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== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
Joe in a low, distorted voice describes a upper class concert hall, stalking women at the concert.  A woman in a french accent talks about being tired and wanting to escape, Joe coaches her dialog.  A presidential candidate makes a speech: promising a vague but great future, immigrants mistaking an oil rig for America, middle class success for third generation immigrants.  A rock star talks about being hounded and kidnapped by women, becomes an anti-feminist.  Setting taxes by weighing noblemen.  French actress talks about falling in love.  A faulty garage door opener almost leads to nuclear war.  Describing a fantasy woman.  Monologuedescribing dreams: a dream of an inflating mother, being trapped on roller skates in a revolving door, eternity is a mountain whittled away by a bird, being tired of life, being attacked by seafood, painting organs, the life of a condom, wondering through Beirut, buying insurance by the hour, being interviewed about ways to kill people, being a cartoon character spun off as a plastic doll, a list of things one needs, being oiled by women in a room full of video games with a glass floor while a man reads holy books, wanting to go away, watching an old man dance with a beautiful young girl.  Joe in a distorted low voice and french woman discuss being sick of each other.  Monologue: meeting women in art museums.  Candidate speech dissolved into woman saying she is tired.   
Joe in a low, distorted voice describes a upper class concert hall, stalking women at the concert.  A woman in a french accent talks about being tired and wanting to escape, Joe coaches her dialog.  A presidential candidate makes a speech: promising a vague but great future, immigrants mistaking an oil rig for America, middle class success for third generation immigrants.  A rock star talks about being hounded and kidnapped by women, becomes an anti-feminist.  Setting taxes by weighing noblemen.  French actress talks about falling in love.  A faulty garage door opener almost leads to nuclear war.  Describing a fantasy woman.  Monologuedescribing dreams: a dream of an inflating mother, being trapped on roller skates in a revolving door, eternity is a mountain whittled away by a bird, being tired of life, being attacked by seafood, painting organs, the life of a condom, wondering through Beirut, buying insurance by the hour, being interviewed about ways to kill people, being a cartoon character spun off as a plastic doll, a list of things one needs, being oiled by women in a room full of video games with a glass floor while a man reads holy books, wanting to go away, watching an old man dance with a beautiful young girl.  Joe in a distorted low voice and french woman discuss being sick of each other.  Monologue: meeting women in art museums.  Candidate speech dissolved into woman saying she is tired.   


== Interesting Facts ==
== Interesting Facts ==


 
== Music ==
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* "Fratres" - The 12 Cellists Of The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | Arvo Pärt (from ''Tabula Rasa'', 1984)
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== Commentary ==
== Commentary ==

Revision as of 07:02, 19 February 2021

Words[1]
Series
Work In Progress
Original Broadcast Date
1988
Cast
Evelyn, Henry Dennis, Joe Frank
Format
Absurd Monologue, Improv Actors, 1 hour
Preceded by: Lines
Followed by: Five Part Dissonance

"Gentlemen in striped pants, cutaway morning coats, white fronted vests."

Words is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series Work In Progress. It was originally broadcast in 1988.

Synopsis

Joe in a low, distorted voice describes a upper class concert hall, stalking women at the concert. A woman in a french accent talks about being tired and wanting to escape, Joe coaches her dialog. A presidential candidate makes a speech: promising a vague but great future, immigrants mistaking an oil rig for America, middle class success for third generation immigrants. A rock star talks about being hounded and kidnapped by women, becomes an anti-feminist. Setting taxes by weighing noblemen. French actress talks about falling in love. A faulty garage door opener almost leads to nuclear war. Describing a fantasy woman. Monologuedescribing dreams: a dream of an inflating mother, being trapped on roller skates in a revolving door, eternity is a mountain whittled away by a bird, being tired of life, being attacked by seafood, painting organs, the life of a condom, wondering through Beirut, buying insurance by the hour, being interviewed about ways to kill people, being a cartoon character spun off as a plastic doll, a list of things one needs, being oiled by women in a room full of video games with a glass floor while a man reads holy books, wanting to go away, watching an old man dance with a beautiful young girl. Joe in a distorted low voice and french woman discuss being sick of each other. Monologue: meeting women in art museums. Candidate speech dissolved into woman saying she is tired.

Interesting Facts

Music

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  • "Fratres" - The 12 Cellists Of The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | Arvo Pärt (from Tabula Rasa, 1984)

Commentary

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