I'm Not Crazy

I'm Not Crazy[1]

Series
Work In Progress
Original Broadcast Date
1990
Cast
Joe Frank
Format
Absurd Monologue, 1 hour
Preceded by:	Truth About Women, The (Part 2)
Followed by:	Iceland (Part 1)

Oh one night stand, single page, dead end street, first and only never to be repeated passion

I'm Not Crazy is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series Work In Progress. It was originally broadcast in 1990.

Synopsis

Ode to a one night stand. A woman who dates veterans from successively earlier wars. The problems with peace. Joe is a private investigator - he's hired by a man whose wife he is seeing and he is hired to shoplift from a store. Social breakdown: exploded hair salons, dry cleaners, and cat-scan machines, a ballet company dressed as migrant workers, ambulance workers clandestinely killing people, judges and cops standing in line to be paid, Christ being executed by a futuristic gang members. Tears being harvested for industry. Lying about everything. Joe accuses himself of being a misogynist. Having unnecessary operations in order to sue for medical malpractice. Mad ramblings: dentures, money and toilet paper, "and if you'd only accept my transplant, then you'd have two livers", "I hate circus clowns because they're indifferent to national emergencies", people are talking about me, a man India takes a vow of silence, preferring the company of mutes and children, etc.

Music

• "They Drive by Night" - David Van Tieghem (from Strange Cargo, 1989) | YouTube

• "One More Night" - Can (from Ege Bamyasi, 1972) | YouTube

• "Me And My Shadow" - The Jazz Masters (from Smooth Jazz) | YouTube

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