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''He was seventeen, on vacation with his mother and father in the Caribbean.'' | ''He was seventeen, on vacation with his mother and father in the Caribbean.'' | ||
'''The Queen Of Puerto Rico''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[WBAI And NPR Playhouse]]. It was originally broadcast in [[1983]]. | '''The Queen Of Puerto Rico''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[WBAI And NPR Playhouse]]. It was originally broadcast in [[:Category:1983|1983]]. | ||
Joe published a [[Queen Of Puerto Rico | Joe published a [[The Queen Of Puerto Rico (Book)|book of the same name]], containing a slightly modified version of the program text in short story form. | ||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
"Morning/Midday" (Max Roach) | |||
0:10: Joe tells of a 17-year-old on vacation in St Thomas<ref>the | 0:10: Joe tells of a 17-year-old on vacation in St. Thomas.<ref>the | ||
Virgin Island</ref> | Virgin Island</ref> Too old to play with the other children, he | ||
doesn't feel comfortable with the adults. He hangs out at an outside | doesn't feel comfortable with the adults. He hangs out at an outside | ||
bar by himself, drinking. He sees a beautiful woman, dressed in pink, | bar by himself, drinking. He sees a beautiful woman, dressed in pink, | ||
falls for her, never gets up the nerve to talk to her. | falls for her, never gets up the nerve to talk to her. | ||
3:30: Joe tells of driving around old San Juan, accompanied by the | |||
sound of a powerful engine, by the Bacardi factory.<ref>Bacardi has a | |||
factory near San Juan, Puerto Rico.</ref> | |||
6:00: A polite middle-aged businessman befriends him at the bar; the | 6:00: A polite middle-aged businessman befriends him at the bar; the | ||
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since he had arrived at the island.<ref>He's different from the young | since he had arrived at the island.<ref>He's different from the young | ||
man in [[At The Dark End Of The Bar]] who hadn't ever smoked | man in [[At The Dark End Of The Bar]] who hadn't ever smoked | ||
before.</ref> They watch a movie<ref>It's <i>The | before.</ref> They watch a movie.<ref>It's <i>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_List_of_Adrian_Messenger The List Of Adrian Messenger]</i></ref> | ||
Messenger</i></ref> | He gets so stoned and drunk that he gets sick, | ||
passes out in a bed. The man gets into bed with him, caresses him; he | passes out in a bed. The man gets into bed with him, caresses him; he | ||
doesn't remember anything that happens after that. | doesn't remember anything that happens after that. | ||
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10:00: 17yo wakes up next morning; the man is gone, but he's left a | 10:00: 17yo wakes up next morning; the man is gone, but he's left a | ||
note and $400; the man professes love; the 17yo felt 'fear, revulsion, | note and $400; the man professes love; the 17yo felt 'fear, revulsion, | ||
shame', leaves the money behind. | |||
10:30: Back at the hotel he packs his stuff, they go to the airport. | 10:30: Back at the hotel he packs his stuff, they go to the airport. | ||
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13:00: Every Friday an airline calls the 17yo, telling him that | 13:00: Every Friday an airline calls the 17yo, telling him that | ||
there's a first-class ticket to St Thomas, or Puerto Rico, where the | there's a first-class ticket to St. Thomas, or Puerto Rico, where the | ||
man had moved, for him. Then he gets letters from the man, telling | man had moved, for him. Then he gets letters from the man, telling | ||
him how much he means to him, that if 17yo would live with him he'd | him how much he means to him, that if 17yo would live with him he'd | ||
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big business deals. | big business deals. | ||
21:30: In St Thomas his bartender-friend tells him the pink lady has | 21:30: In St. Thomas his bartender-friend tells him the pink lady has | ||
'gone back to the States'. He takes a job at a canvas and leather | 'gone back to the States'. He takes a job at a canvas and leather | ||
store, grows his hair long, gets a dark tan, wears clogs that add | store, grows his hair long, gets a dark tan, wears clogs that add | ||
