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That's what the ads always say about the third Sunday in June. Father's Day. Reserved for Father. Read the full description.
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Father, a familiar stranger. Oh, to snuggle up against Father and tell him how much I loved him. No special reason, really. Just because. Because I bore his name and his chin and his ear lobes and that extra fold around his eyes and a contemplative look. Because he would call me Elizabeth and smile or the nickname Lizzie and giggle. He liked my name. It was the same as his mother's and he had liked her in her lifetime.
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Review of Reserved for FatherI love Elizabeth Dribben's delivery. This is radio at its most finely tuned dramatic -- never too much, just a breath above too little. Some listeners might feel cheated in the end, but that is part of the story too. A no-brainer for PDs. Any innocuous short spot on WESUN is worth sacrficing for this. |
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Posted on June 08, 2004 at 12:05 PM | Permalink
Review of Reserved for Father
This essay is an ode not to one father but to the institution of Fatherhood. Elizabeth Dribben rhapsodizes about her father: their classic "Daddy's girl" dynamic, their similarities and differences, their pride in one another, etc... At first this piece is tfrustrating because Dribben's remembrances seem somewhat generic but all is forgiven when she reveals that her dad died before she turned one. In the end her essay leaves us contemplating the universal identity of the father and comparing it to our personal understanding of dear ole' dad--that is if we are lucky enough to make such a comparison. This is perfect for Father's Day. Since it's short you could play it once during Weekend Edition and once during ATC.