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- Where's Martha?
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- Matthew Cowley
A man considers the continuing implications of being stood up, while sitting in an odd hotel bar. Voiced by singer/songwriter Jim Lauderdale.
Has aired on WMNF during drive-time.
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A man considers the continuing implications of being stood up, while sitting in an odd hotel bar. Voiced by singer/songwriter Jim Lauderdale. Has aired on WMNF during drive-time.
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Review of Where's Martha?Radio is so well suited to the neurotic interior monologue, and Matthew Cowley's words capture the inner ambivalence and rationalizing that leads to a particular kind of yearnful paralysis. All the while, he keeps things entertaining for the listener by being funny without trying too hard. A part of the fun of listening to this is recognizing yourself in The Man in the Odd Hotel Bar, while at the same time being thankful that you aren’t The Man in the Odd Hotel Bar. This could be dropped into a program dealing with dating, romance or into a Valentine’s Day show to cut through the treacle. |
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has aired on WMNF during drive-time
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Emon Hassan
Posted on May 08, 2005 at 01:53 PM | Permalink
Review of Where's Martha?
A very funny, yet sad, inner monologue by a man waiting for Martha. There are a couple of lines in there that you laugh at and then go, "Hmm, that's so true about some people I know". The sadness of the situation is revealed piece by piece as the monologue progresses and he is justifying the awkwardness. The piece is written and acted so well that you feel sorry for the guy and enjoy watching him drown in his misery at the same time. Loved "car wreck pretty".