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== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
Joe tells of his Antarctic cruise, taken to get away from the | |||
difficulties of his life in LA, on an old cruise ship. A drunk young | |||
couple, Paul and Nancy, introduce themselves at the bar on the first | |||
night. They're unhappy with the cruise. Nancy flirts with Joe. Paul | |||
offers Joe their key. Joe keeps his distance. They set out from | |||
Ushuaia.<ref>An actual Antarctic port used by cruise ships: | |||
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ushuaia</ref> | |||
The crew is Greek, the captain Constantine Kyriakos; Nicos, the | |||
steward, runs everything not nautical. | |||
Paul, a junk-bond millionaire, tells of his travel adventures, | |||
disparages the other passengers, brags of his torrid sex with Nancy. | |||
With Paul sick in harsh weather, Nancy talks to Joe alone, brags about | |||
her sexual adventures. She wants to have sex with the captain, does | |||
that night. | |||
Nicos falls sick; Nancy and the captain's affair gets more exotic. | |||
When the weather clears after a week, it turns out that Paul and Nicos | |||
both have appendicitis. A retired physician says Paul's symptoms are | |||
dire, need to be operated on before they can get to shore, but won't | |||
do it himself. Nicos volunteers, relying on his military service as a | |||
medic, using his model ship-building tools. The power goes out during | |||
the operation. | |||
They land at Deception Island, site of a US weather station, the next | |||
night<ref>I find no evidence of US station on Deception Island, nor | |||
all the stuff that's in Joe's story. | |||
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deception_Island</ref>, where Paul and | |||
Nicos are treated and Nancy goes off with a navy diver. The | |||
passengers tour a penguin rookery. | |||
Nicos dies. Nancy stays with the diver. The others return on another | |||
ship. | |||
20:00: Joe (no longer on the cruise) laments the injustices of life. | |||
20:50: Joe's cold despite a blazing fire and heavy clothes. He looks | |||
in the mirror, sees snow on himself, signs of illness, considers | |||
operating on himself with kitchen untensils (including fried onion for | |||
his liver.) | |||
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On a cruise to Antarctica Joe meets a sexually adventurous couple, a woman has an affair with the captain, and an appendix operation is performed. Joe becomes cold and ill and performs an operation on himself. | On a cruise to Antarctica Joe meets a sexually adventurous couple, a woman has an affair with the captain, and an appendix operation is performed. Joe becomes cold and ill and performs an operation on himself. | ||
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== Music == | == Music == | ||
{{Longing for Daydreams (Holger Czukay)}} | {{Longing for Daydreams (Holger Czukay)}} | ||
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The original broadcast credits state: "[C]reated in collaboration with [[Arthur Miller]] and [[David Rapkin]]. The story editor was [[Farley Ziegler]]. Recorded by Jerry Summers and Theo Mondle, and mixed by Theo Mondle. Special thanks to Jennifer Ferro." | The original broadcast credits state: "[C]reated in collaboration with [[Arthur Miller]] and [[David Rapkin]]. The story editor was [[Farley Ziegler]]. Recorded by Jerry Summers and Theo Mondle, and mixed by Theo Mondle. Special thanks to Jennifer Ferro." | ||
== Footnotes == | |||
[[Category:Absurd_Monologue]] | [[Category:Absurd_Monologue]] | ||