A.K.A. (Also Known As) by Daniel J. Meyer

SHORT SYNOPSIS

A.K.A. (Also Known As) tells us about a specific period in the adolescence of Paul which we are going to be part of (we are not going to be only audience but judges too)
From a moment in which, through no fault of his own, his foundations,
his roots, his identity tremble. Paul is adopted… and the eyes of others make him wonder what his “true” identity is; Maybe he is not totally who he has decided to be.
Are we what we feel we are? Or what people think we are?
This is what A.K.A revolves about: how these germs take root in the life of Paul.

FULL SYNOPSIS

Paul
15 years. Fine… 16. It finished… with 20-22.
He speaks a mix of northern and southern English. As he can, as he wants.
Adopted when he was 3-4 years old. Middle-class family.
He is on Tinder. And…
Meets Claudia. MAGIC!
He falls in love with Claudia.
Middle-upper class girl.
All goes well
First night they will have sex, … they will make love. There is so much love.
The cousin appears at the place.
Coitus interruptus
Clàudia no longer answers the calls.
The Police knock the door. Goes on trial. Why? He is Muzzie!. Or at least, he looks like one.
Well … actually, because Claudia was younger.
But in fact because he is Muzzie!
He is not from here.
Everything goes to shit.

A.K.A. (Also Known As) tells us about a specific period in the ado- lescence of Paul which we are going to be part of (we are not going to be only audience but judges too)
From a moment in which, through no fault of his own, his foundations,
his roots, his identity tremble. Paul is adopted… and the eyes of others make him wonder what his “true” identity is; Maybe he is not totally who he has decided to be.
Are we what we feel we are? Or what people think we are?
This is what A.K.A revolves about: how these germs take root in the life of Paul.

AUTHOR’S WORDS

I came from Argentina 22 years ago. I am Argentine-German-Jewish with German, Polish, Russian descent but from Belarus –which perhaps at thattime was Ukraine-, Argentine and Moldovan.

My sister has lived in Israel for 17 years and my parents for 12. So wecould say that I am the most deeply rooted in my family, today. If we looked at my family tree, no two generations have stayed on the same land their entire existence.

I live in Barcelona and if you ask me where I am from, I answer “From here” I feel from here. I have spent all of my adult life here. I am from here and there, with multiple roots and polyhedral identity, but that is my private choice.

I publicly reply “I’m from here”

But for many I am still an alien, an outsider.

This work is about that: identity; the difference between who you feel you are and what other people determine you should be

The inside and the outside.

Daniel J. Meyer