PAIGE IN FULL: a b-girl’s visual mix-tape Written, choreographed and performed by Paige Hernandez with original music by Nick tha 1da
Paige Hernandez 7303 Willow Hill Drive| Capitol Heights, MD 20743 443-604-0855 [email protected]
Additional Credit: PAID IN FULL written by Eric Barrier, William Griffin All rights owned or administered by Universal-Songs of Polygram Int.,Inc. on behalf of Itself And Robert Hill Music (BMI) © 1987 Used by Permission
Notes about reading this prompt script 1. Lighting Cues are in red, red parenthesis denote a description of the lights 2. Only press or fire cues that have “GO” 3. “Autocues” are automatic cues and DO NOT NEED TO BE PRESSED OR FIRED as they are linked to other cues 4. This script syncs with the Qlab software for MAC. More tips on Qlab can be found on the back of the production report in the PAIGE IN FULL binder.
PAIGE IN FULL | 1 PRESHOW 00 and (preshow light) L1 GO Preshow: Old school hip hop music is played as we see a Soul Train line on projections. If a DJ is present, then they will do a live set that mixes eighties hip-hop and top 40 hits. The set should last 15-30 minutes and no song should last for more than one minute. The set is fast paced, fun and energetic! 0.5 and L2 (blackout) GO
SHOW START 1 GO The audience sees projected video of a cassette being placed in a cassette player. The play button is pressed and we hear “You are now in tune to Paige in Full (autocue 2) L3 (General wash with panels) GO
Music begins as Paige enters and gets the crowd warmed up.
PAIGE Good evening! How ya’ll doing? How ya’ll feelin tonight?!! I am so glad that you’re here! I’m Paige and tonight, I bring you Paige in Full.
Projection of old school imagery that ends with a picture of Eric B. and Rakim
PAIGE So why Paige in Full? 3 GO Well, I remember my Dad buying the 99 cent 1987 cassette tape of Eric B. and Rakim’s Paid in Full. I danced to that tape for what seemed to be decades…I loved the sample, the mix of cultural influences and of
PAIGE IN FULL | 2 course Rakim’s simple yet impressive verse. I remember the video: white chicks dancing, Arabic writing and Eric B and Rakim hardcore in front of a money backdrop. Hip- Hop was beginning to reach out and blur lines standby L4 (purple) 4 GO
PAIGE (rhyming) Thinkin of a master plan Cuz ain’t nuthin but sweat inside my hand To now test to see if I got pull I hit this stage…I bring ya’ll PAIGE IN FULL (autocue 5)
Projection/sound: “REWIND”: To reverse the track. Go back in time to where it all started. (autocue 6) L4 (Purple) GO
Sound/Dance: THE CONCEPTION Through dance Paige plays her father and mother meeting for the first time in a nightclub. Love ensues, then a proposal, marriage and then a passionate night. Ma becomes pregnant and dad helps to deliver the baby.
MOTHER Paige. There’s something so different about this little girl (standby L5 general pulse)
FATHER Something special and unique…
MOTHER Raymond….what do you think about your little sister? 7 GO
VOICEOVER She looks like an alien… L5 (general pulse) GO
PAIGE (as 8 year old) I do feel like an alien L6 (General wash) GO most of the time and B-more is some strange planet that my parents decided to raise me on. And this…right here, 3rd
PAIGE IN FULL | 3 grade with these cutthroat chicks is the BALTIMORE ZOO! These girls are all about their FILA’s, their finger waves and that crazy club music. Me? I’m on planet rock. Obsessed with Hip-Hop and all it has to offer. You see on my planet, Big Daddy Kane rules all and Queen Latifah is his first lady. We eat mixtapes and robot to dance breaks. We understand that you “don’t believe the hype” and that “you gotta fight… for your right… to paaaaaaaaaaaaarty”. Although I’m on a different planet, at school, I’m still a “threat”.
PAIGE Ma, How am I a threat?
MOTHER Because you’re smart beautiful and you have your own style.
PAIGE Yea, but look at me. I’m 60 pounds, with pigtails that I sit on and I haven’t fought a day in my life.
