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- Todd Taliaferro
- Username: studiotodd
- Location: West Hollywood, CA
- Joined PRX: Nov 27, 2004
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- "Seafood Joint"
- Summary: A racist man turns violent against my friends and me at a seafood restaurant.
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Review of Seafood Joint
Todd Taliaferro
Posted on September 05, 2005 at 02:34 PM
OK, things I loved about this piece:
1. This story bitchslapped me.
2. It made my blood pressure rise and made me a little bit nauseated.
3. I'm consumed by the need to figure out whether or not this is a true story. Jesus, I hope not.
4. I was horrified because I could easily imagine myself in the exact same position, although I'd like to think I might not have the same instinctive reaction.
Things that I like about this piece:
1. The narrator is great to listen to--very natural storytelling style.
2. It gave me the feeling I was inside some sort of strange maze or something, where you think you're going one place, and suddenly you've taken a turn that brings you to another turn until finally you wind up at a completely startling destination with no idea what brought you there.
3. Very nice details in the story, which are thrown out so casually that you almost don't even notice them, yet they help to make the piece resonate.
Things I didn't love about the piece:
1. Maybe I'm a lazy bastard, but I really wanna know how it turned out. And now I'm going to have to waste huge amounts of time and mental energy investigating in order to find out.
But, hell, overall it's a small price to pay. Excellent work.