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Three pairs of sisters--adolescent, twenty-something and 70-something talk about their feelings for their sisters. This is an evergreen, intergenerational audio collage piece that shows the progression of the sister relationship from child to elder in three minutes. Produced originally for All Things Considered in 1986, it is still fresh and engaging.
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Three pairs of sisters--adolescent, twenty-something and 70-something talk about their feelings for their sisters. This is an evergreen, intergenerational audio collage piece that shows the progression of the sister relationship from child to elder in three minutes. Produced originally for All Things Considered in 1986, it is still fresh and engaging.
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NiceI liked this a lot. Some of it reminded me of how My sisters and I are. Being the oldest I try to act like the biggest, strongest, "i'm in charge" type of person. |
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Review of SistersGood choice of voices, nice variety. Good choice of music. It's a juiced up vox pop. No narration, short snippets of women talking about thier sisters. Sometimes the sisters sound so much alike between the crosscuts that its hard to tell them apart! Very sweet stuff. Not sure if there was plot developing - or other story line. |
Transcript
GIRL# 1: Sometimes I'm really glad I have a sister. I love her but she still gets on my nerves. Sometimes I wish we could be separated more.
GIRL #2: She'll hit me or she'll kick me or something. And I'll just scream
"you had to do that!" "You had to do something!" "You had to ruin it!"
And she gets in trouble for it, ?cause everybody knows she started it, and I never do.
GIRL #1:: There's no way I could get closer to her. Not really, until she gets a little older, because right now she's going through a lot of different stages. Until she gets older I think it's best we stay separated because we get into so many fights.
MUSIC PLAYS UNDERNEATH
YOUNG WOMAN #1: My sister is very kind. I think she's probably the nicest
person in our family. The most generous, the most loving, most honest. We can get together and talk and not finish any sentences and know what we're...
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Timing and Cues
Program Title: Sisters
Program Length: 3:00
In: Sometimes I'm really glad...
Out: ...particularly when you get our age?
Music out
Musical Works
"A Sentimental Walk" by Vladimir Cosma from "Diva"
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Deva Lauren
Posted on July 23, 2009 at 01:49 PM | Permalink
Nice
I liked this a lot. Some of it reminded me of how My sisters and I are. Being the oldest I try to act like the biggest, strongest, "i'm in charge" type of person.