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|data8 = [[:Category:Scripted Actors|Scripted Actors]], [[:Category:Narrative Monologue|Narrative Monologue]], | |data8 = [[:Category:Scripted Actors|Scripted Actors]], [[:Category:Narrative Monologue|Narrative Monologue]], 59 minutes | ||
|data4 = December 19, [[1999]] | |data4 = December 19, [[1999]] | ||
|title = [https://www.joefrank.com/shop/lover-man Lover Man][https://www.joefrank.com/streaming/shows/?jfsearch=Lover%20Man] | |title = [https://www.joefrank.com/shop/lover-man Lover Man][https://www.joefrank.com/streaming/shows/?jfsearch=Lover%20Man] | ||
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'Is it the smoldering beauty of my purple eyes...' - Joe is | 'Is it the smoldering beauty of my purple eyes...' - Joe is | ||
the most beautiful, charming, intelligent, desirable person in the | the most beautiful, charming, intelligent, desirable person in the | ||
world, all men and women want to be with him. | world, all men and women want to be with him.<ref name=Loved>originally aired | ||
in [[Loved One, The]]</ref> | in [[Loved One, The|The Loved One]]</ref> | ||
9:40: Desperate women and men call Joe, plead with him to make | 9:40: Desperate women and men call Joe, plead with him to make | ||
love to them. | love to them.<ref name=Loved /> | ||
14:00: [[Milton Schindler]] tells of his | 14:00: [[Milton Schindler]] tells of his | ||
college <ref>University of Chicago</ref> <ref>1944-5.</ref> friend Bob, | college<ref>University of Chicago</ref><ref>1944-5.</ref> friend Bob, | ||
now a 'very big physician'. Bob was in love with Jane, | now a 'very big physician'. Bob was in love with Jane, | ||
whom Schindler describes as the most beautiful woman he has ever seen. | whom Schindler describes as the most beautiful woman he has ever seen. | ||
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extremely active sex life, break up after college. | extremely active sex life, break up after college. | ||
16:20: A woman <ref>accent - French?</ref> tells how tired she | 16:20: A woman<ref>accent - French?</ref> tells how tired she | ||
is. | is. | ||
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21:00: Joe tells of traveling down the Amazon in search of the | 21:00: Joe tells of traveling down the Amazon in search of the | ||
ruins of an ancient Mayan civilization <ref>Mayans didn't live on the | ruins of an ancient Mayan civilization<ref>Mayans didn't live on the | ||
Amazon.</ref> The boat capsizes, drowning everyone but Joe. Natives | Amazon.</ref> The boat capsizes, drowning everyone but Joe. Natives | ||
who had never seen a White man before take him. He shows them his | who had never seen a White man before take him. He shows them his | ||
stuff: jet-pack, camcorder and projector, satellite TV... They're so | stuff: jet-pack, camcorder and projector, satellite TV... They're so | ||
impressed they sell the rights to their land to Joe's | impressed they sell the rights to their land to Joe's | ||
associates <ref>Joe has a satellite phone.</ref> | associates.<ref>Joe has a satellite phone.</ref> Timber companies, | ||
miners, oil companies, turn their land to waste. They squander their | miners, oil companies, turn their land to waste. They squander their | ||
fortune and end up worse off. Joe books a cruise to Mallorca, which | fortune and end up worse off. Joe books a cruise to Mallorca, which | ||
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is inhumanly nice; she knows the secrets of the family. When she | is inhumanly nice; she knows the secrets of the family. When she | ||
finds out they're going to replace her, she gets drunk, wreaks havoc, | finds out they're going to replace her, she gets drunk, wreaks havoc, | ||
leaves. <ref>In the beginning of the story she commutes by bus from her | leaves.<ref>In the beginning of the story she commutes by bus from her | ||
home; later, she has a room above the garage.</ref> She packs her bag, | home; later, she has a room above the garage.</ref> She packs her bag, | ||
sings jazz in nightclubs. <ref name=Emerald>originally in [[Emerald Isle]]</ref> | sings jazz in nightclubs.<ref name=Emerald>originally in [[Emerald Isle]]</ref> | ||
31:30: To the sound of a band an MC welcomes us to the Kit Kat | 31:30: To the sound of a band an MC welcomes us to the Kit Kat | ||
Club in Duluth and singer Bessie Washington. <ref name=Emerald /> | Club in Duluth and singer Bessie Washington.<ref name=Emerald /> | ||
32:50: Years later Joe sees her singing at a nightclub; she | 32:50: Years later Joe sees her singing at a nightclub; she | ||
