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== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
'None of us has escaped the injuries and indignities of growing up; | |||
all of us bear the scars of that process…' Joe says we can turn | |||
our psychic pathologies into something beautiful through | |||
psychotherapy. Then he describes why people are turning to | |||
psychotherapy by phone: it avoids the burden of traveling, removes the | |||
distractions of the office, other patients, the psychotherapists' | |||
quirks… | |||
6:20: He calls 'tele-counsel of Los Angeles' (apparently fictional), | |||
gets a humorous phone message, apparently chooses '9', for depression, | |||
gets a recorded message from Dr Jerome Nierenberg (sp?), who's busy. | |||
8:10: A woman ([[Laura Esterman]]?) tells a story about a dream. | |||
She's in a room with a bunch of men who talk about politics. She | |||
tells them it's really about a cow thrown over a cliff, which | |||
represents the way men treat women. John (this is a group therapy | |||
session) says that he's unsympathetic, that women have all power. A | |||
second guy ([[Larry Block]]) sees both of their points of view. The | |||
therapist asks another woman, Stella, what she thinks. Others | |||
participate. | |||
19:20: Joe talks about audio Rorschach tests, plays some audio clips | |||
for us to react to. | |||
21:20: Donald tells Joe he's obsessed with this woman. Joe asks | |||
Donald questions about her. | |||
22:20: Joe asks philosophical questions: 'What is truth?', 'Where is | |||
god?'…, tells us that questions don't matter. Donald chimes | |||
in. | |||
23:20: Joe asks Donald if this woman doesn't give him a heightened | |||
sense of life, suggests he express himself (screaming, for example) as | |||
an outlet for his feelings. | |||
25:00: Joe describes therapy by FAX. | |||
26:30: 'Neurosis is the sprung tourniquet on the hemorrhage of | |||
feelings…' Joe makes a series of metaphors for neurosis. | |||
27:00: 'There is no permanence, nothing is forever…' Joe tells | |||
us that if we accept nothing we will have everything. | |||
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<div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Legacy Synopsis</div> | |||
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* Monologue: The problems with conventional therapy and benefits of phone therapy. | * Monologue: The problems with conventional therapy and benefits of phone therapy. | ||
* Actors: Telephone therapy session. | * Actors: Telephone therapy session. | ||
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* Actors: Joe as a telephone therapist in dialog with an actor. | * Actors: Joe as a telephone therapist in dialog with an actor. | ||
* Monologue: fax therapy, the infinity of nothingness | * Monologue: fax therapy, the infinity of nothingness | ||
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== Music == | == Music == | ||
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The original broadcast credits state: "[C]reated in collaboration with [[David Rapkin]]. Recorded and mixed by Theo Mondle. The performers were Joe Frank, [[Arthur Miller]], [[Grace Zabriskie]], <!--sp?-->Larry Kusnit, [[Farley Ziegler]], [[Keith Talbot]], [[Helen Wilson]], [[Larry Block]], <!--sp?-->Lisa Hiemer, and [[Laura Esterman]]. Special thanks to Farley Ziegler." | The original broadcast credits state: "[C]reated in collaboration with [[David Rapkin]]. Recorded and mixed by Theo Mondle. The performers were Joe Frank, [[Arthur Miller]], [[Grace Zabriskie]], <!--sp?-->Larry Kusnit, [[Farley Ziegler]], [[Keith Talbot]], [[Helen Wilson]], [[Larry Block]], <!--sp?-->Lisa Hiemer, and [[Laura Esterman]]. Special thanks to Farley Ziegler." | ||
== Commentary == | |||
Telehealth and telecounseling increased greatly in 2020, in response to the pandemic. | |||
[[Category:Absurd_Monologue]] | [[Category:Absurd_Monologue]] | ||