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|title = [https://www.joefrank.com/shop/pretender Pretender][https://www.joefrank.com/streaming/shows/?jfsearch=Pretender] | |title = [https://www.joefrank.com/shop/pretender Pretender][https://www.joefrank.com/streaming/shows/?jfsearch=Pretender] | ||
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== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
Joe narrates a slide show of his life. He describes having an affair with fellow teachers: a woman with scars on her face who later marries a rich man, a woman who has her teeth capped, a half deaf hypochondriac librarian for whom he later pretends to be obese, an overweight woman who goes to gyms. "History is other people," and ending up "only a teacher." The fictionalized story of Marmouth, illegitimate son of the king and pretender to the throne of England, who lead a failed revolution in 1685. The story is interspersed | Joe narrates a slide show of his life. He describes having an affair with fellow teachers: a woman with scars on her face who later marries a rich man, a woman who has her teeth capped, a half deaf hypochondriac librarian for whom he later pretends to be obese, an overweight woman who goes to gyms. "History is other people," and ending up "only a teacher." The fictionalized story of the [[Wikipedia:James Scott, Duke of Monmouth|Duke of Marmouth]], illegitimate son of the king and pretender to the throne of England, who lead a [[Wikipedia:Monmouth Rebellion|failed revolution]] in 1685. The story is interspersed with the song [[Wikipedia:The Great Pretender|"The Great Pretender"]]. Slide show includes women in nude magazines. Woman speaks a brief second person monologue to her lover. Sounds of battle. | ||
== Music == | == Music == | ||
<!-- | {{More Colours (Eberhard Weber)}} [intro]<!-- unknown synth drone with clicking @1:18--> | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Pretender "The Great Pretender"] - unknown | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Pretender "The Great Pretender"] - unknown version [14:58] | ||
[[Category:Serious_Monologue]] | [[Category:Serious_Monologue]] | ||
Revision as of 06:00, 17 April 2022
| Series | |
|---|---|
| Work In Progress | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| 1986 | |
| Cast | |
| Joe Frank | |
| Format | |
| Serious Monologue, Narrative Monologue, 58 minutes | |
| Preceded by: | Rain |
| Followed by: | Talking About Love |
Ok, here I am, four years old, sitting on the handlebars of our lawnmower.
Pretender is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series Work In Progress. It was originally broadcast in 1986.
Synopsis
Joe narrates a slide show of his life. He describes having an affair with fellow teachers: a woman with scars on her face who later marries a rich man, a woman who has her teeth capped, a half deaf hypochondriac librarian for whom he later pretends to be obese, an overweight woman who goes to gyms. "History is other people," and ending up "only a teacher." The fictionalized story of the Duke of Marmouth, illegitimate son of the king and pretender to the throne of England, who lead a failed revolution in 1685. The story is interspersed with the song "The Great Pretender". Slide show includes women in nude magazines. Woman speaks a brief second person monologue to her lover. Sounds of battle.
Music
- "More Colours" - Eberhard Weber (from The Colours Of Chloë, 1974) | YouTube [intro]
- "The Great Pretender" - unknown version [14:58]