But without these things I cannot live; and by your wanting to take them away from me, or from any human creature, I know that your counsel is of the devil, and that mine is of God. THERE YOU GO :)
I could do without my war horse; I could drag about in a skirt; I could let the banners and the trumpets and the knights and soldiers pass me and leave me behind as they leave the other women, if only I could still hear the wind in the trees, the larks in the sunshine, the young lambs crying through the healthy frost, and the blessed blessed church bells that send my angel voices floating to me on the wind.
...But to shut me from the light of the sky and the sight of the fields and flowers; to chain my feet so that I can never again ride with the soldiers nor climb the hills; to make me breathe foul damp darkness, and keep from me everything that brings me back to the love of God when your wickedness and foolishness tempt me to hate Him: all this is worse than the furnace in the Bible that was heated seven times.
This is the whole monologue: Yes: they told me you were fools (the word gives great offence), and that I was not to listen to your fine words nor trust to your charity. You promised me my life; but you lied (indignant exclamations). You think that life is nothing but not being stone dead. It is not the bread and water I fear; I can live on bread; when have I asked for more? It is no hardship to drink the water if the water be clean. Bread has no sorrow for me, and water no affliction...
I got goose bumps 5 seconds into this and I don't even know who St. Joan IS! And I cried at the end. I'm so sad. That was beautiful. I always go into the bathroom and look in a mirror and make up instances where I'm sad or someone else or in a certain mood and start crying and get all emotional and I didn't think there was a name for that type of thing, NOW I know it's called the Amy Walker. !
this is great. this is what i need because i will also be presenting this monologue. it's challenging and very different from my character but after seeing Amy, she is truly amazing. she gave me ideas on how to present it. even if there were no gestures, the emotion, attitude and the delivery of lines showed the character. amazing.
i no someone just like amy walker she can sing and act really well she always makes me laugh but she is a young carer she looks after her mum with MS and brother who is blind and her dad has anger ishues so she often comes into school with cuts and burns on her hands and face she is the funnyest person i know thumbs up for rosa .
of all of the renditions of this monologue I have seen, yours by far is the best. you portray the emotions and the greif with such subtlety that a lot of other preformers can't grasp. love it.
@Samuel0Aleksej the emotion is called empathy, it is art of great theater and film to make each human soul connect to the story in a special way and thereby evolve... amy actually has a song she wrote as a parody on how actors do not/can not perform great roles in great films until they play a vampire queen, etc.
some of us get really pissy when it comes to shoddy work holywood can produce (that new adam sandler one) & get called snobs. but this is why we are so. we want works to move us
o...m...g i actually had to do this monologue for my theater class and i wasn't sure how to do it since me and this character are very different but after watching this video i feel i have a better view of this character more than i ever had on my own. Thank you I just know I'll ROCK this audition because you truly lit the fire in my heart to do Saint Joan proud when i go on stage ^_^
whd2002 - wow, fail? this is the best version of this monologue I've yet on youtube, I only wish it was the whole thing. her expressions are absolutely vital to the delivery of this piece, I fail to see what you found so disgusting about it.
Get over yourself. Quit "performing". All your little perfected moves just detract from the communication of character. They don't have any real depth; they're just parts of a puzzle assembled, line by line, to give an impression. All I'm getting from this is High School Drama major doing dinner theater.
So set this video aside and go do something else, like selling cars or working in a state park. After six months, look at it again. Then adjust; then you're ready.
Recently i saw you on youtube and really i am impressed by you. I can definitely predict a bright future of you, not less then an Oscar. God bless you.
Well done! The ONLY thing, just like MSLU9 said, you're making the character a little too vulnerable. If you put a little more anger and resentment into it, you'll be PERFECT!
not bad, but it is a bit out of character and too mechanical. An actor is a good actor when he makes the impression he isn't playing, he IS that character and that's exactly what you fail to acomplish. Still, pretty decent.
I really like this monouloge! I think you show a very voulnubale site of Joan, don`t you think she was more strong and mabye angry! More character and less yourself!
When you look left or right, your eyes move all over the place. I'd recommend you imagine specific people sitting in specific places. It'll keep your eyes focused - as if you literally are talking to multiple distinct people.
everytime i watch this vid, it gives me goose bumps, because she's so good, the emotion, i can already visualize what joan of arc felt during the last minutes of her life
My great untie dreamt she was st joan of arc , the next day she got set on fire , she died in hospital , maybe i'm crazy but i think thats a bit weird to be just a coincidence. R.I.P.sandra.
