In our Advanced English course, we presented a little drama with the theme of discrimination. My first dramatization, and we presented it to an audience!
At an airport, a mexican businessman traveling was challenged because of his race. Our drama was about this man who is treated poorly by a TSA officer when the full body scanner chooses him for a random checkup. To give it a little comic atmosphere to the whole drama, we had chosen to name the mexican after a south american character from the Disney Channel series The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Esteban Julio Ricardo Montoya de la Rosa Ramirez.
I played a good, kind TSA officer. My role was to work as a contrast when Esteban faced the second, tough and rude, TSA officer.
I think we all were a bit nervous as this was the first drama for most of us. But everything went well and nobody forgot their lines. Having finished the drama felt really good. after hearing Esteban say his last words, a big weight was lifter off from everybody's shoulders. I could see this in each member of our group.
We also got to see our other companions present their dramas as they part of the audience along with other people we didn't know. They also presented their dramas really well.
Along with every drama, the professor had asked us to integrate a poem that would add to the topic of discrimination. We chose a poem by Maya Angelou. "Still I Rise" talks about being left out and treated "like dust," as if one were useless or meaningless. Our group decided this poem was a good addition to the drama. Esteban says parts of the poem back at the second TSA officer when the officer said "wetbacks."
Overall, it was a good experience to get to write and act out a drama in front of a public. This obviously adds to my list of experiences as a college student.
Here is a link to "Still I Rise"where the author talks about the poem and recites it.
--https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXCHKWFmU2s
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