MOTHER Don’t you worry about those alpha females. They think they’re in some kind of competition with you. Jokes on them…you ignore them and you’ve already won. And focus on your school work or like your father says, “Grades drop and heads get popped” And that’s word…
PAIGE Mmmmhmm….word to your mother! Back in school, things got worse. It wasn’t just dirty stares and sucking teeth. Now it became personal cause girls started running they lips.
PAIGE IN FULL | 4 CHERRIA What do I think about Paige? (smacking lips, sucking teeth). She is wack, corny and phony. Which is a shame, cause she got potential being light brown wit good hair and all. Sike! Who am I kidding? That pochahontas flavor is plllllllllayed out!
PAIGE Cherria! I hear you talking about me and I don’t why you talking bout me cause I ain’t never do nothing to you but be respectful and cooooordial (my mother taught me that word). Why you always be dissin me for no reason??
CHERRIA Girl, please! Everyone knows that since you came to the school, you’ve been a weirdo. You the only one willing to get suspended for wearing your walkman and you always talking to yourself!
PAIGE Newsflash!!!! I be rapping!!! Like Monie Love or Roxanne Shante. Whoops…I forgot. You listen to Anita Baker and she bakes nothing!
CHERRIA Whatever Pocahontas….you just watch your back so that you don’t get banked before lunch.
PAIGE I am not Indian! I am Black Cuban and Chinese. Peace, Hola and Ne how. And I bet you can’t spell any of that!!
CHERRIA Nobody can be that many things you pathowogical liar. Eating Chinese carryout, don’t make you Chinese!
PAIGE
PAIGE IN FULL | 5 Look…just don’t mess with me I’ll hit harder than the overweight lover Heavy D! (to the audience) 3rd grade was tough dealing with all these (unsure of the word) alpha…bet…girls. I was in more fights than I can mention and things really got ugly when I started fighting back. I even beat up this boy who was picking on Nick. I threw him into the monkey bars and made him eat woodchips.
PAIGE After a while, I had skin as tough as a crocodile and no one messed with me. And that was fresh, cause then I could work on my rhymes:
P.A.I.G.E. in the H.O.U.S.E Come correct don’t try to disrespect me See I got more game than Parker Bros. Keep it all in the family just like Sally Struthers Ayo- I’m not even tougher than leather But I look a lot better than your mother in pleather!
PAIGE In this basement, I did everything. I break danced to break beats. Break…the beat….Hurrah 8 GO
Projection/Sound: “BREAKBEAT”: the part of a song that the DJ loops and the B boys dance to aka the regular playlist of the Hernandez Household. (autocue 9) Optional lights for DJ mix
Projection and sound are played of hip hop’s famous break beats. If DJ is present this a 2-4 minute set of recognizable break beats. Set should be fast, upbeat and should include several tracks. DJ can interact with the audience or add any “performance” effect. Set fades as Paige interrupts as “MAMA” Optional lights come to a halt and return to general wash
PAIGE IN FULL | 6 MAMA Girl! Hush up all that noise! Ten minutes! Ten minutes and dinner is almost ready.
PAIGE Ten minutes. That’s just enough time to make it to the next commercial break of In Living Color. And then I get to see my favorite part, my idols…THE FLY GIRLS!
PAIGE Fly girl Oh so fly girl Girl I’m fly Fly girl fly U can’t see me---covered in my attitude So sexy I’m rude So bad I’m good So suburb so hood But it’s all good Cause I’m so fly No lie and you know this Ballin’, fallin’, sprawlin’ All over that beat Can’t nothin’ stop my feet In my brand new Fila’s Or should I say fee-flies Fee fii foo fum Bring your jimbe or your beat machine drum Because I will break circles around it and then bury it In my backyard 1986 time capsule So dirty that there’s flies (standby L7-color scroll or pulse) Because they swarm in my honor Bzzz they ponder As they rub their feet together Who is so clever the ultimate fly of us all Opposite of a flower on a wall PAIGE IN FULL | 7 Ah yes, the fly girl Paige b-girlin’ on this stage provin’ once and for all who’s the flyest of them all Girl I’m fly Fly girl fly Fly till I die Oh so fly (sometimes audience says it) L7 (color scroll or pulse general to the beat) and 10 GO
Music plays as Paige daydreams of being to be a “fly girl”. She names each fly girl in her dance: Laurie Ann Gibson, Masako Willis, Carie Ann Inaba, Lisa Marie Todd, Cari French, Deidre Lang, Jennifer Lopez, Michelle Whitney Morrison, Carla Garrido, Lisa Thompson, Josie Thacker, Rosie Perez. AND PAIGE HERNANDEZ! The original fly girls! L8 (pulse or color scroll stop) GO
PAIGE (Current day) That was my life when I was eight. School during the day, taped re-runs of In Living Color at night, and lots of Baltimore in between. 11 GO
Projection/Sound: Images of Baltimore
PAIGE I can’t ignore where I’m from. It’s too much apart of me. I’ve seen a lot of jacked up things in Baltimore…lived through even more. But I can’t deny that B-more is what makes me me. Smalltimore is memories of my father and brothers putting up drywall and caulking leaks. Afterwards my pops would treat us to lake trout wrapped in greasy wonderbread. Bodymore is where I learned street smarts…getting fruit off the Arab trucks, corner store runs PAIGE IN FULL | 8 for the block, copper pipes stolen so we sleep in front of the stove for heat.
