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''Have you, uh, ever been in a restaurant or a theater...''
''"Have you, uh, ever been in a restaurant or a theater...."''


'''Why I Don't Love You Anymore''' is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[Work In Progress]]. It was originally broadcast in [[1986]].
'''Why I Don't Love You Anymore''' is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[Work In Progress]]. It was originally broadcast in [[1986]].
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*Joe and his friend pick up a young ballet dancer in a bar and return to Joe's apartment.  She is nearly raped while Joe plays the piano.   
*Joe and his friend pick up a young ballet dancer in a bar and return to Joe's apartment.  She is nearly raped while Joe plays the piano.   
*Freedom dominates our pop-culture, yet we feel enslaved.  Consumerism and commercials which play on our anxiety.  Time saving devices.  
*Freedom dominates our pop-culture, yet we feel enslaved.  Consumerism and commercials which play on our anxiety.  Time saving devices.  
*The story of Dave, a laid-back, cynical, but good hearted photographer.  "How to identify a road kill," DC bumper stickers. He's a regular at a strip club, makes a facetious bid for mayor, turns to Joe on the verge of a breakdown.   
*The story of Dave, a laid-back, cynical, but good-hearted photographer.  "How to identify a road kill," DC bumper stickers. He's a regular at a strip club, makes a facetious bid for mayor, turns to Joe on the verge of a breakdown.   
*Joe the gas station attendant:  A man with broken headlights drives backwards, collides with a man who's been driving with two flat tires for months and only has two wheels.  A car full of beavers.  A couple who fight over who is the best parent drive off and abandon their child.  Joe waits for his wife to return - she left on an errand twelve years ago.  A bus full of people who've taken a vow of silence, with note pads on chains around their necks.  A man arrives, looks at a map, remains sitting in his car for days, shrivels and ages.  Natural catastrophes spare the station.  Joe meets himself after passing through a sand funnel.   
*Joe the gas station attendant:  A man with broken headlights drives backwards, collides with a man who's been driving with two flat tires for months and only has two wheels.  A car full of beavers.  A couple who fight over who is the best parent drive off and abandon their child.  Joe waits for his wife to return - she left on an errand twelve years ago.  A bus full of people who've taken a vow of silence, with note pads on chains around their necks.  A man arrives, looks at a map, remains sitting in his car for days, shrivels and ages.  Natural catastrophes spare the station.  Joe meets himself after passing through a sand funnel.   
*Bringing class war to Limousine passengers: forming a pie corps, reporting their cars stolen, musing their hair, planting roach lice.  *A classroom lecture on life goals, quality of life. The leisure class has time to go insane.  A singer becomes famous, troubled.  A man inherits wealth, finds no comfort.  The tragedy of the unemployed poor.
*Bringing class war to Limousine passengers: forming a pie corps, reporting their cars stolen, musing their hair, planting roach lice.  *A classroom lecture on life goals, quality of life. The leisure class has time to go insane.  A singer becomes famous, troubled.  A man inherits wealth, finds no comfort.  The tragedy of the unemployed poor.
== Interesting Facts ==


== Music ==  
== Music ==  
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== Commentary ==
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