Coma
| Series | |
|---|---|
| In The Dark | |
| Original Broadcast Date | |
| 1993 | |
| Cast | |
| Joe Frank, Grace Zabriskie, Patrick Baucheau, Larry Block | |
| Format | |
| Absurd Monologue, Scripted Actors, 30 minutes | |
| Preceded by: | The Loved One |
| Followed by: | Just A Closer Walk With Thee |
"My fingers and toes are torn and bleeding from grasping the rock face."
Coma is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series In The Dark. It was originally broadcast in 1993.
Synopsis
Monologue with sound effects. Joe is rock climber carrying numbers.
Actors: woman talks to a man in a hospital - crying out of happiness. Monologue: "I'm getting bored with dying," the funny story of machine gunning Bulgarian officers, bull fighter impaled on an umbrella stand, Russian roulette, dinner with Hitler and a conference with Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt, the pope weeps for a prostitute, following women who look like a lost fiance. Actors: Joe is accused of faking a phone call from a dance club in Paris. Actors: Doctor hits on dying patient's wife. Monologue with sound effects: Rock climbing, finding a telephone booth.
Interesting Facts
30 minutes
Music
- "The Silver Ball" - Harold Budd & Brian Eno (from The Pearl, 1984) | YouTube
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