PEL Presents PvI#82: LIVE in Personability w/ James Whittington

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Mark Linsenmayer

Casey, Paskin, Philosophy, Linsenmayer, Society & Culture, Alwan

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Chicago's iO Theater was graced on August 21 by Mark, Bill, and special guest theater educator James Whittington, who spoke about embodiment (see Maurice Merleau-Ponty), the possible disconnect between meaning and tone, and being in the physical presence of greatness. They acted out scenes (while still sitting!) about an unsuccessful party and Experiences-R-Us.

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0:00.0	This is philosophy versus improv where two sages try to teach each other a thing or two and maybe
0:10.0	you the audience get something out of it as well.
0:12.8	We are now live broadcasting.
0:15.6	Mark, we did it!
0:16.5	To the world.
0:17.2	Hey Bill, this is our first time meeting in person,
0:20.0	is it not?
0:20.9	Yes, and we're so far away from each other.
0:23.0	Yeah, we got room for...
0:25.0	It is the time of the convention.
0:27.0	Do you think we should address the empty chair in the room?
0:31.0	Oh, like Bert Reynolds, who was that? Yes it was Bert Reynolds, remember
0:36.1	when he was like, Clint Eastwood. Hey monkey? Was he in Struh? Was he in a movie movie with a
0:41.9	monkey in the 70s?
0:43.0	Probably.
0:45.0	Was Burke Reynolds in a monkey movie or am I?
0:48.0	Do Canniball Ron have a monkey in it?
0:50.0	The second one maybe.
0:51.0	I feel like between 1973 and 1983 there were just a prodigious use of monkeys in television.
0:58.9	Yes, yes. You got your chimps and your orangutan just showing up in random PJ and the bear.
1:03.8	That's what I'm talking about and rightly so because I mean those were times when we were thinking about what
1:09.2	is to be human.
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