By the way amy i love all your videos no matter what you do it's always very impressive.xxx
I thought Shaw expressly didnt want to be his Joan melodramatic at all! But to speak in general: Of the three poetic plays about Jeanne, those of Schiller, Shakespeare and Shaw, I prefer Schiller's, despite he depicted Jeanne as a avenging Nemesis of national liberation with the attributes of Athena and Marry [what is like fire and water put into one container]; I wouldnt have minded if Shakespeare made her just an evil witch but let her deny her father and confess sexual intercourse: No way!
jkilmer: What do you know of Joan's last moments? Have you the arrogance to attempt to reconstruct her posthumously with snippets or cheap factoids from history books? This portrayal IS artful simply because it was created to be so. Whether you like or appreciate it is separate matter altogether; so, please do not attempt to label it "artless" by throwing bits of vague historical innuendo at it.
Artless is the defining element here, yet, in context of craft...as for a guileless (artless) portrayal crucial to sacred demand, "HARDLY!" This pretentious pose is an affront to sanctity...Joan of Arc would "vehemently" resist, if not cut your head off with a sword! Booooooooooooo!
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This is too pleading! And Joan was not! she had nothing to live for except God. She knew that she would go to heaven and she was bascially saying F*** you i dont care! When i first saw this a month ago i thought it was pretty good but now that iv learned this monolgue and see it now its really pathetic. Dont you dare try to change Benerd Shaw's words! You took out a whole part that was missing and the monolgue was just lost.
Oh yeah, now you're just EXPLAINING. Your last comment was not explaining in the way you think. "dont you dare"? "it's really pathetic." *applauds* That some beautiful explaining there. People are free to do whatever interpretation they want. That's why Amy is so creative. She likes to try new thigns and see how it can work. Maybe I havnt read the play, but I know that you have freedom to change it in however way you like. There is no such thing as wrong. If everyone did the same,it be boring.
But it's the ultimate rudeness to change the playwright's intentions. You can't manipulate the monologue just so the speech will sound more dramatic. That said, it wasn't that bad. I just didn't feel- much.
whooooa. sooo overacted. i didn't believe one word of this monologue. it was completely manufactured emoting.speak like a person, not your "IDEA" of the character.you are acting a "state" and not actually experiencing the circumstances.
Brilliant. Simply brilliant. This was the first monologue I performed when I was in 7th grade... I give you a standing ovation for this spectacular performance.
I can barely move after watching this clip. Every time I have watched this clip. Amy, your delivery is brilliant. When you deliver the line "you promised me life" depicts shock, betrayal, and sorrow all at the same time. Words can't describe the emotions I feel when watching you perform St. Joan as corny as that may sound. You are a true talent. It's hard to critique when I'm immediately pulled in and feel how she is feeling. Aw, is the only way I can decribe this clip.
That was really great! I love that play so much. Remember though that St. Joan was from Lorraine, which has a very delicate accent, and you slip out of it very easily. It's so similar to Dutch, German, English and French that it's easy to mess up into one of the above. You usually have it, but be careful.
Perpetual imprisonment? Am I not then to be set free? Give me that in writing. Light your fire. Do you think I dread it as much as the life of a rat in a hole? My voices were right. Yes, they told me that you were fools. That I should not listen to your fine words, nor trust to your charity. You promised me my life but you lied. You think that life is nothing but not being stone dead.
It is not the bread and water I fear. I can live on bread, when have I asked for more? It is no hardship to drink the water if the water be clean. But to shut me from the light of the sky, and the sight of the field and flowers; to chain my feet so I can never again ride with the soldiers nor climb the hills; to make me breathe foul, damp darkness and keep me from everything that brings me back to the love of God when your wickedness and your foolishness tempt me to hate him:
all of this is worse than the furnace in the Bible that was heated seven times. I could do without my warhorse. I could drag about in a skirt. I could let the banners and the trumpets and the knights and the soldiers pass me and leave me behind as they leave all of the other women. If only I could still hear the wind in the trees, the larks in the sunshine, the young lambs crying out through a healthy frost, and the blessed, blessed church bells that send my angel voices floating to me on
the wind. But without these things I cannot live. And by your wanting to take these things away from me or from any human creature i know that your council is of the Devil and that mine is of God!
Sorry for the multiple posts, but it wouldn't let me put it all into one response. You sort of have to read them from the bottom up. I have my portrayal on youtube as well.
that was really really good but the play is called the lark we did it in school about two years ago and the play way actually called 'the lark' obviously due to the really moving end monologue. The people below are right you should do it in your own accent it sounds more realistic
I happened to search for this exact monologue on youtube because I'm doing it for a theatre competition, and I really like how you did it. Your face is very expressive, and that contributes a lot to the monologue, especially because you are seated and only visible from the shoulders up.
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I just saw you on T.V. Even with multiple personality disorders you still fell comfortable doing some of your accents from your illness. I commend you for your bravery showing some of your "21 Accents."
multiple personalities?? what? are you dumb or something. she does not have that disorder. its called acting. have you ever heard of it? you portray different people and it is not an illness! i know amy personally and its lame to make assumptions like that.