brings tears to people's eyes. Joe makes love to her | brings tears to people's eyes. Joe makes love to her | ||
later. <ref><i>not</i> originally in [[Emerald Isle]] - did Joe add it | later.<ref><i>not</i> originally in [[Emerald Isle]] - did Joe add it | ||
to [[Lover Man]] or cut it out of [[Emerald Isle]]?</ref> | to [[Lover Man]] or cut it out of [[Emerald Isle]]?</ref> | ||
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later meets an old baker at the Brooklyn Bagel Factory in Los Angeles | later meets an old baker at the Brooklyn Bagel Factory in Los Angeles | ||
who knew his father; Schindler laments that he had been embarrassed | who knew his father; Schindler laments that he had been embarrassed | ||
that his father was a baker. <ref>In this story Schindler says that he | that his father was a baker.<ref>In this story Schindler says that he | ||
had been born in Omaha, moved to New York when he was young. This | had been born in Omaha, moved to New York when he was young. This | ||
matches Census records.</ref> | matches Census records.</ref> | ||
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couldn't go out without women attacking him. Women kidnap and violate | couldn't go out without women attacking him. Women kidnap and violate | ||
him. In his rescue police kill all the women; he retires from | him. In his rescue police kill all the women; he retires from | ||
music. <ref name=Words>originally in [[Words]]</ref> | music.<ref name=Words>originally in [[Words]]</ref> | ||
40:50: Schindler says that suicide is a permanent solution to | 40:50: Schindler says that suicide is a permanent solution to | ||
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41:10: Joe appeals to a woman he saw at the Laemmle | 41:10: Joe appeals to a woman he saw at the Laemmle | ||
Theatre <ref>Carl Laemmle was the founder of Universal Studios; a | Theatre.<ref>Carl Laemmle was the founder of Universal Studios; a | ||
theatre chain in southern California bears his name</ref> in Santa | theatre chain in southern California bears his name</ref> in Santa | ||
Monica at a viewing of <i>Breaking | Monica at a viewing of <i>Breaking The Waves</i> He left his | ||
umbrella behind; when he went back to retrieve it she had it for him. | umbrella behind; when he went back to retrieve it she had it for him. | ||
Joe was barely able to speak, he's so taken with her. He imagines | Joe was barely able to speak, he's so taken with her. He imagines | ||
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number. | number. | ||
45:00: Joe remembers looking at a Botero <ref> | 45:00: Joe remembers looking at a Botero<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Botero Fernando Botero], | ||
Colombian artist?</ref> painting | |||
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Botero</ref> | |||
next to a woman - but he can't find anything to say to her. Joe wants | next to a woman - but he can't find anything to say to her. Joe wants | ||
her to call him at KCRW - or one of the Japanese schoolgirls who were | her to call him at KCRW - or one of the Japanese schoolgirls who were | ||
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he did for the company. After that he hires girls every time he's out | he did for the company. After that he hires girls every time he's out | ||
of town; the woman to whom he's speaking asks if he ever told his | of town; the woman to whom he's speaking asks if he ever told his | ||
wife <ref>'Joanie'</ref> | wife;<ref>'Joanie'</ref> he says he didn't. | ||
52:20: Two people <ref>a man and a woman, I think</ref> with | 52:20: Two people<ref>a man and a woman, I think</ref> with | ||
distorted voices tell each other how sick of each other they are. | distorted voices tell each other how sick of each other they are.<ref name=Words /> | ||
57:10: Schindler gets a trip to Hawaii from the company, takes | 57:10: Schindler gets a trip to Hawaii from the company, takes | ||
a tour, sees a pineapple canning factory, sees that the factory puts | a tour, sees a pineapple canning factory, sees that the factory puts | ||
the same pineapples into every brand. A week later he's shopping at | the same pineapples into every brand. A week later he's shopping at | ||
Gelson's <ref>an expensive grocery store in Los Angeles</ref> where he | Gelson's<ref>an expensive grocery store in Los Angeles</ref> where he | ||
buys the Dole. <ref>the most expensive brand</ref> | buys the Dole.<ref>the most expensive brand</ref> | ||
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