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''"I'm doing this play called 'God is Vengeance'."''
''"I'm doing this play called 'God of Vengeance'."''


'''The Wire''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[The Other Side (Series)|The Other Side]]. It was originally broadcast on March 26, [[2000]].
'''The Wire''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[The Other Side (Series)|The Other Side]]. It was originally broadcast on March 26, [[:Category:2000|2000]].


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
Larry tells Joe he's in Seattle acting in <i>God of Vengeance</i>, a
play written by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Margulies Donald Margulies], an
adaptation of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sholem_Asch Sholem Asch]'s play of the same
name.<ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/55/Larry-Block.html Film Reference page for Larry Block] has
only this entry, 'Reb Eli, God of Vengeance, Adams Memorial Theater,
Williamstown, MA, 2002', which was after 'The Wire'.  I figure it's
incomplete.</ref> Larry summarizes the play.
7:10: Joe tells us his family used to summer-vacation in
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amenia_(town)%2C_New_York Amenia].
The neighbors bred chinchillas.  One died, they buried it, Joe's dog
dug it up; his parents thought their dog had killed it, so they
cleaned it up and put it back.
9:10: Joe remembers when he spilled auto battery acid onto his pants.
9:40: Joe tells stories of his childhood, which include his sister
Naomi and his crude grandfather, including when the grandfather pushed a piano off
the roof of the apartment building.
12:00: Joe remembers a bully holding his face against a subway
grating.  Later, Joe smacks the bully's trumpet into his teeth.
13:40: Joe remembers a dog stealing his sandwich.
14:10: Joe, 8, remembers a girl from a wealthy family visiting Joe at
his home.  She vomits when she sees Joe's father cutting up a bloody
piece of stewing beef.  The experience makes them closer.
16:30: Joe remembers attending junior congregation when he was 11 or
12.  Because the cantor had such a powerful voice, it was said that it
could break glass.  Joe brought a window pane, broke it during his
performance, cutting his hand.<ref>Joe says the janitor, a gentile,
had to help him because the Jews couldn't break the sabbath.  I'm not
Jewish, but I think this is wrong, that in matters that threaten death
or serious injury the rule doesn't apply - so I've read.</ref>
19:50: Joe tells of stealing a ribbon of magnesium from the science
lab, to burn it in the park.  They replace it with a beef lung to which they attach a duck call.
22:50: Jack Kornfield reads a poem of [[wikipedia:Rumi|Rumi]] about a man with a jealous
wife and beautiful maid servant, as an illustration of the difference
between fear and love.  He points out the problem grasping causes.  He
tells the story of the old Zen master and the thief.
30:20: Larry tells about [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorin_Hollander Lorin Hollander];
Larry claims he was a friend of Hollander's older sister, grew up in
the same neighborhood.  Hollander's playing a concert.<ref>Larry calls
it a Gershwin symphony; it was his <i>Concerto in F</i></ref>  Larry
attends, meets him afterwards.  Hollander is nice to him, but Larry
wonders if he really remembers him.
40:10: Joe gets a job in the garment district when he's 13, working
for a friend of his father.  Nora got a job at the same time, fell in
love with the boss, Sol, because of his knowledge of Restoration
poetry.  Joe sees them making love.
42:40: Joe remembers 'the era of [[wikipedia:Beatnik|beatniks]]'<ref>1955?  Joe says he was about
16.</ref> He would hang out at cafés, trying to be hip. He
remembers listening to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Ferlinghetti Lawrence Ferlinghetti]
and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Joans Ted Joans].
One night, at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cafe_Wha%3F Caf&eacute; Wha?],<ref>Joe says he was listening to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Havens Richie Havens]
playing music, which he didn't start doing until the '60s; he says he performed poetry in
the Village in the '50s. </ref> a pimp sets him up with a 'housewife' from Morris county,
New Jersey.  They park next to the Staten Island ferry; she gropes
him.
46:00: Joe remembers being 19, in Santa Barbara; he's borrowed his
boss's car.  He set the seat on fire by lighting a match to find some
marijuana he'd hidden under it.  He says it's the '60s.<ref>Joe was
born in 1938, thus 19 in 1957/1958.</ref> The seat was destroyed; Joe
replaced it with folding bridge chairs taped to the floor.
48:40: Kornfield tells about his teaching partner [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Goldstein_(writer) Joseph Goldstein].
He tells about Goldstein's mother visiting Goldstein in the monastery
in India, how much she liked the simplicity of it.  This leads into
more slanging of grasping.  He talks about the different kinds of
giving.  He quotes [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epictetus Epictetus], 'Never suppress a generous impulse.'
57:00: Larry tells of walking along the beach, thinks of writing [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Wallenda Karl Wallenda]'s line
'The wire is life; the rest is waiting' on a piece of
driftwood.  As an actor, he's on-stage 2 hours at a time; the rest is
waiting.  Then he decides against it, that it'd be litter.
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;">
<div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Legacy Synopsis</div>
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
*[[Larry Block]] describes a new play in which a brothel owner reforms and buys a hand written Torah and his daughter runs off with a prostitute.
*[[Larry Block]] describes a new play in which a brothel owner reforms and buys a hand written Torah and his daughter runs off with a prostitute.
*Monologue of Joe's random memories part one:
*Monologue of Joe's random memories part one:
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*Kornfield: a middle class woman from the Catskills visits her son in a monastery in India, different kinds of giving.
*Kornfield: a middle class woman from the Catskills visits her son in a monastery in India, different kinds of giving.
*Larry talks about leaving a note on the beach.
*Larry talks about leaving a note on the beach.
</div></div>


== Music ==  
== Music ==  
{{Love Like a Fountain - Stereo MC's Mix (Ian Brown)}}
{{Love Like a Fountain - Stereo MC's Mix (Ian Brown)}} [6:47]


== Additional credits ==  
== Additional credits ==
* Created in collaboration with [[David Rapkin]].
The original broadcast credits state: "[C]reated in collaboration with [[David Rapkin]], with [[Larry Block]], Buddhist teacher
* Edited by Scott Fritz
[[Jack Kornfield]], and Joe Frank; edited by Scott Fritz; mixed by [[Bob Carlson]].
* Mixed by [[Bob Carlson]]
 
== Miscellany ==
* This program is also available on joefrank.com as [https://www.joefrank.com/shop/zen-two Zen Two]


== Commentary ==
== Commentary ==
{{commentary}}
This show has 3 components: Larry's story of living in Seattle
=== [[User:NickD|NickD]] ===
while acting in a new play; Joe's childhood reminiscences (some of
The segments about the chinchilla, breaking the glass in temple, and the vomiting friend have got to be one of the funnies stories Joe has told.
which have to be fictional; I suspect they all are); Jack Kornfield
with his usual shtick.[[User:Arthur Peabody|Arthur Peabody]] ([[User talk:Arthur Peabody|talk]]) 19:06, 12 January 2022 (EST)
 
Joe's story about breaking a pane of glass, at 16:30, includes
a comment about Jewish law, which I think is incorrect.  I'm no
expert.  I'd appreciate an opinion from a more knowledgable person.[[User:Arthur Peabody|Arthur Peabody]] ([[User talk:Arthur Peabody|talk]]) 19:06, 12 January 2022 (EST)
 
This is the only time I've heard of Ted Joans. [[User:Arthur Peabody|Arthur Peabody]] ([[User talk:Arthur Peabody|talk]]) 22:18, 11 January 2022 (EST)
 
== Footnotes ==


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