Bruceoldham needs to get a life and enjoy the talent of a fine young actress. I'm sure acting "gigs" are hard to come by and Amy is just showcasing her talents. She spends a little time doing these videos and reaps huge rewards.
The last poster should get a clue. Amy is a talented artist wanting to share her art with the world. That is what real artist do and have done since the begining of time! Well done Amy!
One question......as wonderful as the You Tube technology is for exposing talented folks, why wouldn't a fine actress be WORKING instead of spending time here? Is this the new "alternate career" that replaces waiting on tables?
very well portrayed, but i still have a mental block which prevents me from connecting with your performance. most likely i'm accustomed to the 21 accents so i cant imagine you in such a heartfelt role... nevertheless, brilliant.
You will have no doubt seen the Maria Falconetti version, where she awaits her material imprisonment and the impending loneliness of her spiritual betrayal with shorn head, ravaged face; the tears in her eyes are not raindrops on the window but the unmoving surface of water inside a well. You seem to be walking that image like walking a poodle on a Manhattan pavement, whereas greatness lies in being swept uway by that gale. With this much talent, I hope you get to go for it all someday.
There is a lot of "character" but not enough "emotion" for us to believe what you feel, you must believe what you feeling, not acting. Thats the difference between good and great. Your good.
You are one talented chick! And I very much enjoyed your Today Show appearance! Matt couldn't take his eyes off you. And don't give them the 10% - they make enough already :-)
I think i'm in love with Amy Walker.But it wouldn't work out. All those accents, i would not be able to win any argument-because i have a weakness for accents. Good show, Amy. Congrats on the Today Show appearance!! :)
yeah I agree this is great for stage too much for the small screen. I would tone it down just a little bit. Good technique though. Can anyone give a little background. I am not familiar with the character at all.
Eh, she proably did stellar in the highschool forensics and seems made for theatrics, why people equate this with screen acting is beyond me. Not saying she can't but more would need to be seen before anyone else starts blathering about "why havn't I seen you on Tv yet"
As a young student director, I've seen this monologue done a couple of times, and this is the best I've ever seen it done. And Shaw usually bores the bejeebus out of me.
I think you are awesome. Im bookmarking your site. The only thing I would say is this accent is a little Celine Dion'ish and the voice a little too old for a younger Jeanne...but you may have been going for that.(Added maturity because of the visions)
Dont hate on Me for being constructive!!
Your awesome. When will we see you on Jimmy Kimmel?
Unbelievably moving...why haven't I seen you on TV yet?!?! I even spotted a tear at the end - you really seem to be able to get into the part. Truly incredible acting, I was completely convinced.
Wow, an excellent performance, not that it should mean anything. I know nothing about acting or the context of the monologue. However, I did want to mention I thought the tears gave it just that little bit extra. Very impressive.
But without these things I cannot live; and by your wanting to take them away from me, or from any human creature, I know that your counsel is of the devil, and that mine is of God. THERE YOU GO :)
Nalom24 1 month ago
I could do without my war horse; I could drag about in a skirt; I could let the banners and the trumpets and the knights and soldiers pass me and leave me behind as they leave the other women, if only I could still hear the wind in the trees, the larks in the sunshine, the young lambs crying through the healthy frost, and the blessed blessed church bells that send my angel voices floating to me on the wind.
Nalom24 1 month ago
...But to shut me from the light of the sky and the sight of the fields and flowers; to chain my feet so that I can never again ride with the soldiers nor climb the hills; to make me breathe foul damp darkness, and keep from me everything that brings me back to the love of God when your wickedness and foolishness tempt me to hate Him: all this is worse than the furnace in the Bible that was heated seven times.
Nalom24 1 month ago
This is the whole monologue: Yes: they told me you were fools (the word gives great offence), and that I was not to listen to your fine words nor trust to your charity. You promised me my life; but you lied (indignant exclamations). You think that life is nothing but not being stone dead. It is not the bread and water I fear; I can live on bread; when have I asked for more? It is no hardship to drink the water if the water be clean. Bread has no sorrow for me, and water no affliction...
Nalom24 1 month ago
Where can I find this monologue online?
Nalom24 2 months ago
Why isnt she in films?!?! shes brilliant!
HPereira89 3 months ago
I got goose bumps 5 seconds into this and I don't even know who St. Joan IS! And I cried at the end. I'm so sad. That was beautiful. I always go into the bathroom and look in a mirror and make up instances where I'm sad or someone else or in a certain mood and start crying and get all emotional and I didn't think there was a name for that type of thing, NOW I know it's called the Amy Walker. !
gotGodandHislove 4 months ago
this is great. this is what i need because i will also be presenting this monologue. it's challenging and very different from my character but after seeing Amy, she is truly amazing. she gave me ideas on how to present it. even if there were no gestures, the emotion, attitude and the delivery of lines showed the character. amazing.
sakurakinomoto 5 months ago
i no someone just like amy walker she can sing and act really well she always makes me laugh but she is a young carer she looks after her mum with MS and brother who is blind and her dad has anger ishues so she often comes into school with cuts and burns on her hands and face she is the funnyest person i know thumbs up for rosa .
