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''Lila always carries a big purse.'' | ''Lila always carries a big purse.'' | ||
'''Lila And The Professor''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[In The Dark]]. It was originally broadcast in [[1995]]. | '''Lila And The Professor''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[In The Dark]]. It was originally broadcast in [[:Category:1995|1995]]. | ||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
This episode is excerpts from all 3 parts of 'Iceland', the story of | |||
Lila, Professor Vogel, and Joe. It isn't all of the segments that involve | |||
Lila. | |||
Joe tells of his relationship with his girlfriend, Lila, | |||
particularly what he dislikes: her huge purse which contains lots of | |||
stuff - she has to dump it all out to find what she's looking for; | |||
she's fussy in restaurants; has poor table manners; she loses things | |||
at the movie theatre, insists on searching while the movie plays. | |||
She mistakenly gives Joe a letter from her mentor, Professor Vogel, | |||
who lives in Iceland, who is dying. He promises his estate to Lila if | |||
she'll visit once more before he dies. He describes their sexual | |||
relationship. After that Joe continues to read his letters to her, | |||
which describe their 'nights of passion'. He finds out she's visited | |||
him when she has told Joe she's at a conference.<ref>originally aired | |||
in [[Iceland (Part 1)]]</ref> | |||
9:30: Joe recounts the dinner party at some of his oldest | |||
friends, how late Lila makes them. She's sympathizing with a neighbor | |||
whose husband left her; then, Lila's mother calls, distraught about | |||
her son's arrest for voyeurism in a women's bathroom at the Hilton. | |||
After that, she spends a lot of time on her makeup, then tries on | |||
different outfits, asking Joe what he thinks. Just after they get out | |||
the door, the phone rings: Professor Vogel has died; she's to come to | |||
the reading of the will. She describes their fieldwork with Bedouin | |||
tribesmen, everyone's passion for the work, his nursing of her after a | |||
scorpion sting.<ref>originally aired in [[Iceland (Part 2)]]</ref> | |||
18:20: Oswald, Professor Vogel's assistant, meets them at the airport. | |||
Joe describes Vogel's estate and chalet. Vogel is in a block of ice, | |||
per his instructions.<ref name=iceland3>originally aired in [[Iceland (Part 3)]]</ref> | |||
20:40: The lawyer arrives, reads the will. Lila gets almost | |||
everything.<ref name=iceland3 /> | |||
21:30: Lila tells Joe she had no idea she meant that much to him. | |||
They have to cancel their return tickets to have enough time to | |||
dispose of his estate.<ref name=iceland3 /> | |||
22:30: Joe, having nothing to do, walks the tundra.<ref name=iceland3 /> | |||
23:00: Joe finds Vogel's love letters to Lila all around the chalet. | |||
Joe reads some of the letters, all about how much Lila meant to | |||
him.<ref name=iceland3 /> | |||
26:30: Joe finds, 'our love making is becoming increasingly | |||
passionate.' despite 'We barely talk. Our relationship seems to | |||
hardly exist.'<ref name=iceland3 /> | |||
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<div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Legacy Synopsis</div> | |||
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*A description of Lila; her big purse, losing things, behavior in a movie theater and restaurant. | *A description of Lila; her big purse, losing things, behavior in a movie theater and restaurant. | ||
*Joe finds Professor Vogel's love letters to Lila. | *Joe finds Professor Vogel's love letters to Lila. | ||
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*A list of Vogel's works. | *A list of Vogel's works. | ||
*Making love in Vogel's house. | *Making love in Vogel's house. | ||
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== Music== | == Music == | ||
{{Ode_To_Perfume_(Holger_Czukay)}} | {{Ode_To_Perfume_(Holger_Czukay)}} [Intro] | ||
{{Cloud Mountain (Gabrielle Roth And The Mirrors)}} | {{Cloud Mountain (Gabrielle Roth And The Mirrors)}} [9:08] | ||
== Shared material == | == Shared material == | ||
This program | This program is an abridged version of the signature narrative of [[Iceland (Part 1)|Iceland]]. | ||
== | == Footnotes == | ||
[[Category:Absurd_Monologue]] | [[Category:Absurd_Monologue]] | ||
Revision as of 10:08, 31 August 2023
| Series | |
|---|---|
| In The Dark | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| 1995 | |
| Cast | |
| Joe Frank | |
| Format | |
| Absurd Monologue, Category:Narrative Monologue, 28 minutes | |
| Preceded by: | In A Lonely Place |
| Followed by: | Streetwise |
Lila always carries a big purse.
