I don't normally listen to radio-plays, but this caught me. It's funny as heck, but it's also a novel way of approaching story-telling for radio. It approaches art, in fact, as in the work of certain mid-century Jewish storytellers who reveal truth in the mundane.
The dialogue is mostly faultless. I love the way it shows how parents forget the way youth is lived, and that kids are capable of working independently.
The girl's writing is indeed good, some notches better than that earnest-teenager kind of introspection, and the last fifteen or so seconds are just perfect. I can see the dad staring at his thumbs, half-joking that they're getting all tangled. Good work, Mr. Reiss!
Review of 11 Central Ave #83. Plagiarism, written by James Reiss.
French Clements
Posted on May 07, 2008 at 03:32 PM
I don't normally listen to radio-plays, but this caught me. It's funny as heck, but it's also a novel way of approaching story-telling for radio. It approaches art, in fact, as in the work of certain mid-century Jewish storytellers who reveal truth in the mundane.
The dialogue is mostly faultless. I love the way it shows how parents forget the way youth is lived, and that kids are capable of working independently.
The girl's writing is indeed good, some notches better than that earnest-teenager kind of introspection, and the last fifteen or so seconds are just perfect. I can see the dad staring at his thumbs, half-joking that they're getting all tangled. Good work, Mr. Reiss!