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|title = [https://www.joefrank.com/shop/another-country-2 Another Country (Part 2)][https://www.joefrank.com/streaming/shows/?jfsearch=Another%20Country] | |title = [https://www.joefrank.com/shop/another-country-2 Another Country (Part 2)][https://www.joefrank.com/streaming/shows/?jfsearch=Another%20Country] | ||
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''"'Don't think for a moment', she said, 'that Israel did this without America's permission.'"'' | ''"'Don't think for a moment', she said, 'that Israel did this without America's permission.'"'' | ||
'''Another Country (Part 2)''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[Work In Progress]]. It was originally broadcast in 1986. | '''Another Country (Part 2)''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[Work In Progress]]. It was originally broadcast in [[:Category:1986|1986]]. | ||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
Naim lights into Protagon (the unnamed fellow who's the protagonist of | |||
the story) for Israel's brutality in their invasion of Lebanon, | |||
mentions [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabra_and_Shatila_massacre the massacre at Sabra and Shatila] (1982 September 16-18). | |||
Protagon is working to defend Israel's reputation at B'nai B'rith, his | |||
employer. | |||
3:30: Residents of the boarding house rent-strike, which Protagon gets | |||
involved in.<ref>He had moved out in part 1.</ref> | |||
4:50: Naim gets a job at the Computer Science Corporation way out in | |||
Reston Virginia teaching Saudis English.<ref>She already has this job | |||
in part 1.</ref> | |||
6:00: Naim rides Protagon about housekeeping, haircuts, slovenliness, | |||
etc. | |||
7:30: Protagon says to Naim, 'We've been together for over two years.' | |||
7:50: A trailer for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollover_(film) <i>Rollover</i>],<ref> | |||
released 1981 December 11, nearly a year before | |||
the time of this story</ref> which depicts stereotypical sinister Saudis, | |||
and violence, angers her. | |||
8:50: Naim's visa runs out. She wants to marry. | |||
9:50: Protagon's brother marries.<ref>Protagon was an only child in | |||
part 1.</ref> He doesn't want to take Naim to the wedding. | |||
10:50: Naim decides to return to North Yemen. | |||
12:20: 'Last year she'd been asked to dance at the Georgetown | |||
University auditorium at a multicultural night and she'd choreographed | |||
a performance in honor of the Palestinians who died in Sabra and | |||
Shatila.'<ref>Since Sabra & Shatila happened 1982 September 16-18, the | |||
year must be at least 1983.</ref> | |||
14:20: Naim's unhappy with the conditions in North Yemen and her job. | |||
15:00: Protagon dates Sheila, a Jewish woman he met at B'nai B'rith. | |||
17:20: Protagon mails Naim a birthday card and cassettes in March; | |||
they don't arrive. | |||
18:00: In March Naim writes, will be in DC and the end of May for 2 | |||
months. Protagon drops Sheila, just after their first episode of | |||
love-making. | |||
18:40: Protagon meets Naim at the airport. | |||
19:50: Sheila calls, has missed a period. Protagon is unsympathetic. | |||
20:20: Naim gives Protagon a traditional Yemeni sword and headdress, | |||
is disappointed by his unenthusiastic reaction. | |||
20:50: Naim wants him to buy a nearby apartment; he doesn't; they | |||
fight. She wants to get married, he doesn't. | |||
23:40: They vacation in Jamaica, which is unpleasant. Because their | |||
airline, Air Florida, goes bankrupt while they are there, they have to | |||
arrange another flight back.<ref>Air Florida went bankrupt 1984 June | |||
3.</ref> | |||
32:50: Naim's mother visits; he moves out during her visit. | |||
33:30: They see John Guare's <i>Gardenia</i>, a play about a failed | |||
attempt at a utopian community after the Civil War, in which Naim sees | |||
the failure of her life, her relationship with Protagon. They argue. | |||
36:50: 'She alluded to a time years ago when he suggested that they | |||
both become photographers together and travel around the | |||
world.'<ref>years ago? It's 1984, they didn't meet before 1981.</ref> | |||
38:20: 'she was going to be turning 35' 'he was turning 29'<ref>They | |||
were 30 and 25 when they met.</ref> | |||
38:50: Protagon leaves B'nai B'rith, takes a job at some friends' recording | |||
studio. | |||
40:20: Protagon flies to North Yemen. | |||
45:40: Protagon runs in the | |||
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_House_Harriers Hash], an | |||
eccentric cross-country run started by British soldiers.<ref> | |||
This is a real thing. 'Yemen Hash- Sana'a Highest Hash House Harriers' has a Facebook page.</ref> | |||
48:30: Next weekend, Protagon chews khat. | |||
53:00: Protagon meets Ali, Naim's lover before Protagon, at the Peacock café. | |||
Instead of | |||
his PhD program at Harvard he's in North Yemen because, 'I could be | |||
more useful here'.<ref>Odd, because Ali's Algerian, not Yemeni.</ref> | |||
Ali gives Protagon a short summary of Yemen's history, | |||
1962-then. | |||
56:00: An old man tries to sell a watch (probably stolen) to customers | |||
at the café. | |||
56:30: A boy tells an old woman that he went to a Hallowe'en party as | |||
evil. He tells the old woman that evil is power. | |||
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;"> | |||
<div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Legacy Synopsis</div> | |||
<div class="mw-collapsible-content"> | |||
The man continues his work defending Israel. He organizes a rent strike. They fight over personal issues. She begins to suffer from a degenerative disease, has nightmares. They discuss violence in movies. Her visa runs out. He doesn't invite her to her brother's wedding. She leaves for Yemen, gets a job teaching languages through a US state department office. He dates a Jewish woman. She returns for a few months, wants to marry and buy a home. He resists. They take a vacation to Jamaica - they are disappointed, he suffers an infection. He meets her mother. He visits her in Yemen. They participate in scavenger-hunt like footrace sponsored by the British embassy. He learns to chew qat. They watch the local news program. He talks with her ex boyfriend about Yemeni politics. | The man continues his work defending Israel. He organizes a rent strike. They fight over personal issues. She begins to suffer from a degenerative disease, has nightmares. They discuss violence in movies. Her visa runs out. He doesn't invite her to her brother's wedding. She leaves for Yemen, gets a job teaching languages through a US state department office. He dates a Jewish woman. She returns for a few months, wants to marry and buy a home. He resists. They take a vacation to Jamaica - they are disappointed, he suffers an infection. He meets her mother. He visits her in Yemen. They participate in scavenger-hunt like footrace sponsored by the British embassy. He learns to chew qat. They watch the local news program. He talks with her ex boyfriend about Yemeni politics. | ||
</div></div> | |||
== Music == | == Music == | ||
{{First Light (Harold Budd - Brian Eno)}} [13:45] | {{First Light (Harold Budd - Brian Eno)}} [13:45] | ||
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== Additional credits == | == Additional credits == | ||
The original broadcast credits state: "Technical production by Tom Strother." | The original broadcast credits state: "Technical production by Tom Strother." | ||
== Commentary == | |||
The narrator says 'Canada Dry' is popular in North Yemen. Yemeni Redditors tell me it is today.[[User:Arthur Peabody|Arthur Peabody]] ([[User talk:Arthur Peabody|talk]]) 20:22, 16 March 2022 (EDT) | |||
A Yemeni Redditor wrote that Ali's summary of the history of Yemen is basically correct.[[User:Arthur Peabody|Arthur Peabody]] ([[User talk:Arthur Peabody|talk]]) 20:22, 16 March 2022 (EDT) | |||
== Footnotes == | |||
[[Category:Serious_Monologue]] | [[Category:Serious_Monologue]] |