TheHUG118 6 months ago in playlist Accent training 101
of all of the renditions of this monologue I have seen, yours by far is the best. you portray the emotions and the greif with such subtlety that a lot of other preformers can't grasp. love it.
MsAmwood 6 months ago
Wow. Just...wow. Absolutely fantastic.
GreenDayOwnsYou2 7 months ago
I got goose bumps.
SujuFan819 8 months ago
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KittyiCrystaaj538 8 months ago
Amazinggg! :D xxx
stephaniehershaw 9 months ago
I have felt this watching you. Why aren't you in acting?
AquaBach11 11 months ago
I am speechless and I can only think on the sorrow and loss of St. Joan for you have played her with perfection.
mdah26 11 months ago
This is great - for the stage. In a YouTube box, it's OTT theatrical ham camp acting by a girl who plucks her eyebrows too much.
erniehead 1 year ago
Somebody tell me !! why did i wanna hug her !?
Samuel0Aleksej 1 year ago
@Samuel0Aleksej the emotion is called empathy, it is art of great theater and film to make each human soul connect to the story in a special way and thereby evolve... amy actually has a song she wrote as a parody on how actors do not/can not perform great roles in great films until they play a vampire queen, etc.
some of us get really pissy when it comes to shoddy work holywood can produce (that new adam sandler one) & get called snobs. but this is why we are so. we want works to move us
moocowtoyou 11 months ago
out of all the diferent renditions of this monologue I have seen, I can say yours is definately one of the best. i love it.
headoverheels 1 year ago
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selamawitee 1 year ago
Saint Joan Of Arc The Greatest Christian Saint Ever And A Great Freedom Fighter Her Sacrifice For Jesus And France Is Beyond Comparison.
saccyind 1 year ago
i was put in a secure unit when i was 14 ,1984,when the chips are down ill be around with my undying death defying love for you,
liverpool80000seater 1 year ago
im getting a bit of overacting but that might just be the style of stage performance versus like movies?
inicc 1 year ago
@inicc me too
Leyuann 9 months ago
o...m...g i actually had to do this monologue for my theater class and i wasn't sure how to do it since me and this character are very different but after watching this video i feel i have a better view of this character more than i ever had on my own. Thank you I just know I'll ROCK this audition because you truly lit the fire in my heart to do Saint Joan proud when i go on stage ^_^
animaniaINC 1 year ago
whd2002 - wow, fail? this is the best version of this monologue I've yet on youtube, I only wish it was the whole thing. her expressions are absolutely vital to the delivery of this piece, I fail to see what you found so disgusting about it.
cathythedisasterx 1 year ago
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cathythedisasterx 1 year ago
Thank you for honoring her with your performance.
joyfulexpresshawaii 1 year ago
Get over yourself. Quit "performing". All your little perfected moves just detract from the communication of character. They don't have any real depth; they're just parts of a puzzle assembled, line by line, to give an impression. All I'm getting from this is High School Drama major doing dinner theater.
So set this video aside and go do something else, like selling cars or working in a state park. After six months, look at it again. Then adjust; then you're ready.
whd2002 1 year ago
@whd2002
You need to, you know, get over yourself.
It's an emotional monologue. Do you want her to stare at the camera stone faced and drone it?
Angermeplease 1 year ago
hahahahahahah it looks like a criminal in the electric chair!
skarlatos19 1 year ago
sorry about my last comment,she did not deseve to die
liverpool80000seater 1 year ago
put some soot over your face
liverpool80000seater 1 year ago
if your lost you can look and you will find me
liverpool80000seater 1 year ago
time after time you give me hope
liverpool80000seater 1 year ago
ill save you from the french cunnts
liverpool80000seater 1 year ago
joan of arc,
liverpool80000seater 1 year ago
Can you tell me .. you practice in front of a mirror? How do you know that you get the correct expression?
unbreakable2008 1 year ago
there is something terribly wrong with this woman...
huhukonia 1 year ago
Hi Amy,
Recently i saw you on youtube and really i am impressed by you. I can definitely predict a bright future of you, not less then an Oscar. God bless you.
Regds
Biswa
BiswaRSingh 1 year ago
FAIL !
turkbros 1 year ago
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this is so gaytarded.
TheBestGuitarSoloEVR 1 year ago
decent
SilverGunZoO 1 year ago
Well done! The ONLY thing, just like MSLU9 said, you're making the character a little too vulnerable. If you put a little more anger and resentment into it, you'll be PERFECT!
jmadd232009 2 years ago
not bad, but it is a bit out of character and too mechanical. An actor is a good actor when he makes the impression he isn't playing, he IS that character and that's exactly what you fail to acomplish. Still, pretty decent.
