I found an awesome monologue poem from the new Hulu comedy show “THIS FOOL”.
In this latino comedy about life after being released from prison, Frankie Quiñones plays a character named Luis.
In this funny, but not funny misdirection monologue poem, Luis relates what the California prison system did to him to the movie Austin Powers and he ends up saying some incredibly profound stuff.
This monologue poem is 11 tercet stanzas where the 1st and 3rd lines rhyme but the 2nd line (represented by an X) never rhymes. So you end up with a rhyme scheme that looks like this: axa, bxb, cxc, dxd, exe, fxf, gxg, hxh, ixi, jxj, kxk.
If I were to perform this monologue poem, I would do some misdirection with how I speak the lines. I would start out by making the audience think I’m gonna be funny. I would start off talking comically about the Austin Powers movie. Then when the audience least expects it, I would would turn serious and profound by comparing the Austin Powers movie with the California prison system. I may even try to do this monologue with a cool southern California latino accent.
This is a latino comedy, but I think people of all nationalities and ethnicities will be able to relate to this show. Check out the monologue poem BELOW, then please LIKE, COMMENT ON, and FOLLOW this blog.
James Ivan 