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== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
1:00: Joe tells of his cleaning lady, Dolores, an immigrant from El | |||
Salvador. Stuff disappears, but Joe doesn't know whether he's lost | |||
them or she's stolen them. She breaks appliances, one almost every | |||
visit. But without her, Joe's home descends into chaos. He fires | |||
her. | |||
5:00: Joe tells of his aunt, a widow, who married a fellow who had | |||
been a traveling salesman before being drafted. The family business | |||
takes him in, but he does nothing at work. She gets mad at him, but | |||
won't endure a divorce, so lives in a rage with him. He enlists in | |||
the army for the Korean War, dies in the invasion of Inchon.<ref>Joe uses the experiences of a relative here; it is not based on his stepfather.</ref>` | |||
9:30: Joe describes a YouTube video of a man serving an elegant meal | |||
to 2 homeless people, then another in which the same man identifies | |||
himself as a police colonel, has meals delivered to a group of | |||
homeless people in front of a restaurant, claiming they are undercover | |||
officers. | |||
11:30: Joe describes a TV show depicting people living in wretched | |||
conditions. | |||
12:20:<blockquote>'We thank thee, O Lord, God, King of the Universe, who brought us out of Egypt and into Auschwitz. Let your arteries not be hardened against us, and let your heart not attack us.'</blockquote> | |||
12:30: Joe, sounding as though he's talking to someone on the | |||
phone, describes the pleasant day he's had. | |||
13:30: Joe recounts a scene at the Bagel Chateau. A shabby | |||
Black man tries to steal a purse. The manager throws him out. He | |||
abreacts. | |||
15:40: Joe recounts standing in line at a bank. One teller is | |||
taking a lot of time to handle the transactions of an Arab. The Arab | |||
and a redneck exchange heated words. The manager diverts the Arab to | |||
a desk where a bank officer handles his transactions. | |||
16:30: Joe's standing on the side of a highway. A guy with | |||
long blond hair, scars on the backs of his hands, wearing a white robe | |||
picks him up. Joe recognizes him as someone he went to school with, | |||
who died in a construction accident after high school, whose body | |||
disappeared 2 days later. | |||
17:20: <blockquote>'If Jesus had been beheaded, would Christians wear small guillotines around their necks? If Jesus had been hanged, would they wear braided ropes with nooses? If Jesus had been electrocuted, would Christians wear little chairs with straps on them? And if Jesus had been executed by firing squad, would Christians wear little pendants of Jesus sitting on a chair against a wall, smoking a last cigarette?'</blockquote> | |||
18:20: Joe gives an updated account of Job's story. | |||
24:50: 'Infinite eyes' (Keb Mo) | |||
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<div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Legacy Synopsis</div> | |||
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How can one maintain a sense of meaning and faith in a world of natural catastrophe, cruelty and moral failure? The Poor Are Always with Us fails to answer this question in its own unique way. | How can one maintain a sense of meaning and faith in a world of natural catastrophe, cruelty and moral failure? The Poor Are Always with Us fails to answer this question in its own unique way. | ||
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== Music == | == Music == | ||
{{Shining Through (Layo - Bushwacka!)}} | {{Shining Through (Layo - Bushwacka!)}} [Intro] | ||
{{323 Secondes De Musique Repetitive (Rinôçérôse)}} | {{323 Secondes De Musique Repetitive (Rinôçérôse)}} [11:42] | ||
{{Won't You Come Home (Devendra Bernhardt)}} | {{Won't You Come Home (Devendra Bernhardt)}} [18:21] | ||
{{Infinite Eyes (Keb Mo)}} | {{Infinite Eyes (Keb Mo)}} [25:06] | ||
== Additional credits == | == Additional credits == | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [https://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/unfictional/joe-frank-the-poor-are-always-with-us "The Poor Are Always With Us" streaming audio] | * [https://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/unfictional/joe-frank-the-poor-are-always-with-us "The Poor Are Always With Us" streaming audio at KCRW] | ||
* [https://www.joefrank.com/shows/unfictional/ Download the show on JoeFrank.com - scroll "The Poor are Always With Us"] | |||
== Footnotes == | |||
[[Category:Serious_Monologue]] | [[Category:Serious_Monologue]] | ||
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{{Series|series=UnFictional}} | {{Series|series=UnFictional}} | ||
[[Category:Bob Carlson]] | [[Category:Bob Carlson]] | ||
[[Category:Ray Guarna]] | |||
[[Category:Show]] | [[Category:Show]] | ||
[[Category:Show_by_date|20150529]] {{Airdate|airdate=2015-05-29}} | [[Category:Show_by_date|20150529]] {{Airdate|airdate=2015-05-29}} | ||
{{Cast|cast=Joe Frank}} | {{Cast|cast=Joe Frank}} | ||
