The Death Of Trotsky
| Series | |
|---|---|
| WBAI And NPR Playhouse | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| 1979 | |
| Cast | |
| Joe Frank | |
| Format | |
| 1 hour | |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by: | A Call In The Night |
| Followed by: | Rare Early Joe Frank Stories from NPR Playhouse |
"The bus leaves in the evening from the Buena Vista station, crosses 27 bridges to the valley of the crumbs."
"The Death of Trotsky" is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series WBAI and NPR Playhouse.
Synopsis
Fictionalized, third-person account of Trotsky's assassin, cut with assorted other events. Joe reads a poem. First person scenes from a hospital, a cemetery. Stalin is Trotsky in disguise. Prayers full of Nada. Being afraid of nothing. The problems of analysts. Toes engaged in a discussion of socialism, a woman lays an egg, a bird becomes a war plane. Kierkegaard regrets the decision not to marry, is taunted by children shouting "Either, Or," make a leap of faith before an audience. Trotsky is serenaded by a terrible orchestra. A holy man is buried for forty days. Falling asleep while killing Trotsky. A pregnant old man in a golf course. The power of confession. Nihilism; Nietzsche is accused of killing god; Freud treats a kleptomaniac; the future determines the past. Trotsky's killer leads a revolutionary cadre into the woods, becomes lost, discovers that their side has already won and become corrupt, and captures dissidents.
Interesting Facts
The nada prayer appears in Ernest Hemingway's short story A Clean Well Lighted Place
Music
- "Solea" - Miles Davis (from Sketches of Spain, 1960) | YouTube
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