Tag Archives: death

Episode 81 – “Nothing in the Dark”

Posted on October 16, 2018 by traiger

Death is the dark unknown, and to Wanda Dunn, an aged woman living alone in an aged tenement, it is the all-encompassing object of her fear. Wanda is each of us, though we may very well feel that we can … Continue reading →

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Episode 72 – “The Grave”

Posted on September 18, 2018 by traiger

This is a Western with a metaphysical twist. Can someone who is dead commit murder? Can Pinto Sykes, a recently deceased gun-slinger, cause the death of Conny Miller, a bounty hunter who had tried, but failed, to bring about Sykes’ demise? When … Continue reading →

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Episode 70 – “A Game of Pool”

Posted on September 12, 2018 by traiger

Woody Allen once said that he didn’t want to become immortal through his works. He wanted to become immortal by not dying.  It’s hard to get much distance from Skakespeare’s puzzle about our posture towards death,  but this episode is … Continue reading →

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Episode 69 – “The Passersby”

Posted on September 5, 2018 by traiger

Is sympathy called for in response to the opening scene when we realize, that the passersby are Confederate soldiers at the close of The Civil War in April, 1865, and the house they are passing contains an ailing Confederate woman, Lavinia, whose … Continue reading →

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Episode 58 – “Long-Distance Call”

Posted on July 18, 2018 by traiger

Billy, a five year old boy, is given toy telephone by his adoring grandmother on his birthday, days before she dies. She tells him that the phone is for the exclusive communication between the two of them. After her death, … Continue reading →

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