last night | Last night, right from the start i knew i was bombing |
I sounded | I sounded big an phony, real thee and thou, and then i started rushing it…hi welcome to denmark |
I just couldnt | I just could not connect. I couldnt get ahold of it. And while im, babbling, i look out and theres this guy |
In the second | In the second row, a kid, like 16, obviously dragged there. And he’s yawning, jiggling his leg, and reading his program |
And I just | And I just wanted to say, hey kid, I’m with you, I can’t stand this either. But I couldn’t do that, so I just kept feeling worse and worse |
Just drowninng | Just drowning. And I thought, okay, all my questions are answered, I’m not Hamlet, in no actor, what am I doing here |
And then | And then I get to the soliloquy, the big job, I’m right in the headlights, and I thought, oh Christ, the hell with it. Just do it |
To be or not to be | To be or not to be, that is the question. Wether tis nobler in the mind to suffer. The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. |
Or to take | Or to take arms against a sea of troubles. And by opposing, end them |
And i | And I kept going, I finished the speech, and I look out and there’s the kid, and he’s listing, the whole audience, complete silence, total focus |
And I | And I was Hamlet. And it lasted about 10 more seconds, then I was back in hell. And I stayed there. |
But for | But for that one little bit, for that one speech, I got it. I had it. Hamlet, and only about 8000 more lines to go. |
I hate Hamlet monologue
September 7, 2019