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- Ahndi Fridell
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- "The Cost of War"
- Summary: Weeks after S. Spencer Scott interviewed Lavinia Gelineau about the loss of her husband Chris, a young soldier who was killed in Iraq, Lavinia herself was murdered by her abusive father. A meditation on life during wartime.
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Review of The Cost of War
Ahndi Fridell
Posted on May 31, 2006 at 04:29 PM
I admire what the producer did with this piece. After Lavinia's death, the story also became about him and trying to make sense of things. It's very somber - basically just his and Lavinia's voices - and you can hear their loss expressed in very different ways. I aired it on a Memorial Day show with a lighter, historical piece about war and it was a nice contrast.