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Start: They ganged up on me, carnal. Yo...

Rudy Reyna

Zoot Suit

Luis Valdez

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Character
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Late Teen
Style
Dramatic
Act/Scene
Act Two, Scene Nine
Time & Place
Los Angeles, 1944, barrio
Length
Medium
Time Period
Contemporary
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Thirteen Plus (PG-13)

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They ganged up on me, carnal. You left me and they ganged up on me. You shouldn’t have done it carnal. Why didn’t you take me with you. For the jefitos?

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End:

They stripped me, carnal. Bertha saw them strip me. Hijos de la chingada, they stripped me.

For full extended monologue, please refer to clips or the script edition cited here: Luis Valdez, Zoot Suit: A Bilingual Edition, Arte Público Press, 1992, pp. 81.

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