monologue
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Earlier this year, Colman Domingo devoted a portion of his monologue on “Saturday Night Live” to a few things he is famous for.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
As Tao described their inner monologue: “It’s too hard—I’m not going to try.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
“I guess my interior monologue is highly interpretable to people, and if you’re standing in a store and you see somebody really thinking and thinking, they’re like, ‘She must be restocking the shelves.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Years later, when “SNL” developed its opening monologue, it served a similar purpose.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
“Wipe that smile away and be prepared to keep the attitude of that gift of a monologue you just gave us. That is the emotion we are looking for.”
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
You can tell because of the multiple monologues that kick off with someone asking Robin if he’s ever heard that story about so-and-so and forcing the movie to halt while we listen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
On one weekend in Tokyo, hundreds of visitors flocked to a zine fair showcasing a wide range of handmade magazines in different sizes and formats -- some incorporating abstract designs, photography or personal monologues.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
In one of his first monologues, he pointed out his boss in the audience, then-network-head Les Moonves, manning a switch that could kill Colbert’s show in favor of reruns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Olivia and Jamieson both feel the guest-host monologues didn't work for the British version of the show.
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
It is quite characteristic of him at his best: well-told; several rhetorical monologues; a little essay on Love by the way.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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