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The dividing line between adolescence and adulthood is often nebulous. In this dramatized piece, eighteen-year-old producer, Maia Chong projects herself across the chasm of maturity to envision her life and the lives of her friends at the ripe old age of thirty.
This piece originally aired as part of our show, "Being 30" on Blunt at WMPG in Portland, ME.
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Piece Description
The dividing line between adolescence and adulthood is often nebulous. In this dramatized piece, eighteen-year-old producer, Maia Chong projects herself across the chasm of maturity to envision her life and the lives of her friends at the ripe old age of thirty. This piece originally aired as part of our show, "Being 30" on Blunt at WMPG in Portland, ME.
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Review of My Future Self, Age 30I really love the creativity in this piece. You can tell everything about what you think about being 30 without you directly describing it. The jump to 30 maybe needs a little more set up. |
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My Future Self Age 30I made a mistake - put the wrong title (this one) on another review. (See Lesson in Rock) Well, that's Blunt age talking. Anyway, I listened to this piece, too - I liked it because it was very very real - and like another reviewer said, the young woman has an amazing instinct about herself later. I thought the phone call dragged alittle but it then again it sounded exactly like people sound like when they're talking to each other - they talked at the same time and I missed a couple of lines but it sounded so eavesdrop-ish that I couldn't take my ears off it and I leaned in a little closer to get it. Again - really like this Blunt Youth project. It's really important (to me) that these producers keep their authentic edge. Don't round off the corners to try and "fit in." Give them a context and take them as they are. Please. |
Broadcast History
This piece originally aired as part of our show, "Being 30" on Blunt at WMPG in Portland, ME.
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Jonathan Goldstein
Posted on August 26, 2004 at 06:34 AM | Permalink
Review of My Future Self, Age 30
Very elusive. I think it’s about18 year olds pretending to be 30, but I’m not sure that it is. To leap ahead 12 years, rather casually, and then have nothing really is a potentially interesting idea. It’s like a real-life Twilight Zone. It reminds me of the film Stargate, where scientists pass through a nexus into another dimension and they just sort of walk around with nothing to do. I’m not sure on what level we are to experience the actual leap ahead in time, but the dialogue that takes place is quite charming.