Nice piece featuring an easygoing narrator who dispenses advice (upon request) to customers while shining shoes in midtown Manhattan. Listeners who enjoy stories about often overlooked people & professions will definitely like hearing this one.
Engaging brief piece--the narrator demonstrates the poetic qualities found in lists. I enjoyed the slide-show effect of the spoken images (although occasionally I would have liked an additional adjective here & there) & the accompanying music. I hope this person decides to create more radio pieces.
Nice straightforward format--an appealing narrator reading aloud a letter to her cousin in which a shared cake recipe leads to deeper questions of family history. Using food as a starting point is a good basis for a series (of which this is just one piece). I'll definitely check out the other offerings.
Comments by megan barron
Comment for "The Shine"
megan barron
Posted on January 13, 2005 at 05:18 PM | Permalink
Review of The Shine
Nice piece featuring an easygoing narrator who dispenses advice (upon request) to customers while shining shoes in midtown Manhattan. Listeners who enjoy stories about often overlooked people & professions will definitely like hearing this one.
Comment for "Short List 1"
megan barron
Posted on August 10, 2004 at 07:24 PM | Permalink
Review of Short List 1
Engaging brief piece--the narrator demonstrates the poetic qualities found in lists. I enjoyed the slide-show effect of the spoken images (although occasionally I would have liked an additional adjective here & there) & the accompanying music. I hope this person decides to create more radio pieces.
Comment for "A Cook's Notebook: Sorrow & Joy Cake"
megan barron
Posted on August 10, 2004 at 06:58 PM | Permalink
Review of A Cook's Notebook: Sorrow & Joy Cake
Nice straightforward format--an appealing narrator reading aloud a letter to her cousin in which a shared cake recipe leads to deeper questions of family history. Using food as a starting point is a good basis for a series (of which this is just one piece). I'll definitely check out the other offerings.