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''There was a man who lived in an apartment complex in a city.''
''There was a man who lived in an apartment complex in a city.''


'''Windows''' is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[The Other Side (Series)|The Other Side]]. It was originally broadcast on October 10, [[1999]], and explores a variety of themes surrounding love.
'''Windows''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[The Other Side (Series)|The Other Side]]. It was originally broadcast on October 10, [[:Category:1999|1999]], and explores a variety of themes surrounding love.


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
*Monologue: A man watches a quiet, sad woman across the courtyard from his apartment window.  He falls in love with her and sends her flowers when she looks particularly unhappyOne night he sees her bring a man to her apartment; he decides to leave the city, but a cab driver talks him out of itHe returns to find that she is gone.  The woman's point of view description of meeting a quadriplegic on a bridge after contemplating suicide.   
Michael sees a beautiful woman in the apartment across the courtyard
*Telephone conversation: [[Debi Mae West]] discusses her love affairs: one that ends after a drunken five day weekend, a psychic who tells her she and the man have been together in past lives, a man who refuses to give her oral sex.
but never talks to her.  He follows her one day, watches her stand on
*Monologueon love: "they say that love is more powerful/precious/etc...." Love as a fine wine, as becoming [[Wikipedia:Edward Teller|Edward Teller]]A clown commits [[Wikipedia:Hara-kiri|hara-kiri]] after being dumped by a harlequin. A relationship breakup as fission.  Love as heroinDescription of a Love Anonymous support group.  Why love?  Joe chooses to be a bachelor for the rest of his life, join a mens club, build a latrine.
a bridge over waterA fellow in a motorized wheelchair approaches
*Telephone conversation: Debi meets an old friend at a theater who offers her oral sex.   
and talks to her; she lights his cigaretteShe then goes to a
*Monologue: Love is an old man fishing off a bridgeJoe remembers an explosion that kills his father and leaves him mute.
restaurant, sits at an outside tableAn expensively dressed man in
*Telephone conversation: Debi talks about being dropped off for school on a holiday.
his 60s in a Lincoln Town Car meets her there; she leaves with him.
Michael sits at the same table, finds a picture of a 9 or 10-year-old
girl she left behind, takes itHe sends her flowers anonymously. A
young man arrives at her apartment; they make loveMichael takes a cab to the
airport, intending to run away, but the cabbie convinces him to
returnShe disappearsHer mother has her stuff packed up and moved
out. A male body-builder moves into her apartment


== Miscellanea ==
15:50: Joe tells the story of the woman meeting the quadriplegic on a
Includes loops of the Lomax Parchman Farm recordings.
bridge from her POV, a scene the man watched.  She was contemplating
suicide but the meeting with the quadriplegic heartened her.


== Music ==
22:10: Debi Mae West air-dries after a shower.<ref>In [[Karma Redux]]
{{Dusk You and Me (Groove Armada) }}
she asks why she's always wet when Joe calls.</ref>  She tells Joe how
{{Brooks Was Here (Thomas Newman) }}
much she likes it.  They discuss her love life.
{{Compass and Guns (Film Version) (Thomas Newman) }}


== Commentary ==
33:50: 'They say that love is more precious than the air we
{{commentary}}
breathe...' - Joe lists things we say love is more precious than.<ref name=prisoner>re-used in [[Love Prisoner]]</ref>


=== [[User:Pete|Pete]] ===
37:10: Joe describes a meeting of 'Love anonymous'.<ref name=prisoner />
A look at love, cynical at times yet with underlying hope. Deeply romantic at times, just plain hedonistic at others.


A favorite quote of mine from the show: "But I say that love is getting run over by a streetcar in 1928, losing your leg, becoming Edward Teller, inventing the atom bomb, and pretending not to be angry."
43:40: Debi tells Joe about a cute guy she met who told her he wanted
to eat her out but didn't come across.


47:40: 'Love is an old man fishing off a bridge...' - Joe describes
this fellow, his memories of surviving a bombing in Baghdad.  A rude
couple stops, asks for directions; he doesn't answer; a giant catfish
pulls the guy into the water.  The woman has a geological survey map.
The guy takes his sandwich.  The woman does her business in the
bushes, wipes herself with poison ivy.<ref name=prisoner />


== External Links ==
57:50: Debi tells Joe about the time her mother dropped her off at
school on Good Friday when she was 6; they didn't know school was
closed because they're Jewish.