HalfLifeHalfDead 2 years ago 11
NIce. Thanks.
JayPhilosopher 2 years ago
I really like this monouloge! I think you show a very voulnubale site of Joan, don`t you think she was more strong and mabye angry! More character and less yourself!
mslu9 2 years ago
St Joan is one of my favorite plays of all time. Well done, Ms. Walker
tragicdeceit 2 years ago
Amazing! (:
sillybecca688 2 years ago
I don't know why people are calling her nuts.
They only say this because they're afraid to perform as well and as emotional as she does.
Brava, Amy Walker, brava.
ZahelArt 2 years ago 3
Too plastic and mechanical. Acting like this is very annoying and insulting.
Sketch3600 2 years ago
you beautiful
abel90221 2 years ago 2
did you put some other words in there?
I can't find this version for the life of me. a little help please?
CrazyJumpingBean 2 years ago
When you look left or right, your eyes move all over the place. I'd recommend you imagine specific people sitting in specific places. It'll keep your eyes focused - as if you literally are talking to multiple distinct people.
Great performance otherwise.
bigbenboa 2 years ago 4
Great job! 5*****
VickyGoss 2 years ago
I did this monologue once too. My drama class freshman year. Great, great piece. And WONDERFUL job.
swedishxoperaxdiva 2 years ago 2
I did this monologue for an acting class once. Nicely done.
HansonsBitch 2 years ago 2
Oh man. You need to be in movies!!! That was amazing!
ShesSoUnusual84 2 years ago 27
she's and amazing actress,
everytime i watch this vid, it gives me goose bumps, because she's so good, the emotion, i can already visualize what joan of arc felt during the last minutes of her life
bravo!
BrockenAyngelll 2 years ago 4
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Stop flaring your nose to show passion
jaydeadams 2 years ago
she supposed to be crying.
candilion34 2 years ago
this is a good job!
kittiecompow 2 years ago
She needs to be in movies. Very moving performance!
kermitefrog64 2 years ago
My great untie dreamt she was st joan of arc , the next day she got set on fire , she died in hospital , maybe i'm crazy but i think thats a bit weird to be just a coincidence. R.I.P.sandra.
By the way amy i love all your videos no matter what you do it's always very impressive.xxx
empath128 2 years ago
anyone know where i can find this monologue?
summerbeachh 2 years ago
OMG she is crying!!!
xxnikkixx7 2 years ago
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I particulary enjoyed tha sound of cars in the background !!
Lalient 2 years ago
I liked it...nice!
brendaleema 2 years ago
if there's ever a stage version of "fatal attraction" or "single white female" you're hired!
ajdicks 2 years ago
I thought Shaw expressly didnt want to be his Joan melodramatic at all! But to speak in general: Of the three poetic plays about Jeanne, those of Schiller, Shakespeare and Shaw, I prefer Schiller's, despite he depicted Jeanne as a avenging Nemesis of national liberation with the attributes of Athena and Marry [what is like fire and water put into one container]; I wouldnt have minded if Shakespeare made her just an evil witch but let her deny her father and confess sexual intercourse: No way!
GreatGrumbledook 2 years ago
Perpetual imprisonment. Am I not then to be set free?
Well, that's what's implied by the word perpetual.
jaberwocky6669 2 years ago
Well then tell that to the writer.
Ghazoooool 2 years ago 2
I don't understand the point of asking the question. But I guess if I were sentenced to perpetual imprisonment then I would ask the same question.
jaberwocky6669 2 years ago
Sure beats everlasting perpetual imprisonment, though...
yinyangthang 2 years ago
jkilmer: What do you know of Joan's last moments? Have you the arrogance to attempt to reconstruct her posthumously with snippets or cheap factoids from history books? This portrayal IS artful simply because it was created to be so. Whether you like or appreciate it is separate matter altogether; so, please do not attempt to label it "artless" by throwing bits of vague historical innuendo at it.
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Artless is the defining element here, yet, in context of craft...as for a guileless (artless) portrayal crucial to sacred demand, "HARDLY!" This pretentious pose is an affront to sanctity...Joan of Arc would "vehemently" resist, if not cut your head off with a sword! Booooooooooooo!
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jkilmer44 3 years ago
Joan was French..... This doesn't sound like French. An odd sort of Portuguese crossbreed perhaps... Surprising for someone who does accents so well.
stuckinashow 3 years ago
youre so good!
SanaOsniva 3 years ago
WOWOWOWOWOWOWOW
LETS CHILL DUDE.
this was intense.
but ya kno wat
i dig it
Em1234567879 3 years ago
How have I never heard of you before?
