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Ali Louis Bourzgui scored an upset win for performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical for originating the role of David in the musical adaptation of the cult vampire horror film, \u201cThe Lost Boys.\u201d<\/p>\n
As viewers scrambled to keep their score cards straight \u2014 Andr\u00e9 De Shields was favored to take the trophy for his work in \u201cCats: The Jellicle Ball\u201d \u2014 the 26-year-old Bourzgui went on to deliver the night\u2019s most impassioned, and pointedly political speech.<\/p>\n
He began by noting that, \u201cVampires represent those who have shunned their own humanity in order to achieve a non-existent sense of superiority. The billionaires will never find happiness from their money. The colonizers will never find fulfillment from the land and lives they steal. The fascists will never find meaning from their conformity, not in this lifetime or eternity.\u201d<\/p>\n
Through the cheers of an invigorated audience, Bourzgui went on to talk about how \u201ctheater is one of the last places people can come to worship the power of true collective human presence.\u201d<\/p>\n
At its best, he said, theater helps us see ourselves in a stranger\u2019s story.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is dedicated to the beautiful tapestry of immigrant families who make this country really special. May you one day not have to audition for the empathy that should be freely given by this country that benefits from your beauty, for the queer and trans communities who will exist, no matter what people in power try to take away from them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bourzgui, whose father immigrated to America from Morocco, went on to pay tribute to Palestine and his own Arab heritage.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor the people of Palestine, who deserve a free life, a full life without occupation, for Arabs and their makers and artists, may we continue to tell our stories and show our faces. Our humanity becomes undeniable, and our families can no longer be written off as merely collateral damage, may they know the beauty of our kisses upon his cheek and the romance of a language rooted in passion for love and life itself.\u201d<\/p>\n
He wrapped up this speech with a plea for love and empathy.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf there\u2019s one thing we can learn from vampires, it\u2019s that life is short, but that\u2019s it\u2019s a gift. Find beauty in the ephemeral and gratitude in what is not promised, and always invest in the people that want to see you blossom into your truest self, and hold that space for them in return.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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