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A man (Arthur Miller) makes a phone call to the void, asking for help. | |||
An earthquake has caused his home to collapse, he's buried under it. | |||
He speaks calmly. His address changes the 3 times he tells it. | |||
2:20: Joe describes what happens in earthquakes, blames the earth, | |||
takes vengeance on a pile of dirt by stabbing it. | |||
4:20: A street preacher ([[Ryan Cutrona]]) tells people the awful | |||
things that will happen to them in the apocalypse, thinks the | |||
earthquake is funny, a harbinger of the punishment God will inflict on | |||
them. | |||
6:50: Crazy preacher ([[David Franks]]) calls person (sounds like a | |||
woman to me; preacher addresses him/her as 'brother'), leads him/her | |||
in a crazy prayer ('Clytemnestra's daughter ... African Eurasian tiger | |||
pussycats'… <ref> Larry Masset claims he got this tape from | |||
Andrei Codrescu, gave it to Joe. | |||
https://hearingvoices.com/2008/12/hv040-spirit-world/ </ref> | |||
<ref>re-used in [[Prayer]] and [[Holy Land]]</ref> | |||
11:50: Joe talks about fire, lights a match, describes the damage it | |||
can do. He puts out the match, demonstrating his superiority to it. | |||
14:20: Joe talks about hurricanes and tornadoes, the damage air can | |||
do. He punishes it by capturing it in balloons, sucking it up with | |||
his vacuum cleaner. | |||
17:30: Joe takes retribution on water for the floods it has caused by | |||
boiling some and smashing ice with a hammer. | |||
18:10: A man ([[Larry Block]]) describes making love in a building | |||
destroyed by the earthquake, how great it was. They go to other | |||
destroyed places to make love in. | |||
20:30: Joe lists notable earthquakes of history and their mortalities. | |||
<ref>I notice Joe talks about disasters caused by the 4 classical | |||
elements: earth, water, air, and fire.</ref> | |||
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*A man trapped in his house calmly telephones for help long after an earthquake. | *A man trapped in his house calmly telephones for help long after an earthquake. | ||
*Monologue: taking vengeance upon the earth for natural disasters; stabbing earth with a knife. | *Monologue: taking vengeance upon the earth for natural disasters; stabbing earth with a knife. | ||
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*[[Larry Block|Larry]] describes making love in the rubble after an earthquake. | *[[Larry Block|Larry]] describes making love in the rubble after an earthquake. | ||
*Joe reads a list of historical earthquakes and their death tolls. | *Joe reads a list of historical earthquakes and their death tolls. | ||
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==Interesting Facts== | ==Interesting Facts== | ||
== Music == | == Music == | ||
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==Commentary== | ==Commentary== | ||
{{commentary}} | {{commentary}} | ||
== Footnotes == | |||
[[Category:Absurd Monologue]] | [[Category:Absurd Monologue]] | ||
Revision as of 19:51, 23 February 2021
| Series | |
|---|---|
| In The Dark | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| 1994 | |
| Cast | |
| Joe Frank, Arthur Miller, Ryan Cutrona, Larry Block | |
| Format | |
| Absurd Monologue, Telephone, 30 minutes | |
| Preceded by: | Hit Man |
| Followed by: | That Night |
"I'm at 1305 Lindbrook Road, about three houses past the blinking traffic light."
A Natural Disaster is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series In The Dark. It was originally broadcast in 1994.
Synopsis
A man (Arthur Miller) makes a phone call to the void, asking for help. An earthquake has caused his home to collapse, he's buried under it. He speaks calmly. His address changes the 3 times he tells it.
2:20: Joe describes what happens in earthquakes, blames the earth, takes vengeance on a pile of dirt by stabbing it.
4:20: A street preacher (Ryan Cutrona) tells people the awful things that will happen to them in the apocalypse, thinks the earthquake is funny, a harbinger of the punishment God will inflict on them.
6:50: Crazy preacher (David Franks) calls person (sounds like a woman to me; preacher addresses him/her as 'brother'), leads him/her in a crazy prayer ('Clytemnestra's daughter ... African Eurasian tiger pussycats'… [1] [2]
11:50: Joe talks about fire, lights a match, describes the damage it can do. He puts out the match, demonstrating his superiority to it.
14:20: Joe talks about hurricanes and tornadoes, the damage air can do. He punishes it by capturing it in balloons, sucking it up with his vacuum cleaner.
17:30: Joe takes retribution on water for the floods it has caused by boiling some and smashing ice with a hammer.
18:10: A man (Larry Block) describes making love in a building destroyed by the earthquake, how great it was. They go to other destroyed places to make love in.
20:30: Joe lists notable earthquakes of history and their mortalities.
- A man trapped in his house calmly telephones for help long after an earthquake.
- Monologue: taking vengeance upon the earth for natural disasters; stabbing earth with a knife.
- Old man preacher character prophesies doom, laughs at the earthquake.
- Prank telephone spirit and prayer call ("Repeat after me.").
- Monologue: an address to a lit match; contemplating fire. Imprisoning the air in balloons as revenge for Hurricanes and tornadoes; torturing air by passing it through a filthy vacuum cleaner.
- Larry describes making love in the rubble after an earthquake.
- Joe reads a list of historical earthquakes and their death tolls.
Interesting Facts
Music
- "Atom Dream" - William Orbit (from Strange Cargo 2, 1990) | YouTube
Commentary
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