Long videos · Monologue shadowing · 2008
Front of the Class: movie monologues to shadow
8 monologues from Front of the Class. Original audio, one line at a time, with a pause to say it back.
- 1Full speech: hear it once
- 2Shadow: repeat each line
- 3Blind: listen, then reveal
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- B24 lines
I know, but I would like to tell you just like I tell the kids in my classes.
Brad explains his Tourette'sFront of the Class · 2008He turns a frightening condition into something ordinary by comparing it to a sneeze. - B25 lines
Returning Dad's call... [chuckles] I had to prepare for that.
Brad on his fatherFront of the Class · 2008A wry laugh leads into the ache of a childhood spent testing his father's patience. - B17 lines
Stand here, listen, listen up. Focus, please, all right?
The father's parting lectureFront of the Class · 2008The pressure builds line by line, packing a father's impatience and helplessness into a doorway. - B18 lines
Listen, you know, those teachers and that doctor, to them it's all about bad parenting which, of course, comes down to me because I'm the only one here.
The mother's phone monologueFront of the Class · 2008She speaks for everyone else first, then slowly exposes how alone and worn down she is. - B26 lines
I want to make teaching my life. [barking]
Explaining Tourette's in an interviewFront of the Class · 2008He moves from his dream to his condition, as calm as a teacher and as honest as a confession. - B24 lines
The Americans with Disabilities Act gives us the right to do anything or go anyplace that we want to.
A patient's bitter speechFront of the Class · 2008He raises the law first, then punctures it line by line, and the gap between rights and life stings. - B24 lines
Make a fresh start.
Brad's memory of middle schoolFront of the Class · 2008Three short lines and one tic carry the whole slide from hope to disappointment. - B17 lines
You're right. Drop!
A father's late confessionFront of the Class · 2008He moves from admitting the stares to admitting helplessness, then finally takes the blame.