This is a fun, interesting story about highschool rivalries in a small town. The narrator has one of those deep, resonant radio voices that almost makes you pay attention and the story keeps moving with its plot about cowboys, headbangers and jocks vying for the title of coolest and toughest in school.
The only thing missing from this piece -- and it is just barely missing -- is that finally sentence or two at the end that universalizes the experience and forces the piece to transcend its actual subject and be about something more, something bigger. That twist would make this piece appropriate for any major show or time. As it is, however, it would fit great anywhere people are talking about kids or schools, violence in school, etc.
Review of Andy and Dirk
Ben Adair
Posted on February 10, 2007 at 05:29 AM
This is a fun, interesting story about highschool rivalries in a small town. The narrator has one of those deep, resonant radio voices that almost makes you pay attention and the story keeps moving with its plot about cowboys, headbangers and jocks vying for the title of coolest and toughest in school.
The only thing missing from this piece -- and it is just barely missing -- is that finally sentence or two at the end that universalizes the experience and forces the piece to transcend its actual subject and be about something more, something bigger. That twist would make this piece appropriate for any major show or time. As it is, however, it would fit great anywhere people are talking about kids or schools, violence in school, etc.