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In 1995, Douglas A. Nadeau of Marblehead, Massachusetts underwent a pallidotomy at Mass. General Hospital, an operation designed to eradicate neurons in his brain that no longer responded to dopamine, the naturally-created chemical that facilitates movement. Nine years earlier, while on a business trip, Doug had been bitten by an insect and developed strange Parkinsonian symptoms, such as the inability to keep his eyes open while talking. These caused numerous problems for Doug, a high-powered corporate lawyer in Boston. Over time, the symptoms worsened until Doug lost his mobility at night and was reduced to a hospital bed. Following the procedure, in which Doug practically walked off the operating table, he found he was unable to inhibit certain antisocial tendencies that, prior to the surgery, he'd kept repressed. To make matters worse, his surgery turned out to be a failure, and his symptoms returned one by one. The next nine years tested the boundaries and limits of love, marriage, and tolerance, both within the family and in the Nadeaus' wide circle of friends and acquaintances.
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Review of How Are You Who You Are?WOW! Let me repeat that . . . WOW! Talk about incredible storytelling that tenderly and compassionately brings us, the listener, into the most intimate and personal rooms of the Nadeau?s lives, not to mention Eric?s as well; one that forces us to reflect on those elements and characteristics of ?who we are,? which we sometimes keep hidden from the world and more often ourselves. The feature has an extremely well-written narrative and is marvelously voiced. The spanning of the years, use of archival audio and the touching use of Beethoven?s piano music makes this a powerful and poignant piece. |
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VO What if someone you loved changed so completely that after a while you could barely recognize them? Would you still love them?
Music: Beethoven, Andante con veriazione
VO I grew up in Marblehead, Massachusetts, a classic old New England town known for its spectacular harbor and yacht clubs. We had our share of remarkable families, but the one I remember best were the Nadeaus. I'd met the son when I was in the sixth grade, and over time got to know his parents as well. Lynn was an award-winning math teacher and activist, and Doug was a prominent Boston attorney with degrees from Harvard, Princeton, and Yale. I'd never experienced anything like Doug and Lynn Nadeau: brilliant, successful, enlightened people whose large Victorian on the water was a social hub for family and friends. My own parents may have raised me, instilled their values and taught me how to live. The...
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Posted on August 07, 2008 at 05:26 PM | Permalink
Review of How Are You Who You Are?
Bravo. This is a moving, well written, and nicely voiced story. The music is perfectly placed: not overpowering and always appropriate. I was brought to tears by the genuine love Doug's wife holds for him--even when he's essentially no longer himself. Her unrequited love is tragic. Keep up the good work.