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Monologue Mania Day #1082 I Hate Jews! (the monologue) by Janet S. Tiger (c) Jan. 29, 2017
Yesterday's post was the play with two characters Day 1081
Yesterday's post was the play with two characters Day 1081
© I Hate Jews!
by Janet S. Tiger all rights reserved
I HATE JEWS! By Janet S. Tiger ©
Jan. 27, 2017
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(Young
man enters, he is angry. This is Bryan, and he looks at his father,
sitting in an easy chair, reading.)
BRYAN- I hate
Jews! Didja hear me, Dad? I said
that I hate Jews!
From the first day I
remember you tellin' me stuff, I knew Jews were the enemy, and they were the
worst, because the others didn't have money like the Jews, and the Jews used
all their money to keep us down.
(Listens, shakes head)
BRYAN - What’s
eatin' my ass now...you know that girl I been hangin' out with, Christie?
(Clenches
fists)
BRYAN - Dad!
Don’t talk about her that way….that's my...my girl...and we’re kinda
thinkin about getting’ married……(listens, annoyed) No, she’s not pregnant! (Sighs) But, her father is big into
family....before we get, you know married or have a baby...
(He waves some papers, his father takes them)
BRYAN -
Christie, she saw this ad on TV.....(Breathes heavy) She wanted to
know who I was, what our family was. So she sent some of my DNA in…and these,
these are the results, Dad.....
(He points to something on the pages)
BRYAN - There,
read that! Eastern European
ancestry...... do you know what that means?
(shakes his head
sadly) No, it doesn’t mean some of our
ancestors were Pollacks. Incredible!
Boy this harder than I thought.....when she saw that, she made me get
tested for all these diseases, and you know what came up?
Tay Sachs….and no, it’s not something to eat…. (Scornful) It's a
disease....you idiot...
(He gets smacked across the face, pulls back)
BRYAN - It's a
bad disease, kind of like it kills your baby.....
It's a disease
(reading)...primarily found ...in Ashkenazi Jews.....
(Watches, nods)
BRYAN - No
punch? No reaction at all? Do you know what that means, Dad?
It's from the patrilineal side - that means you, Dad! That's
means... there's a Jew in the woodpile!
(The papers are ripped from his hands, fall on the floor.)
BRYAN - That's
really smart, I guess the Polish part landed in you, right?
(He almost gets smacked but this time he ducks)
BRYAN - It's
just a copy, we have the originals.....did you know? Or did you suspect
that all along because you love money so much!
(He listens, is amazed)
BRYAN - Wow! So
it’s true…..and you always knew…You can’t turn away now, you hafta
listen…..unless I was adopted, I’m part Jew…..how can I hate, part of me……
(Puts the papers away, stands, then
turns to the audience))
BRYAN - And then my Dad hugged me, and we had a beer
together……
And that’s exactly how it went…..in
my brain….the truth is, my father beat the crap
outta me – I still
have a scar here…..
(Points to his temple)
BRYAN - And I haven’t seen my father in four
years…..and I broke up with Christie, because she didn’t wanna marry a Jew, let
alone one with a marker for a disease! And
my brothers and sisters don’t talk to me….and I don’t get it, I mean, they have
Jewish blood, too? Right?
So here I am, rabbi,
ready to learn….but first, just one question…..how do I stop hating….myself?
(Blackout. Not the end for prejudice)
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Member Dramatists Guild since 1983
Playwright-in-Residence
Swedenborg Hall 2006-8
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