DanielleMcOrmond 3 years ago
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Hahahaha if you just looked at this in a regular monluage ok then it would look ok.
But if you actually know Joan of Arc who is a national hero in France then maybe you can make sence of this ok?
She took out some really good parts and actuall words that Joan said at her real trail and it was LOST!
I am intitled to my own opinion.
Stop being so condradicting sore loser
omgitsxhes 3 years ago
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This is too pleading! And Joan was not! she had nothing to live for except God. She knew that she would go to heaven and she was bascially saying F*** you i dont care! When i first saw this a month ago i thought it was pretty good but now that iv learned this monolgue and see it now its really pathetic. Dont you dare try to change Benerd Shaw's words! You took out a whole part that was missing and the monolgue was just lost.
omgitsxhes 3 years ago
Wow you know so much! Let's bow down before you O noble one.
Ghazoooool 3 years ago
Its no shame to get better.
Im just explaining the charrecter better so others who wanna do it can understand.
If you watched the movie and read the play you'd understand.
omgitsxhes 3 years ago
Oh yeah, now you're just EXPLAINING. Your last comment was not explaining in the way you think. "dont you dare"? "it's really pathetic." *applauds* That some beautiful explaining there. People are free to do whatever interpretation they want. That's why Amy is so creative. She likes to try new thigns and see how it can work. Maybe I havnt read the play, but I know that you have freedom to change it in however way you like. There is no such thing as wrong. If everyone did the same,it be boring.
Ghazoooool 3 years ago 4
But it's the ultimate rudeness to change the playwright's intentions. You can't manipulate the monologue just so the speech will sound more dramatic. That said, it wasn't that bad. I just didn't feel- much.
whisperedmysteries 3 years ago 2
whooooa. sooo overacted. i didn't believe one word of this monologue. it was completely manufactured emoting.speak like a person, not your "IDEA" of the character.you are acting a "state" and not actually experiencing the circumstances.
JOSEPHINE158 3 years ago 4
well done
Shogun1289 3 years ago
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a bit over acted...
CerealSpaz 3 years ago
you should do genevieve bujold's speech in anne of a thousand days
desertmoon75 3 years ago
Movies too!!!!!!!!!!!!
rentfan 3 years ago
simply brilliant
stellaola16 3 years ago
Great job!
runecircle 3 years ago 2
Brilliant. Simply brilliant. This was the first monologue I performed when I was in 7th grade... I give you a standing ovation for this spectacular performance.
StarlightMask 3 years ago
I can barely move after watching this clip. Every time I have watched this clip. Amy, your delivery is brilliant. When you deliver the line "you promised me life" depicts shock, betrayal, and sorrow all at the same time. Words can't describe the emotions I feel when watching you perform St. Joan as corny as that may sound. You are a true talent. It's hard to critique when I'm immediately pulled in and feel how she is feeling. Aw, is the only way I can decribe this clip.
twobears30 3 years ago 35
this is probably the best way you could portray that role....I enjoyed that!
strawbaby12 3 years ago 4
That was really great! I love that play so much. Remember though that St. Joan was from Lorraine, which has a very delicate accent, and you slip out of it very easily. It's so similar to Dutch, German, English and French that it's easy to mess up into one of the above. You usually have it, but be careful.
ghillies4life 3 years ago 3
what are the words to this??
can u copy + paste in a reply comment
i need to do this but cant find a script =[
hquiggers 3 years ago
Perpetual imprisonment? Am I not then to be set free? Give me that in writing. Light your fire. Do you think I dread it as much as the life of a rat in a hole? My voices were right. Yes, they told me that you were fools. That I should not listen to your fine words, nor trust to your charity. You promised me my life but you lied. You think that life is nothing but not being stone dead.
pieritts 3 years ago 4
It is not the bread and water I fear. I can live on bread, when have I asked for more? It is no hardship to drink the water if the water be clean. But to shut me from the light of the sky, and the sight of the field and flowers; to chain my feet so I can never again ride with the soldiers nor climb the hills; to make me breathe foul, damp darkness and keep me from everything that brings me back to the love of God when your wickedness and your foolishness tempt me to hate him:
pieritts 3 years ago 3
all of this is worse than the furnace in the Bible that was heated seven times. I could do without my warhorse. I could drag about in a skirt. I could let the banners and the trumpets and the knights and the soldiers pass me and leave me behind as they leave all of the other women. If only I could still hear the wind in the trees, the larks in the sunshine, the young lambs crying out through a healthy frost, and the blessed, blessed church bells that send my angel voices floating to me on
pieritts 3 years ago 3
the wind. But without these things I cannot live. And by your wanting to take these things away from me or from any human creature i know that your council is of the Devil and that mine is of God!
