Shameless- The show shameless(US) is an American Comedy drama developed by John Wells. The show is an adaptation to Paul Abbott’s Shameless(UK). The shows are very similar however have different storylines along the way due to the different lifestyles within the US and UK. The show is based around a dysfunctional family from the lower class areas within Chicago. It shows the lifestyle of the family and how drugs, Alcohol, mental health and more effect a family. A lot of the issues shown within Shameless are issues that are society faces.
For my first monologue, I chose to do a contemporary monologue based on the show ‘Shameless(US)’. It was the scene from Season 7, episode 12, Post Monica’s death. It is when Monica leaves them bags of meth instead of a proper Will as that’s all she had. Fiona wanted to sell the meth to make a better life for her and her siblings, whereas Frank, their father, wanted to keep it in memory to keep, he tries to convince Fiona that Monica loved them. However in reality Monica had left them and wasn’t a good mother at all. So both Frank and Fiona have different views on Monica creating a huge argument leading to Fiona telling Frank ho she felt growing up with her as their mum and how it effected her.