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"Dingus" is a six-part radio drama produced by CBS and recorded at the height of the 1943 flu pandemic that swept through Hollywood. Denied of a marquee cast and blighted by a curious obsession with the object that drives its narrative, this innovative and formally-reflexive oddity disappeared almost completely without trace. In 2010 artist Mike Cooter set out to find and rehabilitate this elusive artefact, initiating a 12-year journey that now culminates in the re-emergence of "Dingus," his ...
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The thrilling conclusion of Dingus. A voice breaks into the open. Fruit trucks shake the lonely road to the desert, bones bleaching in the sun. “For a building full of dead things they made it hard to keep quiet.” Dingus finds himself in the museum. A solution lies in the palm of a hand. Starring Mitchell Mullen, Alexandra Metaxa, Colin Stinton, Ch…
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Dingus works what he has to hand. “I wondered if a guy could be a detective without leaving his apartment, if the whole job really got going once you took yourself apart from everything else…” Eggs and making. Relationships are redefined, danger breaks loose. Starring Mitchell Mullen as John Dingus, David Menkin as O’Rourke and narrated by Alexandr…
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The mystery thickens in the acrid oilfields of south Los Angeles. Danger runs hot and close. The streetcar tears and binds. “You don’t ask too many questions for a detective... am I going too fast?” Sculpture and nitrates, Dingus and the museum. (Note: this episode features documentary elements. Full credits and contributors are listed on the show …
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Dingus heads to the County Library to do some sleuthing the old-fashioned way. The situation in Peru becomes more clear. “Experience told him that meeting mysterious women in secluded mob-owned bars of their own choosing was always a sour idea...” Dingus looks death in the face, and from its pocket takes a clue. Starring Mitchell Mullen as John Din…
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With little more than the shape around a problem to work with, Dingus seeks out the kind of ‘friends’ a gumshoe has. ‘In trouble again or just trying to find it?’ Boxes and shells. A trip to the ballpark yields a lead, the night a fever of matter. Starring Mitchell Mullen as John Dingus, Colin Stinton as Lieutenant Johanssen and David Menkin as O’R…
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A mysterious object goes missing in Peru, leaving in its place "a halo around a ghost." A story is told down by the Los Angeles docks. "Who are the guys chasing this whatsit, and what’s it to you?" A bullet cuts through the night. Dingus takes a case. Starring Mitchell Mullen as John Dingus, David Menkin as Jensen Elmsdood and Joseph Balderrama as …
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A teaser trailer for the forthcoming "Dingus" - a combustible tale from the airwaves’ most thrilling detective! "Dingus" is a six-part radio drama produced by CBS in 1943, a mystery series which doubles as a rumination on objecthood itself. Written, directed and produced by artist Mike Cooter and commissioned by Resonance FM. Episode 1 launches 25 …
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The release trailer for "Dingus" - a combustible tale from the airwaves’ most thrilling detective! "Dingus" is a six-part radio drama produced by CBS in 1943 which picks apart the narrative conceit of the MacGuffin in an elaborate noir mystery. Written, directed and produced by artist Mike Cooter and commissioned by Resonance FM. Episode 1 launches…
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