Sorry for the multiple posts, but it wouldn't let me put it all into one response. You sort of have to read them from the bottom up. I have my portrayal on youtube as well.
pieritts 3 years ago 2
thanks for doing this for hquiggers
it was very kind of you :)
magicmazzie87 3 years ago 2
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...why didn't you just listen and write them down?
iggy4323 3 years ago
lol
sweetypie000 3 years ago
love you amy!
amy, amy, amy
nsotlar 3 years ago
wow, amazing, how do u make urself cry like that? is it just that you get so wrapped up in the role at the moment that it just happens? pretty neat.
WeAreBullets 3 years ago
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I dun even have to fake cry, if I wanna cry...it'll be so easy..it just comes...damn depression
EdwardoLover 3 years ago
BEAUTulll.. absoltutely touched.. yu acted as if yu were really there!!! :)
lotus4lyf 3 years ago
Wow you are so good!!! Im doing this monologue for drama at school!!! Thankx this has helped me so much!
PineappleLumpChalisa 3 years ago
wow... that's beautiful.
ed4920 3 years ago
I remember having to watch girls do that monologue in high school and it being so boring.
I wish I had went to high school with you. :)
thericketandoo 3 years ago
Truly Breathtaking!
obviousmistake 3 years ago
i cant belive you havent been descovered yet. wow
goldenlocks13 3 years ago
great job!
ssophiegeorgee 3 years ago
marry me and i wont be needing telly anymore, you really are great! :)
Miikkulaane 3 years ago
Your teeth are insanely white!! What do you use on them? You look better with less makeup on!
LGreener25 3 years ago 2
BEAUTIFUL!
MelissaDotBartley 3 years ago
is she in any movies?
crazyketchupsauce 3 years ago
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isn't it about time someone brings to the mental ward already? sheesh
janeofnicaragua 3 years ago
It's called acting, asshole.
SH1 3 years ago
that was really really good but the play is called the lark we did it in school about two years ago and the play way actually called 'the lark' obviously due to the really moving end monologue. The people below are right you should do it in your own accent it sounds more realistic
lisatwamley 3 years ago
I agree with Ernie. No need for the accent. Your own voice is quite lovely...use that! It will be more natural.
manley83940 3 years ago
Great job, but why the affected British accent? What's wrong with acting in your own voice?
PS - less with the tweezers, please.
erniehead 3 years ago
i think she was trying to be french because it doesn't sound completely like english and joan of arc was french.. i think :)
BL33H 3 years ago
BRAVO!
yeshuaii 3 years ago
Wow, this is great!
LADYHAYASTAN 3 years ago
where did you go to school?
vomitoattack 3 years ago
I happened to search for this exact monologue on youtube because I'm doing it for a theatre competition, and I really like how you did it. Your face is very expressive, and that contributes a lot to the monologue, especially because you are seated and only visible from the shoulders up.
Wonderful job!
AerinAlanna 3 years ago 3
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BOO-BOO-BOO. What high school drama class is this audition for?
stainkr 3 years ago
you are fabulous.
sarameesh 3 years ago 3
ur the most talented and most beautiful girl on youtube!
barelyaverage 3 years ago 2
you're incredible!!!!!!!
apcomc 3 years ago 2
Very emotional. Amaaaazing
Koenigskrone 3 years ago 2
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I just saw you on T.V. Even with multiple personality disorders you still fell comfortable doing some of your accents from your illness. I commend you for your bravery showing some of your "21 Accents."
beerandwine 3 years ago
multiple personalities?? what? are you dumb or something. she does not have that disorder. its called acting. have you ever heard of it? you portray different people and it is not an illness! i know amy personally and its lame to make assumptions like that.
Miztiry 3 years ago 7
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I don't give a damn if you know Amy or the Pope. P.S. the name "Amy" should be capitalized...what are you dumb?
beerandwine 3 years ago
great delivery! a very convincing joan. purist craft :)
DirectorSkinner 3 years ago
great!
lilmidg1 3 years ago
Bruceoldham needs to get a life and enjoy the talent of a fine young actress. I'm sure acting "gigs" are hard to come by and Amy is just showcasing her talents. She spends a little time doing these videos and reaps huge rewards.
slingerland755 3 years ago
Wow! That's all I can say. Just...wow! kudos!!
davidmichaelsplace 3 years ago
shes very good
lukealpha 3 years ago
The last poster should get a clue. Amy is a talented artist wanting to share her art with the world. That is what real artist do and have done since the begining of time! Well done Amy!
lovesjoan 3 years ago 3
One question......as wonderful as the You Tube technology is for exposing talented folks, why wouldn't a fine actress be WORKING instead of spending time here? Is this the new "alternate career" that replaces waiting on tables?
BruceOldham 3 years ago
LOVE the hair amy! Seriously though, I wish you all the best and seems that now is your time!
td7474 3 years ago 3
very well portrayed, but i still have a mental block which prevents me from connecting with your performance. most likely i'm accustomed to the 21 accents so i cant imagine you in such a heartfelt role... nevertheless, brilliant.
