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''"Once I had a cleaning lady from El Salvador."''  
''Once I had a cleaning lady from El Salvador.''  


"The Poor Are Always with Us" is a radio program produced by Joe Frank and broadcast on KCRW's [[UnFictional]] Series. It originally aired on May 29, 2015.
'''The Poor Are Always With Us''' is a radio program produced by Joe Frank and broadcast on KCRW's [[UnFictional]] Series. It originally aired on May 29, [[:Category:2015|2015]].


== 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.


== External Links ==
11:30: Joe describes a TV show depicting people living in wretched
[https://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/unfictional/joe-frank-the-poor-are-always-with-us "The Poor Are Always With Us" streaming audio]
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)
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:95%; overflow:auto;">
<div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Legacy Synopsis</div>
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
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.
</div></div>
== Music ==  
== Music ==  
* "Shining Through" - Layo & Bushwacka! (from [http://amzn.to/2sy0l4H "Night Works"] 2004)
{{Shining Through (Layo - Bushwacka!)}} [Intro]
{{323 Secondes De Musique Repetitive (Rinôçérôse)}} [11:42]
{{Won't You Come Home (Devendra Bernhardt)}} [18:21]
{{Infinite Eyes (Keb Mo)}} [25:06]
 
== Additional credits ==
* Mixed by [[Ray Guarna]]
* Special thanks to [[Gideon Brower]] and [[Michal Story]].
 
== 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 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:2015]]
[[Category:UnFictional]]
{{Series|series=UnFictional}}
[[Category:Bob Carlson]]
[[Category:Ray Guarna]]
[[Category:Show]]
[[Category:Show_by_date|20150529]] {{Airdate|airdate=2015-05-29}}
{{Cast|cast=Joe Frank}}

Latest revision as of 12:44, 10 November 2024

Series
UnFictional
Original Broadcast Date
05/29/2015
Cast
Joe Frank
Format
Serious Monologue, 26 minutes
Chronology
Preceded by: Sunken Ship
Followed by: Downfall
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Once I had a cleaning lady from El Salvador.

The Poor Are Always With Us is a radio program produced by Joe Frank and broadcast on KCRW's UnFictional Series. It originally aired on May 29, 2015.

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.[1]`

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:

'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.'

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:

'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?'

18:20: Joe gives an updated account of Job's story.

24:50: 'Infinite eyes' (Keb Mo)

Legacy Synopsis

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.

Music

Additional credits

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Joe uses the experiences of a relative here; it is not based on his stepfather.
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