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'''Emptiness''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[The Other Side (Series)|The Other Side)]]. It was originally broadcast on May 27, [[2001]]. | '''Emptiness''' is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[The Other Side (Series)|The Other Side)]]. It was originally broadcast on May 27, [[:Category:2001|2001]]. | ||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
Revision as of 13:00, 30 March 2021
| Series | |
|---|---|
| The Other Side | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| 5/27/2001 | |
| Cast | |
| Larry Block, Jack Kornfield, Debi Mae West, Joe Frank | |
| Format | |
| Karma Style, 1 hour | |
| Preceded by: | Four Part Dissonance |
| Followed by: | Summer Hill |
"Malcolm's about to come home, and my friends just called and asked if we wanted to meet them at the Sky Bar."
Emptiness is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series The Other Side). It was originally broadcast on May 27, 2001.
Synopsis
- Debi Mae West: meaning of life, need for purpose.
- Jack Kornfield on emptiness.
- Larry Block: fantasizing about a cross country trip ending at Joe's house and how Joe might react to the unexpected visit.
- Debi in creative despair.
- Larry on the guys in line at the bank, wishing he felt their joy and contentment.
- Debi anticipating a three-week visit from her boyfriend's kids. Joe's not impressed with what he hears about Malcolm, seeing his kids just a few weeks out of the year and needing to have his wages garnished to support them.
- Jack: it's now or never. Why he was drawn to Buddhism. Funny personal story about meeting his sister in law in New York, then driving a taxi in Boston; graduate school, trying to maintain serenity. The point: discovering that fleeing a painful family life and moving to Asia to become a monk is not the same as banishing anger and pain and emotion forever.
- Larry: feeling like an utter failure. Joe is completely behind him on this.
- Debi: where is Malcolm? He's late. She feels threatened by his ex wife. Yet she's considering marriage. She sand Joe discuss Malcolm's future. Malcolm finally arrives.
- Jack: fear underlying all dukkha.
- Larry: feeling generalized rage.
- Jack: more on pain. Emily Dickinson quote.
- Larry: doing badly, switched to vodka, ran out of Valium.
- Jack: concluding thoughts.
- Larry tells a few jokes and has to explain them for Joe.
Music
- "Sex" - The Necks (from Sex, 1989) | YouTube
- "Epominomous, Where Are You?" - Mike Richmond (from Basic Tendencies, 1996) | Soundhound
