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Talk with comedian and activist against child abuse Barry Crimmins, of Call Me Lucky, who is Barry Crimmins? progressive comedy in the Reagan era, channeling anger into comedy, the process of remembering childhood abuse, breaking silence, speaking up for children, finding the context for craziness, explicating the “inexplicable,” 9/11 & US foreign policy, Hollywood revenge fantasy “solutions,” Jimmy Savile & the culture of abuse, the Catholic Church’s art of changing the subject, UK boarding school system, systemic betrayal, initiation through abuse, the pillars of society, the fate of whistle blowers, US’s resources of destruction, following the money, aol.com and child porn, healing activism and active healing, avoiding narcissism, encountering resistance, risking career suicide, a suicide note with every joke, preaching to the converted, Amy Berg’s An Open Secret, wherever there is power, child abuse in Hollywood, walking a high wire without a net, abuse survivors in entertainment, seeking approval, Judd Apatow and Bill Cosby, seeking voices in the popular culture, receiving support from the entertainment industry, false & true allegations, recognizing abuse, self-loathing symptoms, Lloyd deMaus & abuse statistics, carrying around the pain, healing through disclosing, the toll, passing on the pain of the abuser, not looking away, hacking into the consensus of child abusers, US jail system, taking care of oneself to take care of others, a beautiful abomination of a world.
“A Secret Nation” (accompanying article & review of Call Me Lucky)
Songs: “El Mariachi” & “Monkey Said,” by The Freak Fandango Orchestra; “Flowers for Algernon,” by Mitch Fraas; “Heat Index,” by Michael Chapman.
We live in a world of cover stories and the cover-up is as bad or worse than the crime – to get Nixonian.
The story(s) that we tell ourselves matters, both personally and socially. Running unresolved (unconscious, or semi – conscious) programs over and over and over…until we muster the courage to face it – or not. Those that are willing to face it often take it in the neck to maintain the cover story for the group.
Kudos Barry.
Thank you for this. A perfect coda to a gorgeous Autumn day in New England when the Beautiful Abomination is at its most colorful. Didn’t know Barry…thanks for the introduction…now off to find Call Me Lucky. Best to you and yours.
Should the “ubermensch” be anything other than guardian, protector and guide to the remainder of humanity, should it become instead its persecutor, then any such “ubermensch” will fall to a level far below the animals (as occult history tells us happened once before). When a supremely endowed caste of humans uses its elect status as a license to exploit and oppress those beneath it, it proves itself unworthy of election and plunges—like Lucifer, through the sin of pride—back to the primordial slime. This is the double-edged sword of the elect, a sword that cuts both ways, as the Jews found out to their sorrow. It is the desire to seize power without assuming responsibility for it—as did Lucifer of legend—that gives rise to the suicidal instinct in Man. This instinct is a safeguard to ensure no unworthy souls gain access to the ultimate energy and abuse it. It is this instinct or desire, this stain—the inverse of the will to live, called “evil”—that is currently being routed from the collective human soul ” – Aeolus Khepas
Hey Jasun- Wow !! … Today , I accidentally found Crimmins ( …a good friend of about 15 -years ) on your p-cast , which show I found , in turn, AFTER dumbly stumbling upon & then excitedly rummaging thru hours of other podcasts featuring yourself ruminating to good effect on the most astonishing array of topics ever assembled in ANY place , as if you were a Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus high-wire mentalist shot out of a cannon right before our ears, improvising on hard & beautiful themes like a J.Coltrane or Ornette Coleman w/o a horn … as we ( da listeners ? the dumbfounded ? , the gleeful ? ) crouch down in the bleacher seats , oohing and ahhhh-h-hing , yelling for more …we really don’t care if the clowns never show up . -J.Joslin ( Detroit, Michigan -South o’ the Border)
that’s a nice riff JAJ, if i was still collecting blurbs, that’d be near the top!