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|title = [https://www.joefrank.com/shop/haiti Haiti][https://www.joefrank.com/streaming/shows/?jfsearch=Haiti] | |title = [https://www.joefrank.com/shop/haiti Haiti][https://www.joefrank.com/streaming/shows/?jfsearch=Haiti] | ||
|data6 = [[Rick Overton]], Paul, [[ | |data6 = [[Rick Overton]], [[Paul Verdier]] , [[Sonia Lloveras-Verdier]], [[Tucker Smallwood]], [[Irving Gelman]], [[David Rapkin]], Joe Frank | ||
|data10 = [[Prayer]] | |data10 = [[Prayer]] | ||
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''"And all of a sudden something has happened, and I pass out..."'' | ''"And all of a sudden something has happened, and I pass out..."'' | ||
'''Haiti''' is | '''Haiti''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[In The Dark]]. It was originally broadcast in [[:Category:1993|1993]]. | ||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
A man (apparently Swanberg, the current president of Haiti) describes | |||
his medical problems. The physicians diagnose depression, want to | |||
give him shock treatments; he diagnoses high blood sugar | |||
2:30: Joe describes Haiti, its poverty and problems, its new | |||
president, Swanberg. | |||
3:20: Swanberg talks about his medical condition. | |||
3:50: Joe talks about Swanberg, the mystery he represents, what we can | |||
expect from him. | |||
5:10: Joe converses with Newt Phelan, combat photographer. Phelan | |||
describes how planes dropped flour on Rwandans, they did a mime show; | |||
a dog behind the wheel of a car after a terrorist bombing in 1989 in | |||
Paris; a drunk in Northern Ireland, a child pulling down his pants so | |||
he can pick his pocket; photographing a jazz band in Beijing at the | |||
time of the protest in Tiananmen Square because he had gone to the | |||
wrong square; Swanberg dancing with a chicken a girl has just slit the | |||
neck of. | |||
9:40: A woman sings | |||
[https://genius.com/Frank-sinatra-witchcraft-lyrics 'Witchcraft'] with | |||
Swanberg inserted into the lyrics as the witch. | |||
11:20: Joe converses with Paul Dumont, owner of a hotel that has | |||
fallen on hard times in the Swanberg administration. They're being | |||
watched from helicopter. | |||
13:20: Joe tells us that we misunderstand | |||
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Duvalier Papa Doc] and | |||
the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonton_Macoute Tonton Macoute], | |||
that they were actually good. | |||
15:30: Swanberg describes his heart problems and their treatment: | |||
balloons then open heart surgery. | |||
16:40: Joe interviews the Minister of Information, who downplays the | |||
political murders and other state violence. | |||
21:50: Joe describes Swanberg's alleged sexual kinks, drug abuse, the | |||
orgies he conducts. | |||
24:20: Swanberg thanks the Haitian people for trusting him. | |||
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> | |||
<div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Legacy Synopsis</div> | |||
<div class="mw-collapsible-content"> | |||
*Swanberg talks about his medical conditions and narrowly avoiding shock treatment. | *Swanberg talks about his medical conditions and narrowly avoiding shock treatment. | ||
*Joe describes Haiti's new president: Swanberg. | *Joe describes Haiti's new president: Swanberg. | ||
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*Papa Doc the benign patriarch. | *Papa Doc the benign patriarch. | ||
*Interview with the minister of information about the human body as a metaphor for the country. | *Interview with the minister of information about the human body as a metaphor for the country. | ||
</div></div> | |||
== Music == | == Music == | ||
{{Marimba Song (Boo Boo's Gone Mambo) (Laika)}} [Intro] | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft_(1957_song) "Witchcraft"] [9:41] <!-- Charles Hayes (from ''Just Us'', 2010) | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txeH_MtgbNc YouTube] ?? more time travel --> | |||
