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AKASHA'S MONOLOGUE AND THEATRE

So if you liked TVL 03.05 and, in particular, loved Akasha's 4 pages interior/monologue, you might want to know that the writers of this ep were Daniel Hart (yes, the composer musician behind every Lestat's song) and Hannah Moskovitch, main writer for the mind-blowing ep 01 and in the writers room since the beginning of IWTV. She is an acclaimed playwright and if you're a former theatre kid like me, the *moment* you heard Akasha start talking you also felt a little somersault in your little curtains-dusty heart, because that's exactly that kind of stuff only a stage writer would dare to write. It made me tear a bit too that she picked the exact teenage-rambling vibe with her words (girl to girl, who didn't fill their diaries with pages on pages of existential questions?) to open the road for the immortal queen. Also, Hannah is indicated as the only writer for ep07, which was described by Rolin as the best episode of the series so...thank you Hannah, and Sheila, you will be missed. Till S04.

Here's the transcript of the monologue:

She, she, she, it is she

It is often she

And in the old songs and in the long nights

She holds him in the softness of her arms

In her arms that are open, in her arms that are wide

That are open, that are always,

That must always be open.

And in the old ways

And in the old laws,

This was arranged

All this was arranged

And who arranged it? Did Amel?

{And in the long nights, and in the soft dark, she is (?near?) and that is the answer.}

And that is what it means to be loved.

{That’s why she lies limp in the straw?}

It is Amel. It is always Amel.

It is often she (?)

Into the land where the dead are kept,

Where the dead are worshipped.

{And why in the dark? And why (?) And why still here? And why still here as the millennia unfold…}

And why the days without number

And what am I for?

What is this for?

And what should Amel do with it if not to answer?

And why are they throwing stones?

And why is she curled on the ground?

And why is it wound {around her throat}?

{And why must she drink?}

And why must he break her?

And why with his hands, and why with his fists?

And in my eyes is desire.

Why is it desire? How do you know it’s desire?

How can you know it’s desire if my eyes must be lowered?

And if you are alive then so am I

And all the old songs and all the long nights

Are lies told by the old Gods

And why am I offered, when none of us wants to be offered?

And why does he tell her what God has said?

And why Amel in their mouths?

And why must my voice be smooth?

And why must I sing so low?

And why is she kept?

Why must she be kept?

And why in this place must she be kept?

And what does it mean if you are not asked?

And what does it mean if you are not answered?

And what is it to see and to know, but to be told…

You have not seen, you have not known

And why is her tongue cut out?

And why is her death prolonged?

And when will it stop? And who will stop it?

And why must they, must we, must I, must he, must they, as the millenia unfold?

Why the girl curled? Why her eyes lowered?

Why on the side of the road? why limp in the straw?

I am the girl!

I am the god!

I am the voice!

I am the song!

I am the night!

And I can answer!

I can arrange it!

I can say rise, and I can say speak!

And I am her! And I am she!

And I-I-I-I-I am the answer!

#Akasha #hannah moskovitch #oh to be in the writers room #akasha #IwTv #akasha tvl #the vampire lestat #also sam reid dangling from the ceiling was hilarious #the whole episode was beautiful #...not a fan of the song sorry #interview with the vampire #ann rice #no idea how they are going to handle the who Amel situation #it's the same problem they'll have with Dune #writers write absurdly good first and second books then go bonkers #rolin jones #sheila atim #amel iwtv #amel