Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory that offers the unique perspective that affords an understanding of the value of appreciating the three worldviews that we all are heir to and must live out our lives as either: a clark- the Outsider or scott- the Predator or roger- the member of the Herd)
Like the semi-newly wed bride, walking downstairs in the morning only to see a cop, complete with gun and badge, a guy who clearly is, (or was recently), a member of an outlaw motorcycle gang and a priest sitting at the breakfast table, all wearing the exact same pajamas that she made her husband wear the previous night, …it’s time to wake up and get on with the day!
Three items to cover real quick then a (re-run) video and we’ll ‘hit them streets ‘arunnin’.
1) Yesterday was Wednesday which made it ‘Radio’ Day. To be more precise, the day for the Wakefield Doctrine 30 Minute Radio Hour. The best thing to say is, we completed Episode 4 and we’re happy that it’s over. This is not to indulge in over-self criticism1 but it was a little rough around the edges, but we covered the points that we set out to present. The bottom line, we acquired the experience of one more 30 minute show. (This is the flaw that exists in virtually all self criticism, at least that exhibited by clarks, i.e. to not take into account that skill requires practice and that all practice contributes to the process of acquiring skill. FOTD glenn said that years ago, in a different context, to the effect that most skills requires 5 years to become proficient)
In any event, we did the 30 minutes and we have a little better sense of what we want to do and how we might structure the 30 minutes. Naturally, the Wakefield Doctrine offers a unique perspective on the matter of producing a good ‘radio’!
The best show would have:
- the comprehensive overview of a clark, making available to the Listener, not just the plain facts, but the self-enriching, out-reaching implications of those facts
- the compelling and enthusiastic delivery of a scott, hey! this personality type (male and female) is always listened to, if only out of fear of the consequences if they (the audience) is caught not paying attention
- the congenial and self-assured tone of a roger, inviting the Listener to place their trust in what is being said, and reminding them that they are not alone, a lot of people like to listen
B) The ‘Story of the Party’ that we have created as a means to present the Wakefield Doctrine in a ‘real life’ context is done with the set up. And the reaction of Readers is all that we could hope for! Everyone seems to like that we have finally gotten all our main characters, our clark (Sam) and our scott (Alex) and our roger (Mel), to the birthday party at the Club Calypso and want to see what happens next!
Two things, should we have a Title and treat this like a ‘real story’? and should Readers be encouraged to participate?
- Title be helpful? Hell, yeah!! What good is a bunch of made up people in a made-up party if they can’t do interesting things and how the heck can we expect them to do interesting things if we don’t have a Title? I thought so!! (……contest….contest!….Contest!!..CONTEST!!!!)
Fine, a Contest it is! By tomorrow, Friday December 7 write a Comment, (with your suggestion for a) Title for our little illustration of the Wakefield Doctrine.
The Winner will be announced this Sunday and will be awarded a (nearly free)2 Wakefield Doctrine DocTee!!- if anyone has any characters lying around in a notebook, perhaps a really attractive hero or heroine who, for reasons they will never understand, ended up on the cutting/editing room floor …send ’em on down! Serially, write us a description of your character, and the initial context for them to be at Jimmie’s party (any context you can present credibly, not limited to being an employee of the Corporation, but must be credible and writable in the hands of your limited-skills Narrator) and we’ll see what happens! (It’ll be fun!)
1) a clark be too self-critical??! no frickin way!
2) the ‘nearly free‘? … no, no! nothing weird or scary (well, not scary anyway) the Winner needs to send us a photo of the DocTee against an interesting local feature ( and yes, clarks ‘body doubles’ are permitted) when you do that you get to be among the few the special the hat (and accompanying ‘damn head’) wearin’ DocTee styles DownSprings and FOTD at the Doctrine Fashion Center! go look about the sartorial splendor of them what get to be wearin’ these clothes! So get your entries in… deadline is tomorrow!
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A Night in the Life According to a Clark, A Roger and A Scott, too!!
@Janine
Thank you for your entry!! Hey people we have a first suggestion.
Readers will recall when we had a Post Writing Contest, we had a Secret Judge make the final call, (that being ClairePeek) am thinking that maybe if we can convince some one, outside of the group of entrants to be our Secret Judge it might be more fun… will get back to you later.
Great start!
‘Its’ Not a Party Without a scott’.
@Jennifer
..Thank you Jennifer!
That makes two Titles… the contest deadline is sometime tomorrow!! hurry on down!!
Wait. Shut the front DOOR! Lady Gaga is a clark!?! I sooo had her pegged as a scott. lol. Contest? Illustration? I’m SO BAD at coming up with titles. What illustration? Haha.
Um, anyways, I need to run some kind of “donation” drive over at my blog. You know…donate and you’ll be entered to win a photo print sorta thing. LOL. We’ll see how that goes. I’m thinking 50% to charity…and if I get enough donations, I’ll even get the photo print framed and matted. You’re adept at these contest things. Does that sound like a reasonable contest? Hehe.
@Cyndi
Yes ma’am And don’t you love the idea? The key with Lady G and performers is to try to see them in an interview setting. You see her interview, you will know. On the subject of clarks and (what seems like a extreme discrepency), I submit: Jimi Hendrix, Prince, Uma Thurmann as examples of clarks who, through their art, manage to project what seems to be a very non-clarklike persona.
(The other key to spotting these clarks is the level of originality in their creativity… they are totally original, as opposed to simply and proficiently putting together ‘parts’.)
It (your idea about a charity drive) sounds like a good idea and a fun idea… (sorry, the best I have to contribute is to say make it something that you will have fun doing whether one person or 1,000 people contributes… there is never a loser when the Contest is ‘standalone fun’.
“She Walked Into The Party…” (from Carly Simon’s song, “You’re So Vain).
@Emily
Nice! (Dear Readers! By My statement attributing a quality of nice-osity to Emily’s Submission of a Title to the Contest in no way conveys a favoritism or partiality to a pretty neat submission. Jennifer and Janine also have great Suggestion.)
The Deadline remains 12:00 midnight tomorrow night!
How about “The Wakefield Doctrine Frequency”….just my first thought!
@Kelly
…liking the sound ( hearing van Morrison in my head for some reason, followed by, What’s the Frequency, Kenneth’ (REM)
Great entry!
Ain’t No Party Like a WakeDoc party (cuz a WakeDoc Party Don’t Stop)! You’ve got to love Coolio! :)
@Cari
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Coolio "1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)" by Worldwide-Westside-Ent
I am always up for a contest… sadly… I have used all my great characters and my mind went blank when you said come up with a title… actually now that I think about it… my mind always seems to go blank when the word contest is spoken… doh!
@Stacy
Ok, we’ll submit for your Contest Entry: “Three Great Characters, Sadly Used and Put Away Blank”