Long videos · Monologue shadowing · 1989
Steel Magnolias: movie monologues to shadow
8 monologues from Steel Magnolias. 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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- B25 lines
Nobody's going to be hurt or disappointed or even inconvenienced.
Shelby's outburstSteel Magnolias · 1989The speech climbs from promises to accusation, ending on the sharpest line in the scene. - B26 lines
He was not a bad fellow, but I managed to run him off and marry the first of two total deadbeats.
Ouiser's self-mockerySteel Magnolias · 1989The complaint builds until it denies her whole life, funny and wounding at once. - B24 lines
Nancy Beth was discovered in a local motel with a high political official.
Clairee's gossipSteel Magnolias · 1989The tale grows bolder line by line and lands on a perfectly nasty image. - B25 lines
Why do you grow them?
Ouiser's Southern creedSteel Magnolias · 1989It builds a mock code of Southern womanhood and delivers it as unanswerable fact. - B25 lines
Well, I know what you're gonna do. You are gonna get in this car.
the older woman's pushSteel Magnolias · 1989She skips the sermon and takes charge, ending on a line that dissolves the whole argument. - B26 lines
I do not see plays because I can nap at home for free.
Ouiser's tiradeSteel Magnolias · 1989Her excuses pile up into a comic creed and land on an anecdote that defeats her own point. - B25 lines
But I just sat there.
M'Lynn's last nightSteel Magnolias · 1989Short broken lines slow time down and land on one soft word: peace. - B27 lines
I shouldn't have gone on the way I did.
Ouiser's apologySteel Magnolias · 1989She moves from apology to self-mockery, letting the room breathe again after tears.