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The Treatment

Neil Berkeley and Wayne White: Beauty Is Embarrassing

The Treatment

KCRW

Arts

4.6639 Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2012

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Elvis Mitchell talks to artist Wayne White, subject of the new documentary "Beauty Is Embarrassing," plus the director of the film, Neil Berkeley.

Transcript

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0:00.0

From KCRW, Santa Monica and KCRW.com, this is The Treatment.

0:15.5

Welcome to the treatment, which you can also hear at KCRW.com.

0:19.7

The artist Wayne White is, I think, of one that's being the first guys who basically turned visual art into performance art.

0:25.9

And he's the subject of a new documentary. Beauty is embarrassing.

0:28.9

The director, Neil Berkeley, I think, saw that aspect of his work.

0:32.1

Guys, first of all, thanks so much for being here.

0:34.0

Thanks for having us.

0:34.9

Thanks, Elvis.

0:35.5

And, Wayne, let me ask you how you first met Neil.

0:39.5

I mean, you guys kind of worked together a bit, right?

0:41.3

I met Neil when he was a punk kid out of Oklahoma.

0:44.3

He can hear you.

0:45.0

He's sitting right here.

0:46.1

I'm right here.

0:47.9

I was working at a production company, and he was like the unpaid intern Gofer, and he was

0:53.0

basically asking me what sandwich I wanted

0:55.1

when I first met him.

0:56.8

He was always kind of serious to be like, so you work for pee-wee?

0:59.9

Do Randy's voice.

1:01.2

Yeah, now do Dirty Dog's voice.

1:03.2

I thought, is this guy enjoying me or is he interrogating me?

1:06.6

Very serious young man.

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