
Spalding Gray and Sedge Thomson radio conversations: "I'm Beginning to Doubt My Doubt"
From: Sedge Thomson
Length: 50:05
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Spalding Gray, the monologist, was a regular guest on Sedge Thomson's West Coast Live. Spalding's works about his life - including from "Swimming to Cambodia" to "Morning, Noon, and Night" and "Monster in a Box" -- became the model for younger monologists and even radio producers.
These interviews are from broadcasts in 1998, 1999 and 2001 before a theater audience. The talks cover his art, the craft of acting, the melding of personal and public personas, the accident in Ireland that led to his depression, and of the love he found through his family, and the command to "always wear your seatbelt!"
These mandelbrots of conversation were produced as a single program to present as a tribute to Spalding.
Piece Description
Spalding Gray, the monologist, was a regular guest on Sedge Thomson's West Coast Live. Spalding's works about his life - including from "Swimming to Cambodia" to "Morning, Noon, and Night" and "Monster in a Box" -- became the model for younger monologists and even radio producers. These interviews are from broadcasts in 1998, 1999 and 2001 before a theater audience. The talks cover his art, the craft of acting, the melding of personal and public personas, the accident in Ireland that led to his depression, and of the love he found through his family, and the command to "always wear your seatbelt!" These mandelbrots of conversation were produced as a single program to present as a tribute to Spalding.
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Spalding Gray in MemoriumMore a review piece of Spaulding Grey's life than anything else. Segment 1 is a little uneven but gives a good introduction to Grey. Needs to be leveled. Segment 2-6 gets into the real meat of the piece and the discussions with Grey start. Grey's prose and analysis of how hesets up his pieces is interesting but anyone not interested in Grey would bore easily. |
Broadcast History
Aired in San Francisco 2004 as part of a Spring Drive, thus the segments. Piece can be run whole, with breaks as desired.
Timing and Cues
1 - Into 4:27
2 - '98a 13:50
3 - '98b 9:37
4 - '99 17:50
5 - '01 14:38
6 - ' 01b 9:46
7 - '01c 4:52




Bob sprankle
Posted on March 01, 2005 at 02:54 AM | Permalink
Review of Spalding Gray and Sedge Thomson radio conversations: "I'm Beginning to Doubt My Doubt"
Awesome insight into Spalding's last stage...