Talking and Shopping Series III

The office of Gar Simons. Gar is putting together an investment portfolio in a new technology called “Command and Control for the Home.”  It is basically a system that puts every action and every decision that occurs in the home into a system on your phone that connects to everything in the world.  Healthcare records, tax rolls, […]

Senator Stassen comes to Beva’s to give a talk.  In the process, they run into Chad Dockerly, who makes a reference to an anti-woman’s group.  They also run into Tracy, a real estate agent, who reveals that Faith is thinking of abandoning the facility.   Cast: An episode of “Talking and Shopping” Written and Directed by David Alan […]

Abby Alton comes to the offices of a trade association called NIMBI, the National Information Market Brokers Institute.  Trade Associations are also called lobbyists, and, in election years, they are called special interests.  Their principal goal is to get legislation out of Congress or Regulations out of the agencies that support their industry.   Abby Alton has come […]

After trying to retrieve a drone delivered package on the Capitol Grounds, Victor is arrested and taken to a policy station, where he is questioned by police chief Rory Mahoney Rory Mahoney is a small town cop in DC who is friends with famous politicians.   Victor Numerov is, of course, Abby Alton’s assistant.  Most every thing he […]

This is a character study in male stoicism in the face of utter humiliation,  Chad Dockerly is recording his podcast, “The Dockerly Report” about recently introduced Senate Bill.  The only person he could get to appear on his show is his aunt, Becky Vogelsen, from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.               Becky is a perky and loving housewife, who is […]

This is a long conversation between Yasmin and Victor.  Yasmin is returning to the questions of what Victor knows and whether she can trust him.  For his part, Victor, is probing to see if Yasmin trusts him in return and likes him.  After researching the backgrounds of hundreds of people for Abby, he does feel a bit soiled […]

Politics makes for strange bedfellows.  And everyone thinks that they are the one bedfellow that will certainly benefit from any grand alliance.  Cast: An episode of “Talking and Shopping” Written and Directed by David Alan Grier HWMS19210

This is a bull fight.  It has a banderillos picadors, a matador and of course, a bull.  In Hemmingway, a bull fight is a contest between two kinds of masculinity: Animal masculinity and civilized, royal masculinity.  (The dress for the matador is taken from the clothing of 18th century Andalusia, which gives you an idea what is being communicated.)  In […]

Anna departs.  The center cannot hold.  Things fall apart, awaiting the next leader to move things forward.   Cast: An episode of “Talking and Shopping” Written and Directed by David Alan Grier HWMS19220

Telephone call between Evelyn and Vinny.  It is similar to the ones we have done in the past.  Evelyn wants Vinny to go to Washington  because she thinks the project needs him.  Vinny doesn’t want to go and has no good reason to say no and so he keeps sidestepping the issue.   Cast: An episode of “Talking and Shopping” […]