Tootsie Monologue
| Tootsie by Larry Gelbart & Murray Schisgal | |
| Character: | Dorothy |
| Gender: | Male |
| Age (range): | 18 - 55 |
| Style: | Comedy/Drama |
| Length: | 3 minutes |
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Dorothy : Thank you, Gordon. Well, I cannot tell y'all how deeply
moved I am. I never in my wildest dreams imagined that I would be the
object of so much genuine affection. It makes it all the more difficult
for me to say what I'm now going to say. Yes; I do feel it's time to set
the record straight. You see, I didn't come here just as an administrator,
Dr. Brewster; I came to this hospital to settle an old score. Now you
all know that my father was a brilliant man - he built this hospital;
what you don't know is that to his family, he was an unmerciful tyrant
- an absolute dodo bird. He drove my mother, his wife, to - to drink;
in fact, she - uh, she - she went riding one time and lost all her teeth.
The son Edward became a recluse, and the oldest daughter - the pretty
one, the charming one - became pregnant when she was fifteen years old
and was driven out of the house. In fact, she was so terrified that she
would, uh, that, uh, that, that, that the baby daughter would bear the
stigma of illegitimacy that she, she - she decided to change her name
and she contracted a disfiguring disease -- after moving to Tangiers,
which is where she raised the, the, the little girl as her sister; but
her one ambition in life......was to become a nurse, so she returned to
the States and joined the staff right here at Southwest General. Well,
she worked here, she knew she had to speak up wherever she saw injustice
and inhumanity, God save us! You do understand that, don't you, Dr. Brewster?
[Dr Brewster responds]
Dorothy: Yes, you did! And she was shunned by all you nurses, too!
...... But she was deeply, deeply, deeply, deeply, deeply, deeply loved
by her brother. It was this brother who, on the day of her death, swore
to the good Lord above that he would follow in her footsteps, and, and,
and, and, and, and, and, and, and, just, just, just, just, just, just,
just, just, just, just owe it all up to her! But on her terms! As a woman,
and just as proud to be a woman as she ever was! For I am not Emily Kimberly,
the daughter of Dwayne and Alma Kimberly. No, I'm not.
