Political Follies
Four-Way Monologue on Trump's 2016 Inauguration26 total reviews
Comment from Bill Schott
This script, Political Follies, gives voice to the President, past President and a couple of first ladies. The humor and irony is definitely there and the need for a change in leadership is apparent.
reply by the author on 26-Oct-2020
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This script, Political Follies, gives voice to the President, past President and a couple of first ladies. The humor and irony is definitely there and the need for a change in leadership is apparent.
Comment Written 25-Oct-2020
reply by the author on 26-Oct-2020
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The flipside of the review above! Glad you enjoyed the show. Thanks for stopping by, Bill. Cheers. LIZ
Comment from Lobber
hi - it's clever - very astute and clever - great insight and imagination - the challenge is to make each voice credibly that of the character and not another vehicle for writer's voice - would love to see how you would handle Baron's mono
- Lobber
reply by the author on 30-Aug-2020
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hi - it's clever - very astute and clever - great insight and imagination - the challenge is to make each voice credibly that of the character and not another vehicle for writer's voice - would love to see how you would handle Baron's mono
- Lobber
Comment Written 30-Aug-2020
reply by the author on 30-Aug-2020
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Thanks for stopping by! As you say, it is a challenge to channel such a motley crew and attempt to do them individual justice -- I sure had a ball in the attempt! Cheers. LIZ
Comment from elchupakabra
Your irreverent humor shines through in this piece, your voice definitely comes through in your writing. Great work on this parody type work, thanks for sharing. Later daze.
reply by the author on 30-Aug-2020
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Your irreverent humor shines through in this piece, your voice definitely comes through in your writing. Great work on this parody type work, thanks for sharing. Later daze.
Comment Written 30-Aug-2020
reply by the author on 30-Aug-2020
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Thanks for stopping by! It is a challenge to channel such a motley crew and attempt to do them individual justice -- I sure had a ball in the attempt! Cheers. LIZ
Comment from Alcreator Litt Dear
This is a realistic and practicable script of all four acts, I like and have enjoyed the read, the humour and irony of Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Melania and Donald; well said, well done; thanks for sharing this. ALCREATOR
reply by the author on 30-Aug-2020
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This is a realistic and practicable script of all four acts, I like and have enjoyed the read, the humour and irony of Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Melania and Donald; well said, well done; thanks for sharing this. ALCREATOR
Comment Written 30-Aug-2020
reply by the author on 30-Aug-2020
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Thanks--I had a ball writing this! Cheers. LIZ
Comment from Ric Myworld
Well, since I don't have any sixes, I'm glad that this piece doesn't need any to get the little green plus sign. I've become a hater of politics and politicians. All thieves and liars only wanting to line their own pockets. The biggest question to me being that out of nearly 400-million people, why is it we can never find two halfway-decent candidates to run for office? The answer is: because it takes at least 1-billion dollars to be a viable candidate who can win. Which means, these people have to have all been lying, cheating, butt-kissing, suckasses, for many years to have the clout or ever connected with the money it takes to run for President. Thanks for sharing.
reply by the author on 24-Jul-2020
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Well, since I don't have any sixes, I'm glad that this piece doesn't need any to get the little green plus sign. I've become a hater of politics and politicians. All thieves and liars only wanting to line their own pockets. The biggest question to me being that out of nearly 400-million people, why is it we can never find two halfway-decent candidates to run for office? The answer is: because it takes at least 1-billion dollars to be a viable candidate who can win. Which means, these people have to have all been lying, cheating, butt-kissing, suckasses, for many years to have the clout or ever connected with the money it takes to run for President. Thanks for sharing.
Comment Written 23-Jul-2020
reply by the author on 24-Jul-2020
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Spot on! Cheers. LIZ
Comment from lyenochka
Well, you certainly donned the verbal mannerisms of the the Clintons well. But I think Melania could use more awkward phrasings (liked that she's concerned for her son) and well, the trumpocrat probably would have used more unusual words like covfefe. Ah, politics! Praying for better leaders!!
reply by the author on 23-Jul-2020
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Well, you certainly donned the verbal mannerisms of the the Clintons well. But I think Melania could use more awkward phrasings (liked that she's concerned for her son) and well, the trumpocrat probably would have used more unusual words like covfefe. Ah, politics! Praying for better leaders!!