Bawlmore is memories of my mom’s beauty salon. Watching her convince a woman to come in and get her nails done from the gated door so we could buy dinner later. In Harm City is where I learned how to be alert, look alive and act like you know. No eye contact and never exude fear. Baltimore: where not only do we eat crabs but we act as crabs…pulling down each other from the top…The city that reads is the city that bleeds. It bleeds hope, opportunity and a thirst for more. I got out…I’ll always visit…I can never deny it. So for you, Baltimore, I present Baltimore: 12 GO The Haiku Series.
NORTH AVE I speak like crab cake Chicken box with half and half Baltimore feeds me BALTIMORE STREET Freak to club music Loud and fast heart rate I feel Bal-di-more keeps still DOUGLASS HIGH SCHOOL Public schools taught me Street smarts some academics Murderland toolbox
LEXINGTON MARKET I love you bean pie Thick cut wide western french fry Utz chips fried fish plenty BALTIMORE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS PAIGE IN FULL | 9 Tupac crystal waters Carmelo, Jada Pinkett Smith David Hasselhoff, …yea?! FELLS POINT Tom Clancy John Waters Frank Zappa Eubie Blake too B-more talented PIKESVILLE Sukkah hop down the block Tov pizza bivakasha At shul on shabbas. DUNDALK Squalor in Pig Town Drink cold beer out of hub caps Sooouey balwmore hon PIMLICO RACE TRACK Get buck off the wire Little Italy Jew Town Park heights druid hill style MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Love my “twos” and “do’s” My pencil, lotion and oil 92 Q Jamz FAMILY PICTURE My moms, my pops, brothers (standby L9 house lights at half) Love of my life from bmore Hate. Love. Special. Me. (Wait a beat) 13 GO Go Go music or any upbeat dance instrumental that DJ picks begins to play lightly
PAIGE But you know what they say. It’s not where you’re from, it’s where you’re at! And tonight I want to see where everyone is at! L9 (house at half) GO
PAIGE IN FULL | 10 Turn up those house lights and let’s dance! House lights go up
Ladies, where ya be? Put your hands in the air if you’re feeling lovely. Ladies, where ya at? Wh-wh-where ya at?
Homeboys give me some mo! Pump your fist in the air if you’re feeling the show. Homeboys give me some mo! Paige leads a dance call and response as the audience participates Paige asks the audience to give themselves a round of applause L10 (house out) and 14 GO (autocue 15)
Projection/Sound:“CROSSFADE”: to fade one source out while fading another source in at the same time. Or to fade from one type of love to another (autocue 16)
Music is played as Paige comes in with her diary
PAIGE Dear Diary…November 10, 1992…Why I like him? I dunno. I guess he’s cute. His braces always be fresh and he don’t play with his rubber bands. But last Tuesday?!! Oh my god - He asked me for one of my butter crunch cookies and I almost DIED. I got real nervous…I looked like this (demonstrate) but I felt like this (demonstrate). I was so happy, excited, amped…I’ve waited for this moment for so long…my heart was racing and my hands started shaking. Could this be the moment that I prayed for on my October 16th entry? (Hands rise as if to give a cookie and then extreme shakes) I dropped the stupid cookies…right on his new Timberland’s. My world had ended.
