Long videos · Monologue shadowing · 2013
The Way Way Back: movie monologues to shadow
13 monologues from The Way Way Back. 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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- A29 lines
Since I've been dating your mom, I don't see you putting yourself out there, bud.
Trent's ten-point lectureThe Way Way Back · 2013It slides from blame to promise, raising the pressure while sounding kind. - B25 lines
Everybody's back this year. The Gales. The Hutchisons.
Betty's neighbor roll callThe Way Way Back · 2013She rattles off the whole neighborhood and sets the social rules in one breath. - B28 lines
So, how was your winter?
Betty's winter disaster reportThe Way Way Back · 2013Rape, coming out and divorce become small talk, which makes it all the more absurd. - B16 lines
She's being coy.
Owen's flirting boastThe Way Way Back · 2013He brags, answers himself and undercuts it, showing Owen's cocky charm. - B14 lines
In fact, it was decreed by its creator that this place shall never age.
the founder's dying wishThe Way Way Back · 2013He invents an absurd dying wish with a straight face, and the seriousness is the joke. - B25 lines
It happened inside the tube. So, no one really knows.
The tube legendThe Way Way Back · 2013Owen builds an absurd legend in deadpan, climbing from rumor to partying with Jesus. - B24 lines
Last I heard he went into a deep depression.
The legend growsThe Way Way Back · 2013He turns a quiet kid into a fallen star, and the straight face is what sells the joke. - B14 lines
Ever since I was a small Cambodian child.
Owen's invented lifeThe Way Way Back · 2013He stretches one lie from childhood to war to clown fighting, deadpan the whole way. - B15 lines
When I was younger, my dad used to bring me down here to do this all the time.
Susanna on her fatherThe Way Way Back · 2013She slides from crab trivia to her mother's joke, carrying warmth and hurt in one breath. - B16 lines
But it's your first day? Worst-case scenario.
Owen's pep talkThe Way Way Back · 2013He opens with the worst case, then hands over a T-shirt as armor, absurd and effective. - B15 lines
I need a hero.
The hero broadcastThe Way Way Back · 2013He turns a movie lyric into a rescue plea, grand and ridiculous at once. - B24 lines
The creator never wanted the place to change.
the creator's dying wishThe Way Way Back · 2013A deathbed wish explains why the park stays shabby, delivered with mock solemnity. - B15 lines
He gets so excited.
the ghost crab lessonThe Way Way Back · 2013She delivers a crab fact like a family legend, and the earnestness shows the bond.