<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:95%; overflow:auto;">
<div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Legacy Synopsis</div>
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">


*Monologue: A man watches a quiet, sad woman across the courtyard from his apartment window.  He falls in love with her and sends her flowers when she looks particularly unhappy.  One night he sees her bring a man to her apartment; he decides to leave the city, but a cab driver talks him out of it.  He returns to find that she is gone.  The woman's point of view description of meeting a quadriplegic on a bridge after contemplating suicide. 
*Telephone conversation: [[Debi Mae West]] discusses her love affairs: one that ends after a drunken five day weekend, a psychic who tells her she and the man have been together in past lives, a man who refuses to give her oral sex.
*Monologue on love: "they say that love is more powerful/precious/etc...." Love as a fine wine, as becoming [[Wikipedia:Edward Teller|Edward Teller]].  A clown commits [[Wikipedia:Hara-kiri|hara-kiri]] after being dumped by a harlequin. A relationship breakup as fission.  Love as heroin.  Description of a Love Anonymous support group.  Why love?  Joe chooses to be a bachelor for the rest of his life, join a mens club, build a latrine.
*Telephone conversation: Debi meets an old friend at a theater who offers her oral sex. 
*Monologue: Love is an old man fishing off a bridge.  Joe remembers an explosion that kills his father and leaves him mute.
*Telephone conversation: Debi talks about being dropped off for school on a holiday.
</div></div>
== Music ==
{{Brooks Was Here (Thomas Newman)}} [Intro]
{{School Boy Crush (Average White Band)}} [22:06]
{{No More My Lord (Jimpson)}} [41:26]
{{Dusk You and Me (Groove Armada)}} [47:18]
{{Early In The Mornin' (22, Little Red, Tangle Eye, Hard Hair)}} [54:52]


== Miscellanea ==
* Includes loops of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Lomax Alan Lomax]'s Parchman Farm recordings ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsiYfk5RV_Q YouTube])
==Footnotes==
[[Category:Serious_Monologue]]
[[Category:Serious_Monologue]]
[[Category:Absurd_Monologue]]
[[Category:Absurd_Monologue]]
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[[Category:Karma_Style]]
[[Category:Karma_Style]]
[[Category:Debi Mae West]]
[[Category:Debi Mae West]]
[[Category:The Other Side]]
[[Category:1999]]
[[Category:1999]]
[[Category:Show]]
[[Category:Show_by_date|19991010]] {{Airdate|airdate=1999-10-10}}
{{Series|series=The Other Side}}{{Cast|cast=[[Debi Mae West]], Joe Frank}}

Latest revision as of 18:26, 31 October 2024

Series
The Other Side
Original Broadcast Date
10/10/1999
Cast
Debi Mae West, Joe Frank
Format
Serious Monologue, 59 minutes
Preceded by: Love Is
Followed by: Jam
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There was a man who lived in an apartment complex in a city.

Windows is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series The Other Side. It was originally broadcast on October 10, 1999, and explores a variety of themes surrounding love.

Synopsis

Michael sees a beautiful woman in the apartment across the courtyard but never talks to her. He follows her one day, watches her stand on a bridge over water. A fellow in a motorized wheelchair approaches and talks to her; she lights his cigarette. She then goes to a restaurant, sits at an outside table. An expensively dressed man in his 60s in a Lincoln Town Car meets her there; she leaves with him. Michael sits at the same table, finds a picture of a 9 or 10-year-old girl she left behind, takes it. He sends her flowers anonymously. A young man arrives at her apartment; they make love. Michael takes a cab to the airport, intending to run away, but the cabbie convinces him to return. She disappears. Her mother has her stuff packed up and moved out. A male body-builder moves into her apartment

15:50: Joe tells the story of the woman meeting the quadriplegic on a bridge from her POV, a scene the man watched. She was contemplating suicide but the meeting with the quadriplegic heartened her.

22:10: Debi Mae West air-dries after a shower.[1] She tells Joe how much she likes it. They discuss her love life.

33:50: 'They say that love is more precious than the air we breathe...' - Joe lists things we say love is more precious than.[2]

37:10: Joe describes a meeting of 'Love anonymous'.[2]

43:40: Debi tells Joe about a cute guy she met who told her he wanted to eat her out but didn't come across.

47:40: 'Love is an old man fishing off a bridge...' - Joe describes this fellow, his memories of surviving a bombing in Baghdad. A rude couple stops, asks for directions; he doesn't answer; a giant catfish pulls the guy into the water. The woman has a geological survey map. The guy takes his sandwich. The woman does her business in the bushes, wipes herself with poison ivy.[2]

57:50: Debi tells Joe about the time her mother dropped her off at school on Good Friday when she was 6; they didn't know school was closed because they're Jewish.

Legacy Synopsis

Music

Miscellanea

Footnotes

  1. In Karma Redux she asks why she's always wet when Joe calls.
  2. Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 2.2 re-used in Love Prisoner