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''"Well of course, Stalin was a very amusing man."''
''"Well of course, Stalin was a very amusing man."''


'''Great Lives (Remix)''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[Work In Progress]]. It is a slight variation on [[Great Lives]] and was originally broadcast in [[:Category:1989|1989]].
'''Great Lives (Remix)''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[Work In Progress]]. It is a variation on [[Great Lives]] and was originally broadcast in [[:Category:1989|1989]].


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
{{Stub}}
The sound of a train, coming to a stop.
 
A man ([[Arthur Miller]]), says that Stalin was very amusing with a
'light, fey sense of humor' and more unlikely stories about him.
 
2:10: Joe asks the man about his claim that Hitler was a woman, which
he affirms, then tells other unlikely stories about him.
 
4:30: A man ([[Ryan Cutrona]]) tells about the things he has been
(holy, evil, rich, very wealthy…), then the places he has been
(Indianapolis, Korea, Venezuela, Baton Rouge, the Moon).  Then he says
some things he wants to talk about - but doesn't.
 
5:40: A man ([[Tim Jerome]]?) talks about confusion, then god, then
watching a woman doing something she should or shouldn't through a
window, whether or not you are doing what you should.
 
8:40: Train sounds.
 
9:00: Joe talks to a man ([[Arthur Miller]]) who taught at Princeton,
knew Einstein, tells unlikely stories about him, including Einstein's affair
with Marilyn Monroe.
 
11:30: A man ([[Ryan Cutrona]]) tells all the things he's seen god
in.
 
13:30: A man ([[Tim Jerome]]) tells unlikely stories about Sigmund
Freud.
 
15:50: Joe asks a man ([[Arthur Miller]]) about Picasso's relationship
with Gertrude Stein, allegedly an explosive affair.
 
18:50: A woman<ref>German accent, real according to a
correspondent on Reddit - I don't think it's Julie Renick, the only
woman mentioned in the cast</ref> talks about songs Marlene Dietrich sang.<ref>The first
song is [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3tnUBwt74M 'Ach, Fräulein Annie wohnt schon lang nicht hier'], [https://www.songtexte.com/songtext/marlene-dietrich/annie-doesnt-live-here-anymore-g43e71b7b.html 'Annie doesn't live here anymore']; the second song is [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx6aKAMYDHk 'Wenn ich mir was wünschen dürfte'], [https://www.songtexte.com/songtext/marlene-dietrich/wenn-ich-mir-was-wunschen-durfte-1bc2595c.html 'If I could wish for something'].  Dietrich sang both.</ref>
 
22:00: A man ([[Arthur Miller]]) tells about attending a costume party
in New York City dressed as Marlene Dietrich did for <i>The Blue
Angel</i>, where he meets her and has a relationship with her when she
was in her 50s.<ref>She was born in 1901.</ref>
 
26:50: A man ([[Ryan Cutrona]]) tells about Hitler's life as a little
girl, goes on about why we haven't been told Hitler was a woman.
 
28:30: A man ([[Nick Ullett]]?) talks about Costa Frangapelli's<ref>fictional, I'm pretty sure</ref>
studies of the flow of time, that no
reality could exist without time stopping.  Man #2 ([[Arthur Miller]])
says that music exists in time.  Man #3 (fake German accent -
[[Tim Jerome]]?)  says that we have to understand silence to
understand music.<ref name=CaseStudies>originally in [[Case Studies]]</ref>
 
30:20: This panel talks about beauty.<ref name=CaseStudies />
 
31:50: The panel returns to talking about music and silence, then that
we are terrified by unbounded things.<ref name=CaseStudies />
 
34:30: A man tells about when he was in Amsterdam, looking for death.
A woman asks him why he didn't kill himself.  A panel
([[Arthur Miller]] and [[Tim Jerome]]?) talk about death and shaving.
 
36:40: A man repeats 'no' forcefully, a woman tries to get him to do
it; he says he can't, pleads that she not make him do it.  They don't
tell us what 'it' is.
 
37:50: Yoko Ono moans along with a trumpet and other instruments.
 
38:30: A man tells us about trouble he has falling asleep.
Others talk about how you know whether you're asleep or awake.
There's a party in the background.
 
39:20: A man yawns and eructates; a woman laughs.
 
