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"Lies" is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[WBAI and NPR Playhouse|NPR Playhouse]]. It was originally broadcast in 1982.
"Lies" is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[WBAI and NPR Playhouse|NPR Playhouse]]. It was originally broadcast in 1982.


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
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* Scenes from the office - a board room filled with terror, one with giggling idiots, a woman shouts colors against a background of machinery.   
* Scenes from the office - a board room filled with terror, one with giggling idiots, a woman shouts colors against a background of machinery.   
* Joe buries his boss and takes his place.  
* Joe buries his boss and takes his place.  


== Interesting Facts ==
== Interesting Facts ==
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== External Links ==
== External Links ==

Revision as of 08:24, 17 February 2018

Lies
Series
WBAI And NPR Playhouse
Original Broadcast Date
1982
Cast
Joe Frank
Format
1 hour
Chronology
Preceded by: Til You're Gone
Followed by: The Decline Of Spengler

"At some point when I was in high school I lost my draft card, and my folks changed houses, and I think there was a period of two years there, or three years, or four years, when the Army lost me. They couldn't find me.."

"Lies" is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series NPR Playhouse. It was originally broadcast in 1982.

Synopsis

  • A guy avoids the draft by pretending to take drugs.
  • A military intelligence officer at a translation center in Vietnam during the war.
  • A pair of radical women screw up a revolutionary bank robbery and go on the run.
  • A man talks about having been politically active.
  • A man meets a woman in a deli; "it had the cadence of witty repartee without the wit;" her roommate makes bagel and cream cheese paperweights, he goes to her place later. She tells him about a rape long ago, about a marriage to a man who shits in bed.
  • Joe is a social climbing night watchman, lists things he must do every night, discusses office people.
  • Scenes from the office - a board room filled with terror, one with giggling idiots, a woman shouts colors against a background of machinery.
  • Joe buries his boss and takes his place.

Interesting Facts

The first 30 minutes of the 1985 Martin Scorcese comedy [After Hours] plagiarizes the plot setup and portions of womaninthe deli segment from "Lies". Joe recounts learning about the plagiarism and then watching the film alone in an NYC movie theater in the 120 minute version of No Show.

Although Joe Frank never received official credit on the film, he was reportedly "paid handsomely" in a settlement. [| salon.com]

Coincidentally, Larry Block has a small role as a taxi driver in the film.

Music

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Commentary

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External Links

WBAI And NPR Playhouse

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