Piece Comment

Review of RN Documentary: Tale of Two Women


This is unlike most things you hear on the radio. It isn't overly processed and there isn't much of a narrative arc. Like a quiet foreign film this piece focuses on character and small moments rather than earthshaking revelations and neatly tied up endings. Whether this piece were five minutes or 60, there's a sense that the effect would be the same: an insight into two women who lead very different lives. Their friendship is almost inconsequential to the piece, aside from establishing why we are hearing from these two women the responsibility is ours to imagine their friendship and to understand its endurance. It's hard to say when to play this-- Its slowness and simplicity certainly lends itself to Sunday afternoon broadcasting.