40:20: The panel talks about what nothing is; one dreamed that he was
in a coffin.<ref>Originally aired in [[Five Part Dissonance]]</ref>
 
41:30: A woman makes some noises.
 
42:00: Joe asks if time is linear or circular.  The panel responds,
not agreeing with each other.<ref name=CaseStudies />
 
46:20: The panel talks about time more.<ref name=CaseStudies /> 
 
48:30: Joe says that Spinoza thought that a stone that was set in
motion would think it was moving of its own wish, asks if people
believe they're free when they're not.  The panel discusses.  They
imagine stones writing up their experiences, publishing a
journal.<ref name=CaseStudies />
 
53:40: A man ([[Ryan Cutrona]]) talks about when he lived in Vienna
and hung out at cafés with Freud, often saw Stalin, then Einstein and
Marilyn Monroe; Picasso drew portraits on the street.  He claims
Eleanor Roosevelt turned his life around.
 
56:20: A woman ([[Julie Renick]]) sings 'You do something to me' in a
fake German accent, impersonating Marlene Dietrich.


== Music ==
== Music ==
{{Music-Stub}}
{{Music-Stub}}
{{The Animals (Jan Hammer)}} [8:06]
{{Unidentified|id=Percussion at 8:09}}{{Call It Love (Yello)}} [14:16]
{{Call It Love (Yello)}} [14:16] {{Unidentified|id=need to identify drones}}
{{Skin Deep (Duke Ellington)}} [35:28]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Do_Something_to_Me_(Cole_Porter_song) "You Do Something To Me"] - song composed by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cole_Porter Cole Porter], tremulously sung by Julie Renick [56:11]
{{Aos (Yoko Ono)}} [37:30]{{Unidentified|id=Woman vocalizing at 41:30 - audible vinyl scratch}}
* [[Wikipedia:You_Do_Something_to_Me_(Cole_Porter_song)|"You Do Something To Me"]] - song composed by [[Wikipedia:Cole_Porter|Cole Porter]], tremulously sung by Julie Renick [56:11]


== Shared material ==
== Shared material ==
* [[Woman And Bull In Paint Factory]]
* [[Pledge Drive Show, KPFA, 2004-01-15]]
* [[Reprise]]
* [[Great Lives]]
* [[Great Lives]]
* [[Case Studies ]]
* [[Five Part Dissonance]]
== Commentary ==
Most of the panel segments are also in 'Case studies'.  They
sound of a piece; I speculate that they were recorded at the same
time, that Joe didn't use all of them in 1986 ('Case studies').[[User:Arthur Peabody|Arthur Peabody]] ([[User talk:Arthur Peabody|talk]]) 17:59, 23 August 2021 (EDT)
Thanks to people in the German subreddit for help identifying
the 2 Marlene Dietrich songs mentioned at 19 minutes; one said her
voice is authentically German.[[User:Arthur Peabody|Arthur Peabody]] ([[User talk:Arthur Peabody|talk]]) 17:59, 23 August 2021 (EDT)
== Miscellanea ==
The edited version released on YouTube omits the material from 36:40 - 38:30 and 41:30 - 42:00
== External links ==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM2qKXR4UNU Great Lives (Edited)] on YouTube


== Footnotes ==
[[Category:Improv_Actors]]
[[Category:Improv_Actors]]
[[Category:Absurd_Monologue]]
[[Category:Absurd_Monologue]]
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[[Category:Tim Jerome]]
[[Category:Nick Ullett]]
[[Category:Julie Renick]]
[[Category:Julie Renick]]
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Revision as of 13:29, 4 September 2023

Great Lives (Remix)[1]
Series
Work In Progress
Original Broadcast Date
1989
Cast
Arthur Miller, Ryan Cutrona, Tim Jerome, Nick Ullett, Julie Renick, Joe Frank
Format
Improv Actors, Absurd Monologue, Panel Discussion, 58 minutes
Preceded by: Great Lives
Followed by: Night (Part 1)

"Well of course, Stalin was a very amusing man."

Great Lives (Remix) is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series Work In Progress. It is a variation on Great Lives and was originally broadcast in 1989.

Synopsis

The sound of a train, coming to a stop.

A man (Arthur Miller), says that Stalin was very amusing with a 'light, fey sense of humor' and more unlikely stories about him.

2:10: Joe asks the man about his claim that Hitler was a woman, which he affirms, then tells other unlikely stories about him.