PAIGE IN FULL | 11 He walked away and didn’t really pay attention to me for a few days. I thought about how I was gonna apologize. Maybe I’ll just ask him what he’s listening to on his walkman or offer him my protractor in math class or my reduced lunch ticket…Maybe I’ll make him a mix-tape with all the songs that make me think of him. Yea! I’ll put Cinderfella, Dana Dane, Guy, Kwame, and UTFO on there but no Anita Baker, cause she bakes nothing. Yea!!! And then he’ll get it, and he’ll be like excited and like impressed and he’ll be like, “won’t you show me what you been rehearsing” (!!!) Hit it DJ! 17 GO
Music plays as Paige performs for her crush
PAIGE (Sings along and dances to the track) I can’t wait to get to school each day Just so he can pass my way And bells start to ring And angels start to sing
Music fades
PAIGE Yea!!! And then he’ll look at me like this (demonstrate) and grab my shoulders and we’ll French kiss with tongue! (Paige falls to the ground overreacting…this next moment is very over the top) Oh my goodness. I love him. I freakin’ love him and I’m a be in love with him forever. I touched his Timberland’s when I dropped the cookie and I will never wash this hand again. Oh shoot, here he comes! (Paige watches as he passes her by) “He keeps on passin me by”. It’s cool, boys are wack anyway. And who needs boys when you have now n lataz and Saved By
PAIGE IN FULL | 12 the Bell--and that show will never go off the air! standby L11 (light blue) and 18 GO Projection/Sound: “FAST FORWARD”: to speed up to the next destination Figure out your identity & dare to predict your future. L11 (Light blue) and 19 GO
GAME SHOW ANNOUNCER Ladies and Gentleman, welcome back to…
Projections/Sound: “THINGS YOU SAY WHEN YOU ARE YOUNG, DUMB AND IN LOVE !”
GAME SHOW ANNOUNCER Once again, I’m your host Joe Announcer and our final contestant; Paige has made it into our rapid response round. In this round, Paige will have sixty seconds to say things that are either young or dumb, while you’re in love. For each quote, she will get a point. In the end, we will see whether she’s ready for the grand prize… REAL LOVE. Paige are you ready? Audience, you make the call. Dim the lights. Your sixty seconds starts….NOW 19.1 GO
PAIGE (MAN 1) Ey girl, you so fine. Can I be your man?
PAIGE (long pause) YES! 19.2 GO
Projection/Sound: YOUNG
PAIGE (MAN 2) Baby order whatever you want. ..$200 ?!!! (beat) Girl, you know I done left my wallet at home? 19.3 GO
Projection/Sound:DUMB
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PAIGE I don’t care who he sees on the side, as long as he comes back home to me. 19.4 GO Projection/Sound: YOUNG AND DUMB PAIGE Well see, Quinette has said that and I remember ya’ll was cool so I figured that’s what you meant and didn’t bother to ask you and then Jerome co-signed so I was like, “BET”. 19.5 GO Projection/Sound: YOUNG PAIGE Can you just hold me, but not that close….ooo get away from me….I need my space…God I want you…I feel so smothered… consume me! see why do you always do that. I am so sick of this… I love you. I’m leaving you. 19.6 GO Projection/Sound: UHHHHHH PAIGE Marriage is for old foagies. I don’t need them shackles, that jailbird life…I am a free spirit. I love being alone. Ain’t no man gonna lock me down…I want to lead the glamorous life. I don’t need a man’s touch. But without love.…it ain’t much .oh who am I kidding? I want to be loved so bad. To have an equal, a whole, someone to confide in, someone to support, someone that loves A Tribe called quest and knows what the hell Das EFX is saying… a true, pure feeling of…. 19.7 GO Projection/Sound: BUZZER GAME SHOW ANNOUNCER I’m sorry Paige that last statement was not valid and you are in fact over the time limit. I guess you’ll never find real love (echo). Good luck with your heartbreak. (standby L12 general) PAIGE Heartbreak is for suckas! I’m taking risks now! Going after thrills! You fall for romance and chivalry and you might get got. L12 (general) and 20 GO
PAIGE IN FULL | 14 Projection/Sounds “SCRATCH”: to re-do, start over again
PAIGE That middle school boy was sweet. Sweet? I don’t want a love like that. I’m tough, so I need tough or tougher. Compliments, flowers and candy Who am I, Ms. Sugar Dandy? Don’t wanna a love like that. Blankets of vague, and decoders Lots of smoke and exhaust from loud motors Now that’s for me. Confirmations, security, provider Don’t wanna a love like that Immaturity, materialism and shortcuts Now that’s me. Intelligence, routine and discipline… that’s corny! Don’t wanna love like that A jail record, lazy and masculine Now that’s me.
