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|data8 = [[:Category:Absurd Monologue|Absurd Monologue]], [[:Category:Telephone|Telephone]], | |data8 = [[:Category:Absurd Monologue|Absurd Monologue]], [[:Category:Telephone|Telephone]], 26 minutes | ||
|data4 = [[1994]] | |data4 = [[:Category:1994|1994]] | ||
|title = [https://www.joefrank.com/shop/a-natural-disaster A Natural Disaster][https://www.joefrank.com/streaming/shows/?jfsearch=A%20Natural%20Disaster] | |title = [https://www.joefrank.com/shop/a-natural-disaster A Natural Disaster][https://www.joefrank.com/streaming/shows/?jfsearch=A%20Natural%20Disaster] | ||
|data6 = | |data6 = [[Arthur Miller]], [[Ryan Cutrona]], [[Larry Block]], Joe Frank | ||
|data10 = [[Hit Man]] | |data10 = [[Hit Man]] | ||
|data11 = [[Joe Frank's America]] | |data11 = [[Joe Frank's America]] | ||
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''"I'm at 1305 Lindbrook Road, about three houses past the blinking traffic light."'' | ''"I'm at 1305 Lindbrook Road, about three houses past the blinking traffic light."'' | ||
'''A Natural Disaster''' is | '''A Natural Disaster''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[In The Dark]]. It was originally broadcast in [[:Category:1994|1994]]. | ||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
A man (Arthur Miller) makes a phone call to the void, asking for help. | |||
An earthquake has caused his home to collapse, he's buried under it. | |||
He speaks calmly. His address changes the 3 times he tells it. | |||
2:20: Joe describes what happens in earthquakes, blames the earth, | |||
takes vengeance on a pile of dirt by stabbing it. | |||
4:20: A street preacher ([[Ryan Cutrona]]) tells people the awful | |||
things that will happen to them in the apocalypse, thinks the | |||
earthquake is funny, a harbinger of the punishment God will inflict on | |||
them. | |||
6:50: Crazy preacher ([[David Franks]]) calls person (sounds like a | |||
woman to me; preacher addresses him/her as 'brother'), leads him/her | |||
in a crazy prayer ('Clytemnestra's daughter ... African Eurasian tiger | |||
pussycats'…<ref>According to [https://hearingvoices.com/2008/12/hv040-spirit-world Hearing Voices], Larry Massett says he got this tape from | |||
Andrei Codrescu, and gave it to Joe.</ref><ref>Reused in [[Prayer]] and [[Holy Land]]</ref> | |||
11:50: Joe talks about fire, lights a match, describes the damage it | |||
can do. He puts out the match, demonstrating his superiority to it. | |||
14:20: Joe talks about hurricanes and tornadoes, the damage air can | |||
do. He punishes it by capturing it in balloons, sucking it up with | |||
his vacuum cleaner. | |||
17:30: Joe takes retribution on water for the floods it has caused by | |||
boiling some and smashing ice with a hammer. | |||
18:10: A man ([[Larry Block]]) describes making love in a building | |||
destroyed by the earthquake, how great it was. They go to other | |||
destroyed places to make love in. | |||
20:30: Joe lists notable earthquakes of history and their mortalities.<ref>I notice Joe talks about disasters caused by the 4 classical | |||
elements: earth, water, air, and fire.</ref> | |||
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<div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Legacy Synopsis</div> | |||
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*A man trapped in his house calmly telephones for help long after an earthquake. | *A man trapped in his house calmly telephones for help long after an earthquake. | ||
*Monologue: taking vengeance upon the earth for natural disasters; stabbing earth with a knife. | *Monologue: taking vengeance upon the earth for natural disasters; stabbing earth with a knife. | ||
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*[[Larry Block|Larry]] describes making love in the rubble after an earthquake. | *[[Larry Block|Larry]] describes making love in the rubble after an earthquake. | ||
*Joe reads a list of historical earthquakes and their death tolls. | *Joe reads a list of historical earthquakes and their death tolls. | ||
</div> </div> | |||
== | == Music == | ||
{{Atom Dream (William Orbit)}} [Intro] | |||
== | == Additional credits == | ||
The original broadcast credits state: "[C]reated in collaboration with [[David Rapkin]] and [[Larry Massett]]. The performers were Joe Frank, [[Arthur Miller]], [[Ryan Cutrona]], and [[Larry Block]]. The story editor was [[Farley Ziegler]]. Recorded and mixed by Jerry Summers. Special thanks to Jennifer Ferro." | |||
==Commentary== | ==Commentary== | ||
{{commentary}} | {{commentary}} | ||
== Footnotes == | |||
[[Category:Absurd Monologue]] | [[Category:Absurd Monologue]] | ||
[[Category:Telephone]] | [[Category:Telephone]] | ||
[[Category:Larry Block]] | [[Category:Larry Block]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Arthur Miller]] | ||
[[Category:Ryan Cutrona | [[Category:Ryan Cutrona]] | ||
[[Category:David Rapkin]] | |||
[[Category:1994]] | [[Category:1994]] | ||
[[Category:In The Dark]] | |||
[[Category:Unknown_air_date]] | |||
[[Category:Show|Natural Disaster]] | |||
[[Category:Show_by_date|19940004]] {{Airdate|airdate=1994}} | |||
{{Series|series=In The Dark}}{{Cast|cast=[[Arthur Miller]], [[Ryan Cutrona]], [[Larry Block]], Joe Frank}} | |||