4:30: A man (Ryan Cutrona) tells about the things he has been (holy, evil, rich, very wealthy…), then the places he has been (Indianapolis, Korea, Venezuela, Baton Rouge, the Moon). Then he says some things he wants to talk about - but doesn't.

5:40: A man (Tim Jerome?) talks about confusion, then god, then watching a woman doing something she should or shouldn't through a window, whether or not you are doing what you should.

8:40: Train sounds.

9:00: Joe talks to a man (Arthur Miller) who taught at Princeton, knew Einstein, tells unlikely stories about him, including Einstein's affair with Marilyn Monroe.

11:30: A man (Ryan Cutrona) tells all the things he's seen god in.

13:30: A man (Tim Jerome) tells unlikely stories about Sigmund Freud.

15:50: Joe asks a man (Arthur Miller) about Picasso's relationship with Gertrude Stein, allegedly an explosive affair.

18:50: A woman[1] talks about songs Marlene Dietrich sang.[2]

22:00: A man (Arthur Miller) tells about attending a costume party in New York City dressed as Marlene Dietrich did for The Blue Angel, where he meets her and has a relationship with her when she was in her 50s.[3]

26:50: A man (Ryan Cutrona) tells about Hitler's life as a little girl, goes on about why we haven't been told Hitler was a woman.

28:30: A man (Nick Ullett?) talks about Costa Frangapelli's[4] studies of the flow of time, that no reality could exist without time stopping. Man #2 (Arthur Miller) says that music exists in time. Man #3 (fake German accent - Tim Jerome?) says that we have to understand silence to understand music.[5]

30:20: This panel talks about beauty.[5]

31:50: The panel returns to talking about music and silence, then that we are terrified by unbounded things.[5]

34:30: A man tells about when he was in Amsterdam, looking for death. A woman asks him why he didn't kill himself. A panel (Arthur Miller and Tim Jerome?) talk about death and shaving.

36:40: A man repeats 'no' forcefully, a woman tries to get him to do it; he says he can't, pleads that she not make him do it. They don't tell us what 'it' is.

37:50: Yoko Ono moans along with a trumpet and other instruments.

38:30: A man tells us about trouble he has falling asleep. Others talk about how you know whether you're asleep or awake. There's a party in the background.

39:20: A man yawns and eructates; a woman laughs.

40:20: The panel talks about what nothing is; one dreamed that he was in a coffin.[6]

41:30: A woman makes some noises.

42:00: Joe asks if time is linear or circular. The panel responds, not agreeing with each other.[5]

46:20: The panel talks about time more.[5]

48:30: Joe says that Spinoza thought that a stone that was set in motion would think it was moving of its own wish, asks if people believe they're free when they're not. The panel discusses. They imagine stones writing up their experiences, publishing a journal.[5]

53:40: A man (Ryan Cutrona) talks about when he lived in Vienna and hung out at cafés with Freud, often saw Stalin, then Einstein and Marilyn Monroe; Picasso drew portraits on the street. He claims Eleanor Roosevelt turned his life around.

56:20: A woman (Julie Renick) sings 'You do something to me' in a fake German accent, impersonating Marlene Dietrich.

Music

This is an incomplete record of the music in this program. If you can add more information, please do.

Shared material

Commentary

Most of the panel segments are also in 'Case studies'. They sound of a piece; I speculate that they were recorded at the same time, that Joe didn't use all of them in 1986 ('Case studies').Arthur Peabody (talk) 17:59, 23 August 2021 (EDT)

Thanks to people in the German subreddit for help identifying the 2 Marlene Dietrich songs mentioned at 19 minutes; one said her voice is authentically German.Arthur Peabody (talk) 17:59, 23 August 2021 (EDT)

Miscellanea

The edited version released on YouTube omits the material from 36:40 - 38:30 and 41:30 - 42:00

External links

Footnotes

  1. German accent, real according to a correspondent on Reddit - I don't think it's Julie Renick, the only woman mentioned in the cast
  2. The first song is 'Ach, Fräulein Annie wohnt schon lang nicht hier', 'Annie doesn't live here anymore'; the second song is 'Wenn ich mir was wünschen dürfte', 'If I could wish for something'. Dietrich sang both.
  3. She was born in 1901.
  4. fictional, I'm pretty sure
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 originally in Case Studies
  6. Originally aired in Five Part Dissonance