3starbadman 3 years ago
You will have no doubt seen the Maria Falconetti version, where she awaits her material imprisonment and the impending loneliness of her spiritual betrayal with shorn head, ravaged face; the tears in her eyes are not raindrops on the window but the unmoving surface of water inside a well. You seem to be walking that image like walking a poodle on a Manhattan pavement, whereas greatness lies in being swept uway by that gale. With this much talent, I hope you get to go for it all someday.
Ptrofimof 3 years ago
There is a lot of "character" but not enough "emotion" for us to believe what you feel, you must believe what you feeling, not acting. Thats the difference between good and great. Your good.
jluvisions 3 years ago
You should re-examine YOUR basic grammar skills before attempting a critical character analysis.
Woolleywear 3 years ago
You are one talented chick! And I very much enjoyed your Today Show appearance! Matt couldn't take his eyes off you. And don't give them the 10% - they make enough already :-)
ronlippitt 3 years ago 2
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Indeed very talented
townwave2 3 years ago
Amy..Good Stuff..really good stuff.
Fun-tas-tic..
Kvivalamusica 3 years ago 2
I think i'm in love with Amy Walker.But it wouldn't work out. All those accents, i would not be able to win any argument-because i have a weakness for accents. Good show, Amy. Congrats on the Today Show appearance!! :)
Cesarican 3 years ago
As someone who has seen Amy in many productions and as someone who lives about 300 yards or less from her parents. She really is talented.
strawberrypancakes 3 years ago
You are remarkable. Literally, I've remarked upon your beauty and talent many a time.
KateLouise 3 years ago
Great work Amy... I heard you on NPR today (3-10-08). Very Impressive. You'll get there!
khodges2 3 years ago
yeah I agree this is great for stage too much for the small screen. I would tone it down just a little bit. Good technique though. Can anyone give a little background. I am not familiar with the character at all.
khodges2 3 years ago
Good for stage. too much "acting" for a medium shot. Smaller, smaller... remember less is more.
fakudamus 3 years ago 2
youtube needs more excellent acting videos like this.
smartarse001 3 years ago
Don't know why, but you remind me of Jodie Foster, especially in this video :-)
alveraan1 3 years ago
Simply excellent Amy. Question, do you have the "Hollywood" ability to cry on cue? How, just how do they do that?
Also I'd love to hear your "hello my name is Amy Walker", rendition of a women from the Mid~East and also from Mexico. Round 2??
Make more videos, you got it sweetheart.
rednammas1 3 years ago
a good way to fake tears is to not blink. but you can also cry because you have been able to work on your feelings.
it's hard work and Amy is amazing.
liviacolare 3 years ago
Eh, she proably did stellar in the highschool forensics and seems made for theatrics, why people equate this with screen acting is beyond me. Not saying she can't but more would need to be seen before anyone else starts blathering about "why havn't I seen you on Tv yet"
Still good though
dragonalthor 3 years ago 2
point.
3starbadman 3 years ago
Amy,
As a young student director, I've seen this monologue done a couple of times, and this is the best I've ever seen it done. And Shaw usually bores the bejeebus out of me.
VAArtCub 3 years ago 4
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shite
twooos 3 years ago
I think you are awesome. Im bookmarking your site. The only thing I would say is this accent is a little Celine Dion'ish and the voice a little too old for a younger Jeanne...but you may have been going for that.(Added maturity because of the visions)
Dont hate on Me for being constructive!!
Your awesome. When will we see you on Jimmy Kimmel?
datgyalnamefab 3 years ago
lol, why jimmy kimmel? why not jay leno or david letterman?
kxttxya 3 years ago
I feel its too much theatrical and not enough cinematographical (scuse my french)... But, what do i know...
LeSaintMtl 3 years ago
Wow, you're gorgeous and talented, the accent clip is great. Love your web sight, red hair, whoa!
RipUaNew1 3 years ago 3
Absolutely fantastic. I'd wish you good luck but a person of your talents is going to be just fine. Enjoy the ride to stardom.
banjosareunderrated 3 years ago
I'm overwhelmed and speechless. Thank you. All the best to you!
amiablewalker 3 years ago
Unbelievably moving...why haven't I seen you on TV yet?!?! I even spotted a tear at the end - you really seem to be able to get into the part. Truly incredible acting, I was completely convinced.
Aidanjalali 3 years ago
I'm honored. Thank you! Best to you!
amiablewalker 3 years ago
Wow, an excellent performance, not that it should mean anything. I know nothing about acting or the context of the monologue. However, I did want to mention I thought the tears gave it just that little bit extra. Very impressive.
prgmctan 3 years ago
I enjoy your videos and I admire your talent. I think your Texas accent on 21 sounds just like Reba McEntire. Oh and you are freaking hot to :P