Interview Part 7 of 7
Q & A with Phil Donahue
View it, in its entirety, at: http://www.q-and-a.org/Video/?ProgramID=1172
Read the transcript of the interview at: http://www.q-and-a.org/Transcript/?ProgramID=1172
Also check the interview with the suave, urbane and articulate Dr. Hans Blix, maliciously maligned by the Bush administration, politely answer all questions on his NOT finding any WMD:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RnQaVS_rRE
Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
-Brian Lamb: - Chief Honcho at C-SPAN.
-Phil Donahue: Renown Talk-Show Host; exiled for being skeptical, Executive Producer, Co-Director of "Body Of War".
-Tomas Young: Honorably discharged Iraqi Invasion Veteran, T-4 Quadriplegic; Cenral character of this heart-wrenching documentary.
-Ellen Spiro: Award winning Director and Educator.
-Phillip Schopper: Documentary editor.
-Bernadine Colish: "..assembled the whole thing for us."
-Cathy Smith: Tomas Young's mother; Stalward physical/emotional/psychological supporter, tireless worker, and nurturer; with another son in Iraq.
-Brie Young: Ex-wife of Tomas Young, also loving, affectionate, reduced to acting mainly as a servant.
-Cindy Sheehan: Well known anti-war activist.
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Phil Donahue
Co-Director & Executive Producer
LAMB: The reason why I mentioned that -- you see her all through this, and that's the first time you ever hear anything negative, if that is negative, I mean, when she's explaining what actually happened.
What can you tell us about her? Do you know her?
DONAHUE: She was -- well, I was a guest at the wedding. And I've obviously been -- she would drive me to the airport on my visits to Kansas City.
She loved Tomas.
LAMB: We're going to show -- the last clip is -- well, you know what it's going to be. I haven't told you what it's going to be, but it's going to put the capper on all this.
DONAHUE: Well, you mean on this domestic situation.
LAMB: On -- yes, on the domestic situation.
DONAHUE: You know, I just -- she really -- she thought she could make this go. Tomas thought he could, as well. And ...
LAMB: Well, let's watch that, and then we can wrap it up.
DONAHUE: All right.
LAMB: Here's the last.
DONAHUE: Here it is.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
BRIE YOUNG: Well, in my new apartment, my one-room studio -- small apartment. What he told me was that he wanted to end it before we started hating each other.
TOMAS YOUNG: We got to the point where we would start talking, and slowly the conversation would turn into a bicker. And it just -- we tried going to therapy together. That didn't really work out that great.
BRIE YOUNG: We fought over everything -- I don't know -- me going out with friends.
I mean, I was out of the house a lot more than he. I had a job, and would go out with friends after work sometimes.
TOMAS YOUNG: One of the big hurdles that kept me from asking for the separation sooner was because I was worried that I wouldn't be able to function as well on my own.
I'm actually getting food for myself. Oh, my meatloaf's still in there!
I'm not cooking yet. I'm still a nuclear chef. You want to film my frig? That's -- a little on MTV Cribs now?
I don't really understand why they give you an award for getting shot, but they do. And that's what that is.
My wife liked to have these kind of things up on display, like this machine-autographed certificate of appreciation from our president.
I already know I got shot. I have an everyday reminder of it. I don't need to come out here to my living room and see a flag and a purple heart to tell me what situation I'm in.
MUSIC LYRICS: Here's what you get, an M-16 and a Kevlar vest. You might come home with one less leg, but this thing will surely keep a bullet at your chest. So, come on, come on. Sign up, come on. This one's nothing like Vietnam, except for the bullet, except for the bomb. Except for the ...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Ready and go.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Marker.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And action.
TOMAS YOUNG: I was paralyzed in Iraq, and I came home to find Jim Talent opposed to the stem cell research that could help me walk again.
SEN. CLAIRE MCCASKILL, D-MISSOURI: I'm Claire McCaskill, and I approve this message.
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bapyou 3 years ago
Heck see it if you live on the planet earth.
nomoreballandchain 3 years ago
Body of War. Great film. See it if you're an American.
bapyou 3 years ago