"Ramona waits" by Gisela and Candela

"RAMONA ESPERA" by Antonio Berni

Ramona Waits
It’s twelve o’clock at night. Two women are together in a room. One of them is a young girl of dark skin; her eyes are a mixture of panic and hope. She’s not the one in the mirror, that’s the disguise, that’s the packaging that sells well.

(MN gives R the mirror)
MN: You look great! Change that attitude! You’re going to call nobody’s attention.
R: I don’t know what to do. I was supposed to do other things. My mother always told me that I was special. I’ve never done this before. This is my first time!
N: Sweetheart, you ARE special, that’s why you’re going to make the dreams of lots of men come true. This is a special thing to do! Look at me. I’m very special. (Looking at Ramona’s insecurity expression) Ok, this is what we’ll do. We are going to make a toast for the debutant! This is your first night and you have to be confident and cheerful. (Looks for a bottle of alcoholic drink inside one of her silver high-healed boots) Here it is! (Pours some liquid in a plastic glass and gives it to Ramona) Cheers! (Drinks)
R: (Unconfidently) For me! (Drinks)
R: (Yells in desperation) No! Nocturna! You don’t understand me! This is not me! I’m not like you!
N: What do you mean ‘I’m not like you’? (Miss Nocturna sits down – tired of Ramona’s attitude) Don’t be ungrateful! (Hits her on the neck) I’ve picked you out from the streets and this is how you pay me! Look at you! You’re as thin as a pin! You know that women like us have a fix position in the world. And you can’t change that. We were born like this and we will die like this.
R: (stands up and tries to walk with difficulty)
N: Don’t worry, you’ll get used to them.

That moonless night, Ramona became an old lady who killed mercilessly all her little girl’s innocence. As many dark nights passed, she was seen in different corners, waiting. She still thought luck was going to visit her sometime.


Berni... a great painter! Read about him.
Antonio Berni was born in Rosario in 1905 and died in Buenos Aires in 1981. He devoted to painting during 60 years and, thus, he became one of the most important artists in Argentina as well as in Latin America. Engraving, drawing and murals were among their finest works of art also. In 1925, Berni received a scholarship for studying in Paris. Thus, he got acquainted with the latest western artistic movements and learnt from renowned masters. When he came back to Argentina with his French wife (the artist Paule Cazenave) and daughter (Lilí), his painting became more politically committed. Now, his paintings and murals depicted, for example, middle class people, working class people and provinces people. Thus, social issues became the most important topics of his works.


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