Lila And The Professor is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series In The Dark. It was originally broadcast in 1995.
Synopsis
This episode is excerpts from all 3 parts of 'Iceland', the story of Lila, Professor Vogel, and Joe. It isn't all of the segments that involve Lila.
Joe tells of his relationship with his girlfriend, Lila, particularly what he dislikes: her huge purse which contains lots of stuff - she has to dump it all out to find what she's looking for; she's fussy in restaurants; has poor table manners; she loses things at the movie theatre, insists on searching while the movie plays.
She mistakenly gives Joe a letter from her mentor, Professor Vogel, who lives in Iceland, who is dying. He promises his estate to Lila if she'll visit once more before he dies. He describes their sexual relationship. After that Joe continues to read his letters to her, which describe their 'nights of passion'. He finds out she's visited him when she has told Joe she's at a conference.[1]
9:30: Joe recounts the dinner party at some of his oldest friends, how late Lila makes them. She's sympathizing with a neighbor whose husband left her; then, Lila's mother calls, distraught about her son's arrest for voyeurism in a women's bathroom at the Hilton. After that, she spends a lot of time on her makeup, then tries on different outfits, asking Joe what he thinks. Just after they get out the door, the phone rings: Professor Vogel has died; she's to come to the reading of the will. She describes their fieldwork with Bedouin tribesmen, everyone's passion for the work, his nursing of her after a scorpion sting.[2]
18:20: Oswald, Professor Vogel's assistant, meets them at the airport. Joe describes Vogel's estate and chalet. Vogel is in a block of ice, per his instructions.[3]
20:40: The lawyer arrives, reads the will. Lila gets almost everything.[3]
21:30: Lila tells Joe she had no idea she meant that much to him. They have to cancel their return tickets to have enough time to dispose of his estate.[3]
22:30: Joe, having nothing to do, walks the tundra.[3]
23:00: Joe finds Vogel's love letters to Lila all around the chalet. Joe reads some of the letters, all about how much Lila meant to him.[3]
26:30: Joe finds, 'our love making is becoming increasingly passionate.' despite 'We barely talk. Our relationship seems to hardly exist.'[3]
- A description of Lila; her big purse, losing things, behavior in a movie theater and restaurant.
- Joe finds Professor Vogel's love letters to Lila.
- Trying to leave for a dinner party with Lila. She comforts a lonely neighbor, talks with her mother on the phone. Lila's exhibitionism.
- They are told that Vogel has died, make plans to attend the funeral.
- She describes working with him studying compulsive behavior in nomadic tribesmen.
- Joe and Lila arrive to discover that Vogel has left her his estate.
- Burial in ice.
- They find love letters around the house.
- A list of Vogel's works.
- Making love in Vogel's house.
Music
- "Ode to Perfume"[4] - Holger Czukay (from On The Way To The Peak Of Normal, 1981) | YouTube [Intro]
- "Cloud Mountain" - Gabrielle Roth And The Mirrors (from Ritual, 1990) | YouTube [9:08]
This program is an abridged version of the signature narrative of Iceland.
Footnotes
- ↑ originally aired in Iceland (Part 1)
- ↑ originally aired in Iceland (Part 2)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 originally aired in Iceland (Part 3)
- ↑ Online music services mislabel this track "Fragrance".
