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|data6 = [[Arthur Miller]], [[Ryan Cutrona]], [[Tim Jerome]], [[ | |data6 = [[Arthur Miller]], [[Ryan Cutrona]], [[Tim Jerome]], [[Julie Renick]], Joe Frank | ||
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''"Well of course, Stalin was a very amusing man."'' | ''"Well of course, Stalin was a very amusing man."'' | ||
'''Great Lives''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[Work In Progress]]. It was originally broadcast in [[1989]]. | '''Great Lives''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[Work In Progress]]. It was originally broadcast in [[:Category:1989|1989]]. | ||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
The | The sound of a train, coming to a stop. | ||
A man ([[Arthur Miller]]), says that Stalin was very amusing with a | |||
'light, fey sense of humor' and more unlikely stories about him. | |||
2:40 A man ([[Ryan Cutrona]]) travels on interstates and other metaphorical highways. | |||
4:20 A man ([[Tim Jerome]]) puts words together to form sentences, but they don’t have intrinsic value; if we don’t have intrinsic value, we don’t have extrinsic existence. | |||
7:30: Joe asks the man about his claim that Hitler was a woman, which | |||
he affirms, then tells other unlikely stories about him. | |||
10:10: A man (Ryan Cutrona) tells about the things he has been | |||
(holy, evil, rich, very wealthy…), then the places he has been | |||
(Indianapolis, Korea, Venezuela, Baton Rouge, the Moon). Then he says | |||
some things he wants to talk about - but doesn't. | |||
11:10: A man (Tim Jerome) talks about confusion, then god, then | |||
watching a woman doing something she should or shouldn't through a | |||
window, whether or not you are doing what you should. | |||
14:40: A man (Arthur Miller) talks about how Freud was a depressed, lonely, lost man, due to a childhood bicycle accident. Freud really wanted to be a shoe salesman. | |||
18:40 A man (Ryan Cutrona) says there are people who are no longer around, and people who are outside the law. | |||
19:20 A man (Tim Jerome) lists the crimes he has committed. | |||
22:00: Joe talks to a man (Arthur Miller) who taught at Princeton, | |||
knew Einstein, tells unlikely stories about him, including Einstein's affair | |||
with Marilyn Monroe. | |||
24:30: A man (Ryan Cutrona) tells all the things he's seen god | |||
in. | |||
26:40: A man (Tim Jerome) tells unlikely stories about Sigmund | |||
Freud. | |||
29:00: Joe asks a man (Arthur Miller) about Picasso's relationship | |||
with Gertrude Stein, allegedly an explosive affair. | |||
32:00 A man (Ryan Cutrona) lists the crimes he has committed. | |||
34:00: A woman<ref>German accent, real according to a | |||
correspondent on Reddit - I don't think it's Julie Renick, the only | |||
woman mentioned in the cast</ref> talks about songs Marlene Dietrich sang.<ref>The first | |||
song is [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3tnUBwt74M 'Ach, Fräulein Annie wohnt schon lang nicht hier'], [https://www.songtexte.com/songtext/marlene-dietrich/annie-doesnt-live-here-anymore-g43e71b7b.html 'Annie doesn't live here anymore']; the second song is [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx6aKAMYDHk 'Wenn ich mir was wünschen dürfte'], [https://www.songtexte.com/songtext/marlene-dietrich/wenn-ich-mir-was-wunschen-durfte-1bc2595c.html 'If I could wish for something']. Dietrich sang both.</ref> | |||
37:20: A man (Arthur Miller) tells about attending a costume party | |||
in New York City dressed as Marlene Dietrich did for <i>The Blue | |||
Angel</i>, where he meets her and has a relationship with her when she | |||
was in her 50s.<ref>She was born in 1901.</ref> | |||
42:10: A man (Ryan Cutrona) tells about Hitler's life as a little | |||
girl, goes on about why we haven't been told Hitler was a woman. | |||
43:50: A man (Tim Jerome) complains about his childhood. | |||
45:30: A man (?) talks about his father’s life. | |||
51:00: A man (Arthur Miller) lists the crimes he has committed. | |||
54:20: A man (Ryan Cutrona) talks about when he lived in Vienna | |||
and hung out at cafés with Freud, often saw Stalin, then Einstein and | |||
Marilyn Monroe; Picasso drew portraits on the street. He claims | |||
Eleanor Roosevelt turned his life around. | |||
57:10: A woman ([[Julie Renick]]) sings 'You do something to me' in a | |||
fake German accent, impersonating Marlene Dietrich. | |||
== Music == | == Music == | ||
{{Music-Stub}} | {{Music-Stub}} | ||
{{Call It Love (Yello)}} | {{The Animals (Jan Hammer)}} [5:48]{{Unidentified|id=Music+chanting at 19:55}} | ||
{{Call It Love (Yello)}} [27:31] {{Unidentified|id=need to identify music at 45:30}} | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Do_Something_to_Me_(Cole_Porter_song) "You Do Something To Me"] - song composed by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cole_Porter Cole Porter], tremulously sung by Julie Renick | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Do_Something_to_Me_(Cole_Porter_song) "You Do Something To Me"] - song composed by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cole_Porter Cole Porter], tremulously sung by Julie Renick [56:11] | ||
== Shared material == | == Shared material == | ||
* [[Woman And Bull In Paint Factory]] | * [[Woman And Bull In Paint Factory]] | ||
* [[Pledge Drive Show, KPFA, 2004-01-15]] | * [[Pledge Drive Show, KPFA, 2004-01-15]] | ||
* [[Reprise]] | * [[Reprise]] | ||
* [[Great Lives (Remix)]] | |||
== Additional credits == | |||
The original broadcast credits state: "With [[Arthur Miller]], [[Ryan Cutrona]], [[Tim Jerome]], [[Julie Renick]], and Joe Frank. This program was recorded at Westrax Recording Studios in New York City and at KCRW in Santa Monica." | |||
== Miscellanea == | |||
The programs "Great Lives" and "Great Lives (Remix)" from [http://joefrank.com joefrank.com] are identical, but KCRW originally broadcast a slightly longer version of the program. | |||
== Commentary == | == Commentary == | ||
Thanks to people in the German subreddit for help identifying | |||
the 2 Marlene Dietrich songs mentioned at 34 minutes; one said her | |||
voice is authentically German.[[User:Arthur Peabody|Arthur Peabody]] ([[User talk:Arthur Peabody|talk]]) 17:59, 23 August 2021 (EDT) | |||
== Footnotes == | |||
[[Category:Improv_Actors]] | [[Category:Improv_Actors]] | ||
[[Category:Absurd_Monologue]] | [[Category:Absurd_Monologue]] | ||
[[Category:Ryan Cutrona]] | [[Category:Ryan Cutrona]] | ||
[[Category:Arthur Miller]] | [[Category:Arthur Miller]] | ||
[[Category:Tim Jerome]] | [[Category:Tim Jerome]] | ||
[[Category:Julie Renick]] | [[Category:Julie Renick]] | ||
[[Category:Not Available Online]] | |||
[[Category:1989]] | [[Category:1989]] | ||
[[Category:Work In Progress]] | [[Category:Work In Progress]] | ||
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[[Category:Show]] | [[Category:Show]] | ||
[[Category:Show_by_date|19890006]] {{Airdate|airdate=1989}} | [[Category:Show_by_date|19890006]] {{Airdate|airdate=1989}} | ||
{{Series|series=Work In Progress}}{{Cast|cast=[[Arthur Miller]], [[Ryan Cutrona]], [[Tim Jerome]], [[Julie Renick]], Joe Frank}} |