Punk!...
Criminal!...
Why do these words always slip out of peoples mouths & cross peoples minds when skateboarding is brought up?
Why do I get kicked out of parks for simply expressing myself… *loud whisper* with my feet!
A harmless form of physical expression, viewed almost as a crime to some.
A sport that couldn't hurt ANYONE… well-unless I were to like 360 shove it and land on my tailbone breaking my spine-but I digress!
…Some people say skateboarding isn't even a sport.
Well to them I say, skateboarding isn't ONLY a sport...
Skateboarding is an ART!!!
But why don't people see it that way..?
WHY when I coast through the streets of Lima on my board, I'm stereotyped as some punk?!
And WHY when I practice complex flips and spins for hours on end, I'm seen as someone who is guilty of some kind of trouble?!
Hah..
I'll show em' trouble…
I'll boardslide their hand railings.
I'll powerslide on their front porch.
I'll pressure flip into their garden!
I'll throw my skateboard at their car door!!
I'll smash their windows with my skateboards trucks!!!-
AND THEN… they'll realize, that skateboarding… is an ART.
Explanation:
At the end, I am aware I made this character contradict himself. I did this because it's part of the message. In my experiences, most people look poorly upon skateboarders and think they're all 'hoodlums.' I find anyone who starts skateboarding and becomes more immersed in the culture seems to end up doing hoodlum-type things, because a big chunk of society EXPECTS them to.
Pedro-- you have a talent. This monologue is fantastic.
ReplyDeleteI'm still digesting the end of it. I see what you were trying to do, and you accomplished it. Almost like a "so there" at everyone who judges you. A Catch-22 situation that makes everyone lose.
The question is, did you want this to be your point? Did you want to prove the violators of your human rights right by adding that ending? Did you want to tell them they judged correctly, or that their judgements came true because skateboarders couldn't handle the pressure and caved into their stereotype? I think you've hit on something good here--like the dumb blonde scenario, that many are stupid because they're expected to be, or the "asians are good at math" stereotype, where many work so hard because it's expected (I was shocked by this while in China).... the list continues.
A lot of food for thought here. My question remains. Did you really want to end your monologue that way? What's your point?