inches to his height, wears tight jeans and cut-off t-shirts, Paco | inches to his height, wears tight jeans and cut-off t-shirts, Paco | ||
Rabanne cologne, smokes | Rabanne cologne, smokes Gauloises. He makes a point of putting on a | ||
show in everything he does. At night he wears pale blue satin shirts | show in everything he does. At night he wears pale blue satin shirts | ||
and white slacks at the clubs. 'He did everything as if he were | and white slacks at the clubs. 'He did everything as if he were | ||
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hospital, is physically familiar with the old man. | hospital, is physically familiar with the old man. | ||
28:30: Joe tells of driving around old San Juan, accompanied by the | 28:30: Joe again tells of driving around old San Juan, accompanied by the | ||
sound of a powerful engine | sound of a powerful engine. | ||
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<div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Legacy Synopsis</div> | <div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Legacy Synopsis</div> | ||
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A teenage boy visits a Caribbean island with his parents. He watches the pink lady in a bar. He meets her on the beach. Brief monologue about driving through the countryside against the sounds of a racing car. He meets a man in a bar who invites him to a beach house. He gets stoned and drunk and winds up in bed with the man. A man in a hospital imagines he is in a resort. The man follows the boy to the airport, later calls him and sends him letters, invites him to visit and becomes the queen of Puerto Rico. He wears his grandmother's necklace, think s of the pink lady. He writes the man and asks for money. The man goes to the hospital. Later he drops out of school and returns to the island. More scenes of a confused man in the hospital. The boy gets a job on the island, begins wearing makeup, becomes the pink lady. Breakfast in the hospital. | A teenage boy visits a Caribbean island with his parents. He watches the pink lady in a bar. He meets her on the beach. Brief monologue about driving through the countryside against the sounds of a racing car. He meets a man in a bar who invites him to a beach house. He gets stoned and drunk and winds up in bed with the man. A man in a hospital imagines he is in a resort. The man follows the boy to the airport, later calls him and sends him letters, invites him to visit and becomes the queen of Puerto Rico. He wears his grandmother's necklace, think s of the pink lady. He writes the man and asks for money. The man goes to the hospital. Later he drops out of school and returns to the island. More scenes of a confused man in the hospital. The boy gets a job on the island, begins wearing makeup, becomes the pink lady. Breakfast in the hospital. | ||
</div></div> | </div></div> | ||
== Music == | == Music == | ||
{{Morning/Midday (Max Roach)}} | {{Morning/Midday (Max Roach)}} [Intro] | ||
== | == Shared material == | ||
* Shares some text with [[Fat Man Down]] (not the same audio) | * Shares some text with [[Fat Man Down]] (not the same audio) | ||
== | == Miscellanea == | ||
* In the short story, the youth is named Nick and the businessman is named Perry | |||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
[[Category:Serious_Monologue]] | [[Category:Serious_Monologue]] | ||
Revision as of 11:11, 29 October 2024
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| Series | |
|---|---|
| WBAI And NPR Playhouse | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| 04/01/1983 | |
| Cast | |
| Joe Frank | |
| Format | |
| 29 minutes | |
| Preceded by: | Sales |
| Followed by: | Warheads |
| Purchase | |
He was seventeen, on vacation with his mother and father in the Caribbean.
The Queen Of Puerto Rico is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series WBAI And NPR Playhouse. It was originally broadcast in 1983.
Joe published a book of the same name, containing a slightly modified version of the program text in short story form.
Synopsis
"Morning/Midday" (Max Roach)
0:10: Joe tells of a 17-year-old on vacation in St. Thomas.[1] Too old to play with the other children, he doesn't feel comfortable with the adults. He hangs out at an outside bar by himself, drinking. He sees a beautiful woman, dressed in pink, falls for her, never gets up the nerve to talk to her.