I want that bad without the good, The threat without the consequences, The dare without the truth Because that’s a mirror of me. Let’s stick up 7/11’s with hairbrushes Pick locks at the tick tock Hide crack bowls in your freezer Find the Perp and knee her Go ahead and shoot her I wont tell Hide the gun in my car’s wheel well Your secrets are safe with me.
We’re back at the crib. PAIGE IN FULL | 15 Dinner at his place Fish scales like Ghostface All is normal until - Shh shh be quiet - They’re back for revenge and might riot - Take the Teflon vest and hide in the empty cupboard Pop pop, bang bang Damn, my man is doing his thing And it’s making me oh so horny Because this is what a real man does They left and he got scars on his chin Drank away the pain with some gin And told me he would do it again
We laugh while we drink Adrenaline high trying to think Of our next move Suicide love in an open tomb We can create the perfect thrill! But one day he got bored And turning on me became his pill. I was blindsided…didn’t see it coming I knew all along we had the right kind of lovin’ But now, now everything is upside down.
He comes to my house--so Hip-Hop in a blazer jacket Face silky smooth Such beautiful arrogance For someone so unrefined, I still just wanted to touch him from behind. You know--tap tap on his shoulder Get on top of me like a boulder While I lay flat like a dry terrain Make me love you in this new pain One punch and my eyes rain PAIGE IN FULL | 16 Attacks me like I’m the prize His frustration is on the rise Lets take a break---you must be tired. I can cool you down, now that your’re fired. I can take you there, remember--- With my permission. He doesn’t stop. Your going too far--stop making threats It hurts now—you ain’t done yet So many expletives--I thought they were my name So many things I did that should put me to shame Stop, stop -- he only gets stronger Go, go -- he only lasts longer I can’t take no more/ Yes, you will It hurts right there/ Other places I’ll fill
Swallow Slowly as I pray for it to end What happened to us? Partners in crime?…best friends?
- You don’t deserve that ishh (standby L13 lights slow fade) - This is a means to an end. - You’re a tough girl right?/- Well this is where it all begins - You need to fight me like a man/ Get tougher inside or else - I’ll take away your joy/- I’ll take away your pride - Because in the end you’re just an accessory to me, like this chain - And I’m gonna see to it that no man will want you after me. - That way you’re mine forever.
He leaves and I promise myself that I’ll never see him again L13 (lights slow fade) GO But then he leaves his chain... on purpose
He shows up so Hip-Hop in a blazer and denim Face silky smooth PAIGE IN FULL | 17 He makes all the right moves He takes my hands... And leads me upstairs. Our new love cycle of thrill & despair (standby L14 general)
Compliments, flowers and candy? Who am I? Worthy? Yea, I wanna a love like that (WAIT A BEAT) 21 GO
Music plays as Paige releases the tension of the situation through dance Paige jumps back four times ending with both hands in the air, wait a beat until Paige turns around) (autocue 22) L14 (General) GO
Projection/Sound:“CHOP AND SCREW”: to chop up and slow down. Once things were broken apart, slowed down and analyzed, true love showed up.
PAIGE Years pass and I’m at a bar on U Street and he walks in…. and sits right next to me. 23 GO Projection/Sound: I’m here to save you.
PAIGE Oh yea? (autocue 23.1) Projection/Sound: Yup.
PAIGE Not looking for love. (autocue 23.2) Projection/Sound: Love finds you.
PAIGE (aside) I really don’t feel like talking. (standby L15 Miho) (autocue 23.3)
Projection/Sound: Love finds you. You don’t find love. And the pain you went through only makes the love PAIGE IN FULL | 18 you have found now so much stronger. Of course, you deserve the world and I’ll work hard to give it you but don’t let the past consume you. Let the past empower you. PAIGE (she breaths deeply) (to audience) Do you think I should fall in love again? Audience reacts. (autocue 23.4 and 23.5) Projection/Sound: You ok?
