Lies
"At some point when I was in high school I lost my draft card, and my folks changed houses, and I think there was a period of two years there, or three years, or four years, when the Army lost me. They couldn't find me.."
| Series | |
|---|---|
| WBAI And NPR Playhouse | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| 1982 | |
| Cast | |
| Joe Frank | |
| Format | |
| 1 hour | |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by: | Til You're Gone |
| Followed by: | The Decline Of Spengler |
"Lies" is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series NPR Playhouse. It was originally broadcast in 1982.
Synopsis
- A guy avoids the draft by pretending to take drugs.
- A military intelligence officer at a translation center in Vietnam during the war.
- A pair of radical women screw up a revolutionary bank robbery and go on the run.
- A man talks about having been politically active.
- A man meets a woman in a deli; "it had the cadence of witty repartee without the wit;" her roommate makes bagel and cream cheese paperweights, he goes to her place later. She tells him about a rape long ago, about a marriage to a man who shits in bed.
- Joe is a social climbing night watchman, lists things he must do every night, discusses office people.
- Scenes from the office - a board room filled with terror, one with giggling idiots, a woman shouts colors against a background of machinery.
- Joe buries his boss and takes his place.
Interesting Facts
The first 30 minutes of the 1985 Martin Scorcese comedy After Hours plagiarizes the plot setup and portions of womaninthe deli segment from "Lies". Joe recounts learning about the plagiarism and then watching the film alone in an NYC movie theater in the 120 minute version of No Show, and his decision to accept a settlement and remain uncredited on the film.
Coincidentally, Larry Block has a small role as a taxi driver in the film.
Music
Template:Part One (Phillip Glass)
- "Ceres Motion" - Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Co. (from Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Co., 1973) | YouTube
- "I Will Wait For You" - Mantovani (from To Lovers Everywhere, 1971) | YouTube
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External Links
The Scandalous Origins of Martin Scorsese’s After Hours
