Where Will It End?
From The Joe Frank Wiki
Series | |
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The Other Side | |
Original Broadcast Date | |
2/18/2001 | |
Cast | |
Joe Frank, Larry Block, Jack Kornfield, Debi Mae West, Everton Sylvester | |
Format | |
Karma Style, 59 minutes | |
Preceded by: | Always |
Followed by: | Fire And Ice |
"I told you that I I made this decision to sort of be engaged to myself."
Where Will It End? is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series The Other Side. It was originally broadcast on February 18, 2001.
Synopsis
- Debi Mae West - She buys engagement and wedding rings for herself.
- Larry Block - he gets valium from Zak's psychiatrist.
- Debi - taking ecstasy at a rave, connecting with a guy and discussing chanting.
- Sound mix: A woman talks about love, says "Kisses are wonderful," followed by a couple screaming at each other in Spanish while "A Kiss is Still a Kiss" plays.
- Larry and Joe: Conventions versus objective needs, "the ritual and the actual." *The danger of divorcing oneself from convention. The arbitrariness of ties and sex acts viewed objectively. The bizarre situation of acting in a one man show. The futility of our accomplishments when viewed from 500 years in the future.
- Debi - Her new boyfriend the married fundamentalist. Being misdiagnosed with or cured of breast cancer.
- Larry - He's depressed by a play about sexually desperate old people.
- Debi - more about her boyfriend and his wife.
- Larry - His downfall makes for good radio.
- Caribbean guy Everton Sylvester - he rails at the yuppie lifestyle of his audience: "I've got cash," and "fuck you and the Range Rover you drove in on."
Music
- "Epominomous, Where Are You?" - Mike Richmond (from Basic Tendencies, 1996) | Soundhound
- "Bullet (Bitten)" - Fluke (from Bullet, 1995)
- "Casablanca Medley" - Max Steiner (from Casablanca: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, 1997)
Miscellanea
- A reworked version of "Bullet (Bitten)" by Fluke was heard two years later during the "cave rave" scene of 'The Matrix Reloaded, named "Zion".
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