PAIGE I’m ok. The audience was being indecisive. (autocue 23.6) Projection/Sound: We can’t have joy without the pain.
(Go right into this cue) (autocue 23.7) Projection/Sound: Wanna dance? PAIGE Yes, always. (autocue 23.8) Projection/Sound: Good. …I’ll play, you dance.
(autocue 23.9) L15 (Miho) GO
Projection/Sound: Paige falls in love through dance. “And together we would be strong… Fight through any struggle… But please leave all you baggage behind… and any baggage you have left, I’ll help you carry (standby L16 general) And then maybe, I can be the husband you’ve always wanted…To hold you up and to hold you tight for the rest of our lives.” On Paige’s Kiss L16 (general) GO
PAIGE Young love was a new feeling of curiosity and lust. Dumb love was test of my ability, strength and trust. Tough love is where it was clear that I deserved more. Real love is where I blossomed. Real love made me whole. PAIGE IN FULL | 19 And with my whole being, I give myself to the Hip-Hop. 24 GO
Projection/Sound: “DIGGIN IN THE CRATES”: the art of seeking out records to sample. Listen carefully: your favorite tunes are packed with musical history. (autocue 25) Optional light for mix GO
Projection/Sound: Music is played as the audience hears several tracks that are currently sampled in hip hop. If DJ is present this a 2-4 minute set of recognizable samples. Set should be fast, upbeat and should include several tracks. DJ can interact with the audience or add any “performance” effect. Set fades as Paige asks the audience to applaud for DJ. Optional lights end, back to general wash
PAIGE Love is multifaceted, hip hop is multifaceted…I’m multifaceted. What am I? I get asked that question by almost every new person I meet. Of course I get use to it. “What are you?” The answer depends on my mood. “human”, “ I’m from Galapagos island”… your daddy’s exotic dream, black and spin the globe…Heinz 57… the three ethnicities you don’t want living on your block or the truth. Black Cuban and Chinese. And then I get these looks…as if they’e scanning to see each culture represented in my features. “OOOOOO---I SEE IT!” no you don’t muthasucker, but it’s ok…one third is never enough. Am I enough? Am I Black enough? 26 GO
Projection of African landscape.
PAIGE “O she’s black”, but then usually there’s a double take. Check out the grain of my hair or the shape of my eyes.
PAIGE IN FULL | 20 “Oh wait…she got something in her….let me hear her talk.” She sounds pretty down to me, but maybe that’s a front… Ok go ahead and quiz me on civil rights, soul food and black authors Prince’s greatest hits, August Wilson monologues and Cadillac models Let me show you my Ailey moves and quote Spike Lee movies Oh and I got rhythm for days, athletic too…I can do the “stanky leg” and I call my man “boo” I’ve got the pride of a panther…”Yes We Can” like Obama I wish a chick would test me…pull off my earrings for drama… But without a doubt, I always…first…claim black… Got more than a quarter, and ain’t giving it back… And these are few of my blackest things…but is it enough? Am I black enough? 27 GO Projection/Sound: Latin sound with Latin image.
