Home

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"Home" is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series Work In Progress. It was originally broadcast in 1988.

Note:There seems to be inconsistencies between the synopsis here and a recording listed under this title. The recording includes only Grace Zabriskie's monologue. Is this another case of an unlabeled remix?


Synopsis

  • Monologue: Joe's in a rock band. He befriends Lorraine, the wild bartender at the motel.
  • Looking for a job in LA. Alienated from his friends and alone, he has nowhere to be.
  • At a bar, he meets a woman. He drives her home and she asks him to stay and hold her.
  • Miserable Danny with his mother.
  • Summer in Virginia, building a house with Katie.
  • Talking to his mom in the nursing home, she implores him to get her out.
  • Katie. "What I finally found unbearable is how much she loved me."
  • Background on Danny.
  • We hear from Beth, played by Grace Zabriskie. She tells about:
    • A series of photographs.
    • Her father acquires and loses a cafe; hanging out with artists and writers.
    • His crazy subsequent schemes.
    • His funeral.
    • She reflects on his disappointment in her.
    • Remembering the cafe and the French Quarter in the 40s and 50s.
    • Learning of her father's secret kindnesses after his death.

Interesting Facts

Commentary

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Spblat

As someone who discovered Joe Frank in the 90's, part of my problem with the older stuff is that his style hasn't evolved into the form I am so fond of: a deep, intimate-sounding voice telling bizarre and/or captivating stories over electronica loops. But by this time, his vocal delivery has evolved into a more storytelling style: it sounds like he's delivering his monologueoff the top of his head, as opposed to reading from a page, and that to me is the secret sauce in his later performances.


The synopsis includes 'Just Hold Me'. 'Home' is a half-hour show, Grace Zabriskie telling a story about growing up in converted slave quarters in New Orleans that her father runs as a restaurant (though she did grow up in New Orleans and her father was a restaurateur). Joe's shows were always an hour long so 2 half-hour shows are paired. RandomTroll 16:51, 2 Sep 2010 (PDT)

External Links

Work In Progress

Another Country (Part 1) | Another Country (Part 2) | Another Country (Part 3) | At The Border | Bad | The Best | Building A Church | Case Studies | Cocktails Before Dinner | Dear Annie | The Dictator (Part 1) | The Dictator (Part 2) | The Dictator (Part 3) | Dreamland | Dreams Of The River | El Cholo (In The Beginning) | Emerald Isle | Emergency Room | Five Part Dissonance | Great Lives | Great Lives (Remix) | He Hesitated | Highways West | Home | Iceland (Part 1) | Iceland (Part 2) | Iceland (Part 3) | I'm Not Crazy | In The Dark (Part 1) | In The Dark (Part 2) | In The Middle Of Nowhere (Part 1) | In The Middle Of Nowhere (Part 2) | In The Middle Of Nowhere (Part 3) | Islands | A Kiss Is Just A Kiss | A Landing Strip In The Jungle | Let Me Not Dream | Lines | The More I Know You | Nausea | Night (Remix) | Night (Part 1) | Night (Part 2) | Nightride | No Show | On The Edge | A Pact With God | Performer | Photography | The Policeman's Ball | Pretender | Rain | Redneck Rounder | Rent A Family (Part 1) | Rent A Family (Part 2) | Rent A Family (Part 3) | Road To Hell | Rose | Sleep | Stories For Nothing | The Street | Summer Notes (Remix) | Talking About Love | Tell Me What To Do | Thank You, You're Beautiful | To The Bar Life | The Truth About Women (Part 1) | The Truth About Women (Part 2) | Two Babes | When She's Asleep, She Looks Like An Angel | Why I Don't Love You Anymore | Words