Comment Written 23-Jul-2020
reply by the author on 23-Jul-2020
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Amen! Thanks for stopping by. (covfefe?)
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I was referring to a typo in one of his tweets from 2017
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=covfefe
Comment from Gloria ....
LOL, this is a hoot, LIZ and I must say you particularly captured Hillary and Bill "Dick" Clinton very well. I also thought I sensed Bill would be none too pleased with the possibility of being America's First Gentleman. I mean think of it, it would've been a first and possibly even more historic than the first woman president.
Melania's characterization I thought a bit sparse, but she does play her cards very close to her vest so it's hard to estimate her depth other than that found on her $39 jacket emblazoned with "I don't really care, do you?" that she wore to a migrant child detention centre.
You went pretty easy on Trump, but then he does have his redeeming qualities as long as they all point toward him and have no depth.
One typo:
-much less of the whole-effin-country!--had [had] I not been ruthless and power-driven.
Really well written and I thoroughly enjoyed it all.
Gloria
reply by the author on 23-Jul-2020
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LOL, this is a hoot, LIZ and I must say you particularly captured Hillary and Bill "Dick" Clinton very well. I also thought I sensed Bill would be none too pleased with the possibility of being America's First Gentleman. I mean think of it, it would've been a first and possibly even more historic than the first woman president.
Melania's characterization I thought a bit sparse, but she does play her cards very close to her vest so it's hard to estimate her depth other than that found on her $39 jacket emblazoned with "I don't really care, do you?" that she wore to a migrant child detention centre.
You went pretty easy on Trump, but then he does have his redeeming qualities as long as they all point toward him and have no depth.
One typo:
-much less of the whole-effin-country!--had [had] I not been ruthless and power-driven.
Really well written and I thoroughly enjoyed it all.
Gloria
Comment Written 22-Jul-2020
reply by the author on 23-Jul-2020
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Thanks for the bonussssss Gloria--even more for your entertaining commentary! Clever snark re Trump's reedeming qualities. Typo fixed--nice catch! Cheers. LIZ
Comment from Mike Stevens
A fine post, and I do think Melania never expected, nor wanted her husband to become president, who would? And I'm one of the few, apparently, who thought Hillary would have made an excellent president. We'll never know now, unfortunately
reply by the author on 01-Jul-2020
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A fine post, and I do think Melania never expected, nor wanted her husband to become president, who would? And I'm one of the few, apparently, who thought Hillary would have made an excellent president. We'll never know now, unfortunately
Comment Written 01-Jul-2020
reply by the author on 01-Jul-2020
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Thanks so much Mike! How very nice of you to read this four act script for a measly two cents. I hope you got some entertainment value at least. Cheers. LIZ
Comment from Sandra Stoner-Mitchell
Sorry, has to be a virtual six, that was brilliant! I laughed at Melania, I can quite see her divorcing Donald when this is finally over. Be it this term or the next. As you said, no one knows for certain that he won't get in again. I really enjoyed all of this, another one to note, Bill Clinton, I had to laugh, had Hillary won, he would be her 'first man'! Really?? LOL! Well done, I loved this well written piece. :)) Sandra xx
reply by the author on 08-Feb-2020
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Sorry, has to be a virtual six, that was brilliant! I laughed at Melania, I can quite see her divorcing Donald when this is finally over. Be it this term or the next. As you said, no one knows for certain that he won't get in again. I really enjoyed all of this, another one to note, Bill Clinton, I had to laugh, had Hillary won, he would be her 'first man'! Really?? LOL! Well done, I loved this well written piece. :)) Sandra xx
Comment Written 08-Feb-2020
reply by the author on 08-Feb-2020
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Thank you, Sandra. I had great fun with this piece--I went into a trance, channeled these characters, and let them spew. I appreciate the would-be bonus. Cheers. LIZ
Comment from Spitfire
What a hoot. Although presented as four separate monologues, a skilled director could intersperse the parts to highlight the humor of these personalities.
reply by the author on 08-Feb-2020
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What a hoot. Although presented as four separate monologues, a skilled director could intersperse the parts to highlight the humor of these personalities.
Comment Written 07-Feb-2020
reply by the author on 08-Feb-2020
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Thank you, Shari. Happy to hear the hoot! I had a blast in the crafting. Actually, I shouldn't take credit--seemed like I just sat back and let 'em go at it. Cheers. LIZ