3:30: Joe tells of driving around old San Juan, accompanied by the sound of a powerful engine, by the Bacardi factory.[2]
6:00: A polite middle-aged businessman befriends him at the bar; the 17yo accepts the man's invitation to his house. He's already drunk too much. The man promises marijuana; he notes he hadn't smoked any since he had arrived at the island.[3] They watch a movie.[4] He gets so stoned and drunk that he gets sick, passes out in a bed. The man gets into bed with him, caresses him; he doesn't remember anything that happens after that.
8:40: Joe is with a man in hospital who refuses to accept that he is, thinks he's still in business.
10:00: 17yo wakes up next morning; the man is gone, but he's left a note and $400; the man professes love; the 17yo felt 'fear, revulsion, shame', leaves the money behind.
10:30: Back at the hotel he packs his stuff, they go to the airport. An 'official-looking man in a uniform' diverts him to a room where the businessman wants to see him again.
13:00: Every Friday an airline calls the 17yo, telling him that there's a first-class ticket to St. Thomas, or Puerto Rico, where the man had moved, for him. Then he gets letters from the man, telling him how much he means to him, that if 17yo would live with him he'd make him 'the queen of Puerto Rico' and buy him a Maserati. 17yo rejects these advances.
14:10: He takes a piece of pink costume jewelry from his grandmother because it reminds him of the pink lady, wears it hanging from his neck, imagines meeting her again.
16:20: He's about to graduate from high school; the tickets and letters keep coming. 17yo asks for $15K for his Latin disco band; the man demurs. A few months later the man's in hospital, had a stroke, lost some of the use of his limbs, worries that he's losing his mind.
18:20: After some time he's a 'junior at community college', working at a fabric shop, partying and picking up girls; his band has broken up. He's getting nowhere so he moves to St Thomas.
19:40: Another day with the man in hospital; he imagines he can make big business deals.
21:30: In St. Thomas his bartender-friend tells him the pink lady has 'gone back to the States'. He takes a job at a canvas and leather store, grows his hair long, gets a dark tan, wears clogs that add inches to his height, wears tight jeans and cut-off t-shirts, Paco Rabanne cologne, smokes Gauloises. He makes a point of putting on a show in everything he does. At night he wears pale blue satin shirts and white slacks at the clubs. 'He did everything as if he were onstage.' He begins to use makeup, wear an earring. One night he becomes acutely aware of a young man staring at him.
26:10: A third time with the old man in the hospital, ever more demented. A hospital attendant comments to Joe, 'that's some car you have in the parking lot'. An old woman, dressed in pink, in the hospital, is physically familiar with the old man.
28:30: Joe again tells of driving around old San Juan, accompanied by the sound of a powerful engine.
A teenage boy visits a Caribbean island with his parents. He watches the pink lady in a bar. He meets her on the beach. Brief monologue about driving through the countryside against the sounds of a racing car. He meets a man in a bar who invites him to a beach house. He gets stoned and drunk and winds up in bed with the man. A man in a hospital imagines he is in a resort. The man follows the boy to the airport, later calls him and sends him letters, invites him to visit and becomes the queen of Puerto Rico. He wears his grandmother's necklace, think s of the pink lady. He writes the man and asks for money. The man goes to the hospital. Later he drops out of school and returns to the island. More scenes of a confused man in the hospital. The boy gets a job on the island, begins wearing makeup, becomes the pink lady. Breakfast in the hospital.
Music
- "Morning/Midday" - Max Roach (from M'Boom, 1980) | YouTube [Intro]
- Shares some text with Fat Man Down (not the same audio)
Miscellanea
- In the short story, the youth is named Nick and the businessman is named Perry
Footnotes
- ↑ the Virgin Island
- ↑ Bacardi has a factory near San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- ↑ He's different from the young man in At The Dark End Of The Bar who hadn't ever smoked before.
- ↑ It's The List Of Adrian Messenger