{{Marimba Song (Laika)}} | |||
== Commentary == | == Commentary == | ||
The listed cast has 7 members; I hear only 6 parts. joefrank.com lists only 2 cast members: Joe and Paul.[[User:Arthur Peabody|Arthur Peabody]] ([[User talk:Arthur Peabody|talk]]) 17:01, 13 November 2023 (PST) | |||
[[Category:Absurd_Monologue]] | [[Category:Absurd_Monologue]] | ||
[[Category:Scripted_Actors]] | [[Category:Scripted_Actors]] | ||
[[Category:Singing|Singing]] | |||
[[Category:Rick Overton]] | [[Category:Rick Overton]] | ||
[[Category:Sonya Verdiya]] | [[Category:Sonya Verdiya]] | ||
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[[Category:Irving Gelman]] | [[Category:Irving Gelman]] | ||
[[Category:David Rapkin]] | [[Category:David Rapkin]] | ||
[[Category:In The Dark]] | |||
[[Category:1993]] | [[Category:1993]] | ||
[[Category:Show]] | |||
[[Category:Show_by_date|19940020]] {{Airdate|airdate=1994}} | |||
{{Series|series=In The Dark}}{{Cast|cast=[[Rick Overton]], Paul, [[Sonya Verdiya]], [[Tucker Smallwood]], [[Irving Gelman]], [[David Rapkin]], Joe Frank}} | |||
Latest revision as of 18:14, 13 November 2023
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| Series | |
|---|---|
| In The Dark | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| 1993 | |
| Cast | |
| Rick Overton, Paul Verdier , Sonia Lloveras-Verdier, Tucker Smallwood, Irving Gelman, David Rapkin, Joe Frank | |
| Format | |
| Absurd Monologue, Scripted Actors, Singing 26 minutes | |
| Preceded by: | Prayer |
| Followed by: | A Hearing |
"And all of a sudden something has happened, and I pass out..."
Haiti is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series In The Dark. It was originally broadcast in 1993.
Synopsis
A man (apparently Swanberg, the current president of Haiti) describes his medical problems. The physicians diagnose depression, want to give him shock treatments; he diagnoses high blood sugar
2:30: Joe describes Haiti, its poverty and problems, its new president, Swanberg.
3:20: Swanberg talks about his medical condition.
3:50: Joe talks about Swanberg, the mystery he represents, what we can expect from him.
5:10: Joe converses with Newt Phelan, combat photographer. Phelan describes how planes dropped flour on Rwandans, they did a mime show; a dog behind the wheel of a car after a terrorist bombing in 1989 in Paris; a drunk in Northern Ireland, a child pulling down his pants so he can pick his pocket; photographing a jazz band in Beijing at the time of the protest in Tiananmen Square because he had gone to the wrong square; Swanberg dancing with a chicken a girl has just slit the neck of.
9:40: A woman sings 'Witchcraft' with Swanberg inserted into the lyrics as the witch.
11:20: Joe converses with Paul Dumont, owner of a hotel that has fallen on hard times in the Swanberg administration. They're being watched from helicopter.
13:20: Joe tells us that we misunderstand Papa Doc and the Tonton Macoute, that they were actually good.
15:30: Swanberg describes his heart problems and their treatment: balloons then open heart surgery.
16:40: Joe interviews the Minister of Information, who downplays the political murders and other state violence.
21:50: Joe describes Swanberg's alleged sexual kinks, drug abuse, the orgies he conducts.
24:20: Swanberg thanks the Haitian people for trusting him.
- Swanberg talks about his medical conditions and narrowly avoiding shock treatment.
- Joe describes Haiti's new president: Swanberg.
- Interview with a combat photographer - flour bombings, missing Tiananmen square.
- A woman sings "Witchcraft."
- Interview with a hotel proprietor.
- Papa Doc the benign patriarch.
- Interview with the minister of information about the human body as a metaphor for the country.
Music
- "Marimba Song (Boo Boo's Gone Mambo)" - Laika (from Antenna EP, 1994) | YouTube [Intro]
- "Witchcraft" [9:41]
Commentary
The listed cast has 7 members; I hear only 6 parts. joefrank.com lists only 2 cast members: Joe and Paul.Arthur Peabody (talk) 17:01, 13 November 2023 (PST)