Commenter Profile
- Stephen Caulfield
- Username: skipper
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Joined PRX: May 12, 2004
Piece Information
- "Willard"
- Summary: Willard Mental Hospital closed in 1995, but for over 100 years it was at the center of life in upstate New York, for both the patients, staff and townspeople.
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Review of Willard
Stephen Caulfield
Posted on May 13, 2004 at 05:48 PM
Good stuff, an intriguing mini documentary about a New York mental hospital. Opens with an unusual discovery of inmates' belongings in a forgotten room. Listeners primarily hear the voices of staff who worked at Willard: what it was like, the way the institution and the town complemented one another. Any sort of "company town" audience will take an interest.