Wayne White, Antibalas, Brent Weinbach

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Jesse Thorn

Society & Culture

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2012

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Wayne White is the subject of a new documentary directed by Neil Berkeley. If you ever wished you could live in Pee-Wee Herman's bizarre and amazing playhouse - Wayne's the man responsible for that dream. Jesse talks to both Wayne and Neil about how the film came together. Martín Perna and Jordan McLean of Antibalas talk with us about their big influence — the Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti. Plus, comedian Brent Weinbach offers acting tips.

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Gina from Madison, Wisconsin.
0:02.6	I'm Jennifer from Bethel Park, PA.
0:04.8	Hey, I'm Alex from Rochester, New York.
0:07.1	Both I with Jessie Thorn is produced independently
0:10.0	and supported by listeners like you and me.
0:12.5	You should support the show like I did.
0:14.2	Just visit maximumfund.org slash donate.
0:18.4	Thank you.
0:20.0	I'm Jessie Thorn.
0:21.2	This guy Wayne White put on a pretty crazy puppet show
0:24.8	in his art history class.
0:26.6	Puppets all over beheaded and spewed gushes of blood.
0:30.4	We threw bowls of Cheerios and milk at the audience.
0:33.1	We set fire to the stage.
0:35.1	And it was basically a punk rock puppet show.
0:37.3	This was $77.78.
0:40.1	Punk Rock was exploding.
0:41.6	I couldn't play a guitar, so I picked up a puppet.
0:44.1	He went on to design puppets for Peeley's Playhouse.
0:47.4	It's Bullseye.
0:48.4	This week, the artist Wayne White is the subject of a new documentary
0:59.0	directed by Neil Berkler.
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