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*Monologue: A man watches a quiet, sad woman across the courtyard from his apartment window. He falls in love with her and sends her flowers when she looks particularly unhappy. One night he sees her bring a man to her apartment; he decides to leave the city, but a cab driver talks him out of it. He returns to find that she is gone. The woman's point of view description of meeting a quadriplegic on a bridge after contemplating suicide. | *Monologue: A man watches a quiet, sad woman across the courtyard from his apartment window. He falls in love with her and sends her flowers when she looks particularly unhappy. One night he sees her bring a man to her apartment; he decides to leave the city, but a cab driver talks him out of it. He returns to find that she is gone. The woman's point of view description of meeting a quadriplegic on a bridge after contemplating suicide. | ||
*Telephone conversation: [[Debi Mae West]] discusses her love affairs: one that ends after a drunken five day weekend, a psychic who tells her she and the man have been together in past lives, a man who refuses to give her oral sex. | *Telephone conversation: [[Debi Mae West]] discusses her love affairs: one that ends after a drunken five day weekend, a psychic who tells her she and the man have been together in past lives, a man who refuses to give her oral sex. | ||
* | *Monologue on love: "they say that love is more powerful/precious/etc...." Love as a fine wine, as becoming [[Wikipedia:Edward Teller|Edward Teller]]. A clown commits [[Wikipedia:Hara-kiri|hara-kiri]] after being dumped by a harlequin. A relationship breakup as fission. Love as heroin. Description of a Love Anonymous support group. Why love? Joe chooses to be a bachelor for the rest of his life, join a mens club, build a latrine. | ||
*Telephone conversation: Debi meets an old friend at a theater who offers her oral sex. | *Telephone conversation: Debi meets an old friend at a theater who offers her oral sex. | ||
*Monologue: Love is an old man fishing off a bridge. Joe remembers an explosion that kills his father and leaves him mute. | *Monologue: Love is an old man fishing off a bridge. Joe remembers an explosion that kills his father and leaves him mute. | ||
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A favorite quote of mine from the show: "But I say that love is getting run over by a streetcar in 1928, losing your leg, becoming Edward Teller, inventing the atom bomb, and pretending not to be angry." | A favorite quote of mine from the show: "But I say that love is getting run over by a streetcar in 1928, losing your leg, becoming Edward Teller, inventing the atom bomb, and pretending not to be angry." | ||
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Revision as of 09:28, 6 March 2021
| Series | |
|---|---|
| The Other Side (Series) | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| 10/10/1999 | |
| Cast | |
| Joe Frank | |
| Format | |
| Serious Monologue, 1 hour | |
| Preceded by: | Love Is |
| Followed by: | Jam |
There was a man who lived in an apartment complex in a city.
Windows is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series The Other Side. It was originally broadcast on October 10, 1999, and explores a variety of themes surrounding love.
Synopsis
- Monologue: A man watches a quiet, sad woman across the courtyard from his apartment window. He falls in love with her and sends her flowers when she looks particularly unhappy. One night he sees her bring a man to her apartment; he decides to leave the city, but a cab driver talks him out of it. He returns to find that she is gone. The woman's point of view description of meeting a quadriplegic on a bridge after contemplating suicide.
- Telephone conversation: Debi Mae West discusses her love affairs: one that ends after a drunken five day weekend, a psychic who tells her she and the man have been together in past lives, a man who refuses to give her oral sex.
- Monologue on love: "they say that love is more powerful/precious/etc...." Love as a fine wine, as becoming Edward Teller. A clown commits hara-kiri after being dumped by a harlequin. A relationship breakup as fission. Love as heroin. Description of a Love Anonymous support group. Why love? Joe chooses to be a bachelor for the rest of his life, join a mens club, build a latrine.
- Telephone conversation: Debi meets an old friend at a theater who offers her oral sex.
- Monologue: Love is an old man fishing off a bridge. Joe remembers an explosion that kills his father and leaves him mute.
- Telephone conversation: Debi talks about being dropped off for school on a holiday.
Miscellanea
Includes loops of the Lomax Parchman Farm recordings.
Music
- "Dusk You and Me" - Groove Armada (from Vertigo, 1999) | YouTube
- "Brooks Was Here" - Thomas Newman (from Shawshank Redemption Soundtrack, 1994) | YouTube
Template:Compass and Guns (Film Version) (Thomas Newman)
Commentary
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Pete
A look at love, cynical at times yet with underlying hope. Deeply romantic at times, just plain hedonistic at others.
A favorite quote of mine from the show: "But I say that love is getting run over by a streetcar in 1928, losing your leg, becoming Edward Teller, inventing the atom bomb, and pretending not to be angry."
