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== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
The dictator tells us that his picture is everywhere, offers himself | |||
as his people's salvation, in place of Jesus, god, religion. | |||
13:30: The circus performer tells us that he left the circus, walked | |||
out to the highway. He fixes the flat tire of a limousine at the | |||
behest of a beautiful woman then drives her to a mansion. He sees a | |||
picture of General Ibrahim on the wall. She gives him the limousine. | |||
Joe dumps the corpse in its back into a gully. When he gets back to | |||
the car it has a baby in it. The baby is crying; the car is out of | |||
gas. A hoarse old woman calls the car's phone, denounces whoever is | |||
listening for his mistreatment of her. | |||
26:20: Joe sees a shimmering figure, a great winged lion, hears a | |||
voice in the wind that says, 'Take care of the child. I will come | |||
back for him.' Joe walks towards the figure, sees that it's just rags | |||
on a pole. After that the baby stops crying, the car has gas. | |||
27:30: Joe drives to a small church, leaves the baby in a pew, prays | |||
at the altar, promises to take care of the baby. After his prayer the | |||
baby has disappeared. He drives off, feeling happy and free. | |||
34:00: The dictator fantasizes about turning defeat into victory, | |||
ruling the world. | |||
40:20: Abandoning his fantasies the dictator imagines other things he | |||
could do: dental technician, pharmacy, computer maintenance, chef, | |||
chanteuse, dancer... then just enjoying life's simple pleasures. | |||
46:40: The dictator, defiant, tells us what humiliations he won't | |||
allow his enemies to perpetrate upon him. | |||
49:00: Joe repeats, with slight variations, in different voices, 'Help | |||
me unravel this knot and find my way back to the town where I first | |||
saw you, where all this started, this thirst'. | |||
52:10: The dictator narrates slides: harvesting wheat in his | |||
childhood, praying on a prayer rug, leading soldiers in an assault, | |||
kicking a goal on the soccer pitch to the adulation of the crowd. | |||
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overflow:auto;"> <div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Legacy | |||
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Dictator's picture is everywhere, man leaves circus in storm and finds woman in limo, driving with a dead man in the car, the dictator contemplates nothingness and defeat, "help me unravel this knot..." | Dictator's picture is everywhere, man leaves circus in storm and finds woman in limo, driving with a dead man in the car, the dictator contemplates nothingness and defeat, "help me unravel this knot..." | ||
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== Music == | == Music == | ||
{{Olamal (Danielle Dax)}} [Intro] {{Added music}} | {{Olamal (Danielle Dax)}} [Intro] {{Added music}} | ||
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== Additional credits == | == Additional credits == | ||
The original broadcast credits state: "Performed by Joe Frank, and created in collaboration with [[David Rapkin]] and [[Arthur Miller]]. Mixed by Theo Mondle. War bed created by Jerry Summers. Special thanks to [[Sheila Bjornlie]] and Ariana Morgenstern." | The original broadcast credits state: "Performed by Joe Frank, and created in collaboration with [[David Rapkin]] and [[Arthur Miller]]. Mixed by Theo Mondle. War bed created by Jerry Summers. Special thanks to [[Sheila Bjornlie]] and [[Ariana Morgenstern]]." | ||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||