Feet Up
- Comedy
- Monologue
- 1 min
- Male role
- Adult
- Beginner
Casting
4 lines- MOI Male role, Adult your role
Excerpt
MOI
No, no, I am not annoyed. Do I look annoyed? I am putting the plates away. Very calmly. Listen how gently I am putting them away.
It is simply that, and I say this without any aggression whatsoever, for three years I have been asking for feet to be lifted when I vacuum. Three years. A simple request. Feet. Up. Three seconds.
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