Home
| Series | |
|---|---|
| Work In Progress | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| 1988 | |
| Cast | |
| Joe Frank | |
| Format | |
| Serious Monologue, 1 hour | |
| Preceded by: | Five Part Dissonance |
| Followed by: | Islands |
"We lived in the slave quarters, big house was a costume shop"
"Home" is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series Work In Progress. It was originally broadcast in 1988.
Note:There seems to be inconsistencies between the synopsis here and a recording listed under this title. The recording includes only Grace Zabriskie's monologue. Is this another case of an unlabeled remix?
Synopsis
- Monologue: Joe's in a rock band. He befriends Lorraine, the wild bartender at the motel.
- Looking for a job in LA. Alienated from his friends and alone, he has nowhere to be.
- At a bar, he meets a woman. He drives her home and she asks him to stay and hold her.
- Miserable Danny with his mother.
- Summer in Virginia, building a house with Katie.
- Talking to his mom in the nursing home, she implores him to get her out.
- Katie. "What I finally found unbearable is how much she loved me."
- Background on Danny.
- We hear from Beth, played by Grace Zabriskie. She tells about:
- A series of photographs.
- Her father acquires and loses a cafe; hanging out with artists and writers.
- His crazy subsequent schemes.
- His funeral.
- She reflects on his disappointment in her.
- Remembering the cafe and the French Quarter in the 40s and 50s.
- Learning of her father's secret kindnesses after his death.
Interesting Facts
Commentary
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Spblat
As someone who discovered Joe Frank in the 90's, part of my problem with the older stuff is that his style hasn't evolved into the form I am so fond of: a deep, intimate-sounding voice telling bizarre and/or captivating stories over electronica loops. But by this time, his vocal delivery has evolved into a more storytelling style: it sounds like he's delivering his monologueoff the top of his head, as opposed to reading from a page, and that to me is the secret sauce in his later performances.
The synopsis includes 'Just Hold Me'. 'Home' is a half-hour show, Grace Zabriskie telling a story about growing up in converted slave quarters in New Orleans that her father runs as a restaurant (though she did grow up in New Orleans and her father was a restaurateur). Joe's shows were always an hour long so 2 half-hour shows are paired. RandomTroll 16:51, 2 Sep 2010 (PDT)
