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FRIEND: Were you in the play as well or did you just write it?
MALALA: I did both. I played Romeo as a civil servant
interviewing people for a job.
FRIEND: OK, and what happened next?
MALALA: The first candidate is a beautiful girl, and he asks
her very easy questions such as, 'How many wheels does
a bicycle have?' When she replies, 'Two,' he says, 'You are
so brilliant.' The next candidate is a man, so Romeo asks
him impossible things like, 'Without leaving your chair, tell
me the make of the fan in the room above us.' 'How could
I possibly know?' asks the candidate. 'You're telling me
you have a PhD and you don't know!' replies Romeo. He
decides to give the job to the girl.
FRIEND: Oh, I get it now. Who played the other characters?
MALALA: Moniba played the girl, of course, and another
classmate, Attiya, played the part of my assistant to add
some salt, pepper and masala with her witty asides.
FRIEND: How did the audience react?
MALALA: Everyone laughed a lot.
FRIEND: Really? Did you expect that?
MALALA: No, I was a bit nervous, but the audience loved the
play. I guess I should have known because I like to mimic
people, and during breaks, my friends used to beg me to
impersonate our teachers.
FRIEND: I’m sure everyone had a great time, even though
you didn’t expect it.
MALALA: Yes, with all the bad stuff going on in those days,
we needed small, small reasons to laugh.

impersonate
masala fan (n.): ventilador
Glossary on make (n.): marca
page 92 PhD (n.): doctorado/
estudio de posgrado

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