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marriage. <ref>originally in [[God Only Knows]]</ref> <ref>Joe's mother was born Friederike Passweg, 1910 December 7. 1929 January 2 she married Meier Langermann. On their naturalization papers they changed the spelling of their names: Friederike to Frederica, Langermann to Langerman, Meier to Meyer.</ref> | marriage.<ref>originally in [[God Only Knows]]</ref><ref>Joe's mother was born Friederike Passweg, 1910 December 7. 1929 January 2 she married Meier Langermann. On their naturalization papers they changed the spelling of their names: Friederike to Frederica, Langermann to Langerman, Meier to Meyer.</ref> | ||
17:40: A beautiful woman invites Joe to a performance of a | 17:40: A beautiful woman invites Joe to a performance of a | ||
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self-conscious, puts so much effort into his role that he pays no | self-conscious, puts so much effort into his role that he pays no | ||
attention to the play. He thinks about the roles we play, the | attention to the play. He thinks about the roles we play, the | ||
performances we put on, in life. <ref name=Cocktails>originally in [[Cocktails Before Dinner]]</ref> | performances we put on, in life.<ref name=Cocktails>originally in [[Cocktails Before Dinner]]</ref> | ||
21:00: Humans compensate for their inferiority to animals with | 21:00: Humans compensate for their inferiority to animals with | ||
tools: clothes, cars, makeup … | tools: clothes, cars, makeup …<ref name=Cocktails /> | ||
25:50: When he was a boy, falling asleep, Joe tortured himself | 25:50: When he was a boy, falling asleep, Joe tortured himself | ||
with fantasies of making awful decisions. | with fantasies of making awful decisions.<ref>originally in [[When She's Asleep, She Looks Like An Angel]]</ref> | ||
<ref>originally in [[When She's Asleep, She Looks Like An Angel]]</ref> | |||
28:30: Joe tells of his job teaching at a private school in | 28:30: Joe tells of his job teaching at a private school in NYC,<ref>Joe taught at Dalton school</ref> including Kim and their unfortunate date.<ref>originally in [[Pretender]], in which it was interspersed with Monmouth's story</ref> | ||
NYC<ref>Joe taught at Dalton school</ref> | |||
48:10: 'The Earth is 1 of 9 planets that revolve around the | 48:10: 'The Earth is 1 of 9 planets that revolve around the | ||
sun …' - Joe describes the vastness of space. | sun …' - Joe describes the vastness of space.<ref | ||
name=Cocktails /> | name=Cocktails /> | ||
49:30: Joe observes how small things look from an airplane, | 49:30: Joe observes how small things look from an airplane, | ||
contrasts that perspective with how the city appears at ground level, | contrasts that perspective with how the city appears at ground level, | ||
comments on the ephemerality of life. <ref>originally in [[He Hesitated]]</ref> | comments on the ephemerality of life.<ref>originally in [[He Hesitated]]</ref> | ||
52:40: Joe's mother laments the poor health of her | 52:40: Joe's mother laments the poor health of her | ||
husband. <ref>originally in [[Road To Calvary, The]].</ref> | husband.<ref>originally in [[Road To Calvary, The]].</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 18:15, 2 March 2021
| Series | |
|---|---|
| The Other Side | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| 11/14/1999 | |
| Cast | |
| Friederike Frank, Joe Frank | |
| Format | |
| Absurd Monologue, 1 hour | |
| Preceded by: | The Box |
| Followed by: | Holy Land |
"I just, just turned eighteen in November."
Higher Learning is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series The Other Side (Series). It was originally broadcast on November 14, 1999.[1]
Synopsis
This show is 100% re-used:
Joe's mother (Friederike Frank) tells the story of her marriage.[2][3]
17:40: A beautiful woman invites Joe to a performance of a play in which she has a role. Concerned that she watches him, Joe is self-conscious, puts so much effort into his role that he pays no attention to the play. He thinks about the roles we play, the performances we put on, in life.[4]
21:00: Humans compensate for their inferiority to animals with tools: clothes, cars, makeup …[4]
25:50: When he was a boy, falling asleep, Joe tortured himself with fantasies of making awful decisions.[5]
28:30: Joe tells of his job teaching at a private school in NYC,[6] including Kim and their unfortunate date.[7]
48:10: 'The Earth is 1 of 9 planets that revolve around the sun …' - Joe describes the vastness of space.[4]
49:30: Joe observes how small things look from an airplane, contrasts that perspective with how the city appears at ground level, comments on the ephemerality of life.[8]
52:40: Joe's mother laments the poor health of her husband.[9]
- His mom tells of her early adulthood, her marriage to an older man.
- Straining to appear likeable, the audience at a play as performers.
- Humans making up for our physical inferiority
- A child falling asleep imagines being offered hideous decisions: torture of himself or others.
- Joe Frank the schoolteacher, dating coworker Kim with capped teeth, premature ejaculation
- Defending against students' intellectual attacks
- The insignificance of humans in the universe. A city viewed from an airplane.
- Joe's mother talks about her sick husband, hospitals, nurse revenge.
Music
- "Sex" - The Necks (from Sex, 1989) | YouTube
- "A Mother (For Your Mind)" - The Herbaliser (from Blow Your Headphones, 1997) | YouTube
- "The Beast (Autechre Mix)" - Palmskin Productions (from The Beast Remix, 1995) | YouTube
- Pretender (life as a schoolteacher)
- Cocktails Before Dinner
- God Only Knows
Commentary
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Spblat
I love the opening musical loop. Nice and mellow. I also particularly enjoy when Joe talks about the vastness of the universe and our apparent insignificance in it. Add his commentary about how frail we truly are, and this is a winner for me. I ranted about this once on my web site.
Footnotes
- ↑ Two shows share this air date on joefrank.com; this and Holy Land.
- ↑ originally in God Only Knows
- ↑ Joe's mother was born Friederike Passweg, 1910 December 7. 1929 January 2 she married Meier Langermann. On their naturalization papers they changed the spelling of their names: Friederike to Frederica, Langermann to Langerman, Meier to Meyer.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 originally in Cocktails Before Dinner
- ↑ originally in When She's Asleep, She Looks Like An Angel
- ↑ Joe taught at Dalton school
- ↑ originally in Pretender, in which it was interspersed with Monmouth's story
- ↑ originally in He Hesitated
- ↑ originally in Road To Calvary, The.
