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 == Synopsis ==
+Larry tells Joe he's in Seattle acting in <i>God of Vengeance</i>, a
-Joe tells a number of stories from his childhood.  Some of them have
-to be fictional.  I think they all are.
-Larry tells us 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] has
+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
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 :10: Joe remembers when he spilled auto battery acid onto his pants.
-:40: Joe tells story of his childhood, which includes his sister
+:40: Joe tells stories of his childhood, which include his sister
-Naomi and his crude grandfather, including when he pushed a piano off
+Naomi and his crude grandfather, including when the grandfather pushed a piano off
 the roof of the apartment building.
 :00: Joe remembers a bully holding his face against a subway
-grating.  Joe smacked the bully's trumpet into his teeth.
+grating.  Later, Joe smacks the bully's trumpet into his teeth.
 :40: Joe remembers a dog stealing his sandwich.
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 :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.
+lab, to burn it in the park.  They replace it with a beef lung to which they attach a duck call.
 :50: Jack Kornfield reads a poem of Rumi about a man with a jealous
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 wonders if he really remembers him.
-:10: Joe got a job in the garment district when he was 13 working
+: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.
-:40: Joe remembers 'the year of beatniks'<ref>1955?  Joe says he was
+:40: Joe remembers 'the era of beatniks'<ref>1955?  Joe says he was about
 .</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].
+remembers listening to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Ferlinghetti Lawrence Ferlinghetti]
-One night, at the
+and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Joans Ted Joans].
-Café Noir, a pimp sets him up with a 'housewife' from Morris county,
+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 '60s. </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.
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 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 them with folding bridge chairs taped to the floor.
+replaced it with folding bridge chairs taped to the floor.
 :40: Kornfield tells about his teaching partner [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Goldstein_(writer) Joseph Goldstein].
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 giving.  He quotes [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epictetus Epictetus], 'Never suppress a generous impulse.'
-:00: Larry tells of walking along the beach, thought of writing [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Wallenda Karl Wallenda]'s line
+: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
-drift wood.  As an actor, he's on-stage 2 hours at a time; the rest is
+driftwood.  As an actor, he's on-stage 2 hours at a time; the rest is
-waiting.  Then he decided against it, that it'd be litter.
+waiting.  Then he decides against it, that it'd be litter.
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 == Commentary ==
+This show has 3 components: Larry's story of living in Seattle
+while acting in a new play; Joe's childhood reminiscences (some of
+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)