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Wolfe, and Ballard has performed it at her high school in Portland and most recently at the Nov. 21 celebration. The scene is like a cooking show, with Aunt Ethel standing behind a pot and stirring in the ingredients that go into a black person. As Aunt Ethel, Ballard adds “a pinch of style,” then a “dash of flair.” Other ingredients are pizzazz, rage, survival, humor and a “box of blues.” “I hope [the audience] under stands just a little bit where some black people are coming from,” Bal lard said. The director’s notes on the piece call for the actress to wear a bandan na on her head. Ballard opts against wearing one because she thinks it reinforces the “mammy” stereotype of the servile, docile and jovial black woman. To Ballard the piece is a funny way to convey what she called “complete truths” about black people. Her per sonal favorite line is: “Add some atti tude. Oops! I put too much.” She first found the monologue when she was in an acting class at Grant High School in Portland. Af ter that she performed it at a black Laura Smit Emerald During the Kwanzaa celebration, Melissa Ballard, as Aunt Ethel, shares her special cooking recipe with the audience, stirring imaginary ingredients into a pot. history month assembly in front of more than 2,000 people. “At first I didn’t get it,” Ballard said of her first read of the piece. She read it again and realized it was both funny and profound. “It actually has a serious meaning — a subtext,” Ballard said. Because the subtext may be lost on some, she usually asks people if it offends them. She has found its good message and educational qual ities outweigh the risk of someone missing its point or thinking it rein forces stereotypes. Her goal in performing the mono logue is “maybe just to have a little understanding.” Just finishing her first term at the University, Ballard is already in volved in the Black Student Union, InterVarsity, a Christian student group, and is taking acting classes. 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