PAIGE Am I Latin enough? My blood runs red like the star on that flag Big lips, thick hips and that loud Latina swag I straighten my hair, without relaxer…no lye Volar sin miedo.right after I wink my eye See I’m stuck on black beans with lots of garlic and oil Meant to fight through the struggle no squander or toil I look like most of that island, sittin on my 65 chevy Thinking of my grandfather/ baggage on his back heavy Mango mojitos, plantanos en mofongo con gambas Sexy salsa, flaming montunu, boleros, caliente mambas Afro Cuban guaguanco hear my clave along the cha cha cha Playing cricket and dominoes eating spicy ropa vieja-ja-ja I am the flor de mariposa that blooms from Havana to Guantanamo and everywhere in between The Mambisa, the fighter who stands up for my people, the exile who brings Cuba to the American dream “La tierra suspira si no te ve más” is what Gloria once said No wonder my heart longs for Cuba at night when I rest my head
PAIGE IN FULL | 21 Cuba Libre, won’t you hear my bayamesa from far away I get closer and closer, until with you, I’ll stay. Am I Latin Enough? 28 GO Projection/Sound: Chinese image and traditional music. Paige dances a fan dance
PAIGE Are you Chinese? (nǐ shì zhōngguórén ma ) Yes(shi), I’m asian. Odd, right? My skin is darker, my eyes are wider but yes it’s there I’ve been to Kowloon, took in sights off the Victoria Harbor I know my ancestry and maidens named Hong I carry three coins (tao de ching) in my wallet, and live by feng shui Pawing cats in my foyer and dragonboats (lóngchuán) at bay Got nine goldfish to bring me luck Deep rooted in tradition, temples both modern and ancient Horses and Buddha’s, monkeys and pigs Communism just like my other third Cuba Chopstick tasting and potstickers made with mama’s love I celebrate New Years in February with red envelopes for good fortune here and now “Happy new beginnings, Happy New Year!” But no one wants to believe that there are asian cuffs in my sleeve So I’m left asking… Am I Asian ([hànyǔ) enough (zu)? (beat) Or am I something new? (standby L17 spotlight) 29 GO
Projection/Sound: All images combined, Paige dances a medley
Paige poses hand on her chin (autocue 30 ) L17 (center spotlight) GO
PAIGE Rockin in the park or a house party too We go together like fat laces on a shoe. We got that dope freestyle to make you move your feet PAIGE IN FULL | 22 Update your status or re-tweet your tweet. And tell all your friends that this show is tight ‘cause we up marauding past midnight! Oh, and it sounds so nice, Hip-Hop you’re the love of my life. (standby L18 general) Bring it down now- It sounds so nice, Hip-Hop you’re the love of my life. (autocue 31) L18 (general) GO
Hip hop was always something fresh and fun but that all changed for me on Sept. 13, 1996 when Tupac Shakur took his last breath.
Music plays as Paige reminisces
PAIGE Tupac’s death would note the point in my Hip-Hop evolution where emotions began to get mixed in with the love of the music.. I don’t agree with all things Tupac. I’m not his biggest fan. But we are forever connected through the Baltimore School for the Arts. And therefore he’s my brother. We shared the same teachers, stood on the same city block and both performed on the same stage. The day he died, students were dismissed early. He was a young, passionate artist and so am I. standby L19 (dark blue) His death really hit home and I really tapped into the loss. And one loss made me think of other losses…lost wallets, ex boyfriends, broken hearts…Eazy_E (made a memorial in my locker), Biggie, Freaky Tah, Big L, Pun, Ol Dirty, Jam Master Jay, Dilla, Micheal Jackon (why I’m an artist), Baltimore’s own DJ K-Swift…my grandmother. Suddenly the raw emotion comes like an unexpected phone call in the night. L 19 ( dark blue) and 32 GO
Music begins to play as Paige dances a Hip Hop Keening (2 mins long)
(anywhere in keening dance: standby L20 center spot)
PAIGE IN FULL | 23
Paige kneels at the end of the dance L 20 (center spot) GO
The keening transitions into another
music track as Paige “unravels” (30 secs) (Standby L21 blackout)
At the end we hear Paige’s heartbeat and see her flatline. (autocue 33) L 21 (blackout) GO
(Stand by L22 General)
Projection:
“Record: to capture your voice” (autocue 34) L 22 (General at half) GO
Music begins to play as Paige does her last dance: Hip Hop CPR.
At the end of the dance she breathes heavily as if brought back to life.
Paige does touchdown with arms L23 (general at full) GO
PAIGE OMG. HIP HOP CPR! And just like that I recorded the last track to my mix tape. My life in 60 minutes. Wow….that was intense and each of those tracks represents me…in full. Loss, family, love… and Hip Hop. 35 GO
Music plays as Paige begins the “outro”
PAIGE Thank you so much for checking out PAIGE IN FULL today. I hope my story inspires you to share your own. Be sure to follow PAIGE IN FULL on face book and twitter.
But for now, let the beat keep on rockin…And we outta here…
Oh I forgot about peace! 36 (and autocue 37) GO
L 24 (blackout with panels) GO PAIGE IN FULL | 24 L25 (general) GO
Paige Bows and exits L26 (House Up) GO
Fade Preshow Mix after audience leaves 38 GO
THE END
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