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'''Pretender''' is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[Work In Progress]]. It was originally broadcast in [[1985]]. | '''Pretender''' is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[Work In Progress]]. It was originally broadcast in [[1985]]. | ||
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== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
Joe narrates a slide show of his life. He describes having an affair with fellow teachers: a woman with scars on her face who later marries a rich man, a woman who has her teeth capped, a half deaf hypochondriac librarian for whom he later pretends to be obese, an overweight woman who goes to gyms. "History is other people," and ending up "only a teacher." The fictionalized story of Marmouth, illegitimate son of the king and pretender to the throne of England, who lead a failed revolution in 1685. The story is interspersed by the song "the great pretender." Slide show includes women in nude magazines. Woman speaks a brief second person monologue to her lover. Sounds of battle. | Joe narrates a slide show of his life. He describes having an affair with fellow teachers: a woman with scars on her face who later marries a rich man, a woman who has her teeth capped, a half deaf hypochondriac librarian for whom he later pretends to be obese, an overweight woman who goes to gyms. "History is other people," and ending up "only a teacher." The fictionalized story of Marmouth, illegitimate son of the king and pretender to the throne of England, who lead a failed revolution in 1685. The story is interspersed by the song "the great pretender." Slide show includes women in nude magazines. Woman speaks a brief second person monologue to her lover. Sounds of battle. | ||
== Commentary == | == Commentary == | ||
{{commentary}} | {{commentary}} | ||
[[Category:Serious_Monologue]] | [[Category:Serious_Monologue]] | ||
[[Category:Narrative_Monologue]] | [[Category:Narrative_Monologue]] | ||
[[Category:1985]] | [[Category:1985]] | ||
Revision as of 11:34, 19 February 2021
| Series | |
|---|---|
| Work In Progress | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| 1986 | |
| Cast | |
| Joe Frank | |
| Format | |
| Serious Monologue, Narrative Monologue, 1 hour | |
| Preceded by: | A Pact With God |
| Followed by: | When She's Asleep, She Looks Like An Angel |
Ok, here I am, four years old, sitting on the handlebars of our lawnmower.
Pretender is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series Work In Progress. It was originally broadcast in 1985.
Synopsis
Joe narrates a slide show of his life. He describes having an affair with fellow teachers: a woman with scars on her face who later marries a rich man, a woman who has her teeth capped, a half deaf hypochondriac librarian for whom he later pretends to be obese, an overweight woman who goes to gyms. "History is other people," and ending up "only a teacher." The fictionalized story of Marmouth, illegitimate son of the king and pretender to the throne of England, who lead a failed revolution in 1685. The story is interspersed by the song "the great pretender." Slide show includes women in nude magazines. Woman speaks a brief second person monologue to her lover. Sounds of battle.
Commentary
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