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== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
All of the content of [[Dreamers]] was originally aired in [[Time's Arrow]]. | |||
1:00: Joe tells of a young Arab Palestinian recruited by Hamas because | |||
of his resentment of his father's loss of his legs in the '67 war. | |||
With a bomb attached, he approaches an Israeli settlement. An Israeli | |||
soldier challenges him, tells him he will shoot unless he stops. Then | |||
the soldier wakes up, realizes he was dreaming it. He sees a young | |||
man advancing on the settlement, challenges him, thinks of the | |||
brilliant deaf Hasid young man who it could be instead, doesn't shoot. | |||
7:00: A Christian American pastor with his family from Mississippi | |||
approaches the same checkpoint. He sees a young man blow himself up, | |||
lifting their car off the ground. Then he wakes up. He and his | |||
family are about to fly to Israel. He thinks about his family and | |||
hometown. | |||
13:00: Larry talks about Doris Day, how he was hot for her when he was | |||
a boy. Now she's 'beat up and bloated' and a wealthy old guy is | |||
squiring her around. He talks about accepting the 'eternity of | |||
death'. | |||
15:30: Joe feels ill. The next day his physician finds nodules on his | |||
spine with an MRI. He's terrified and feels removed at the same time. | |||
17:10: Joe and his girlfriend go to a party. He can't get into the | |||
spirit of the party. After they come home his girlfriend wants to | |||
make love, Joe doesn't. She leaves. Joe wets his bed. | |||
21:00: He returns to his physician's office a week later for the | |||
results of his tests. | |||
22:30: Larry comments on how well his father's tombstone has held up. | |||
23:00: Joe talks about his 93-year-old mother and the other old people | |||
in the home where she lives, how their bodies and minds are failing. | |||
25:10: Joe talks about different ways to measure time, both | |||
astronomically long and personally short. | |||
25:00: Joe talks about his growing old and the inevitability of time. | |||
26:30: Joe comments on a ferry boat disaster.<ref>perhaps the | |||
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Le_Joola Le Joola]</ref> | |||
26:50: Joe comments on religionists fighting each other on the news. | |||
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<div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Legacy Synopsis</div> | |||
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On this episode, Joe Frank created his first work for KCRW in 10 years. Dreamers is a contemplation of time and mortality. It includes stories about a family's tragic visit to Palestine and a man who attends a dinner party after learning he might be dying. | On this episode, Joe Frank created his first work for KCRW in 10 years. Dreamers is a contemplation of time and mortality. It includes stories about a family's tragic visit to Palestine and a man who attends a dinner party after learning he might be dying. | ||
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== Music == | == Music == | ||
{{Alone in Kyoto (Air)}} [Intro] | {{Alone in Kyoto (Air)}} [Intro] | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [https://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/unfictional/joe-frank-dreamers "Dreamers" streaming audio at KCRW] | * [https://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/unfictional/joe-frank-dreamers "Dreamers" streaming audio at KCRW] | ||
== Footnotes == | |||
[[Category:Larry Block]] | [[Category:Larry Block]] | ||
[[Category:Bob Carlson]] | [[Category:Bob Carlson]] | ||