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Rebecca Subar was born Rebecca Subar. Since then she has been Rebecca Wise, Rebecca Et Shalom and finally, Rebecca Subar, again.
Rebecca's names brought her through a lifetime of changing identities and ideas about family. She has been an Orthodox Jew, a young married woman, a Zionist hippie, a butch lesbian, a mother, and an activist working for peace between Israel and Palestine.
She is quite a chameleon. And a big fan of The Byrds.
Rebecca is also the mother of one of the producers of Queerspawn, which is of note because Queerspawn is about children of queer parents. Here they are on PRX: http://www.prx.org/piece/3203
This piece was originally aired as a part of Inside Out on Brown Student Radio (88.1 FM, Providence, Rhode Island).
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Rebecca Subar was born Rebecca Subar. Since then she has been Rebecca Wise, Rebecca Et Shalom and finally, Rebecca Subar, again. Rebecca's names brought her through a lifetime of changing identities and ideas about family. She has been an Orthodox Jew, a young married woman, a Zionist hippie, a butch lesbian, a mother, and an activist working for peace between Israel and Palestine. She is quite a chameleon. And a big fan of The Byrds. Rebecca is also the mother of one of the producers of Queerspawn, which is of note because Queerspawn is about children of queer parents. Here they are on PRX: http://www.prx.org/piece/3203 This piece was originally aired as a part of Inside Out on Brown Student Radio (88.1 FM, Providence, Rhode Island).
Broadcast History
Brown Student Radio, 88.1 FM Providence, RI (October 9, 2003)
Timing and Cues
Cue: "Turn, turn, turn," 3:45. Runs until the end of the piece
Musical Works
The Byrds, "Turn Turn Turn"
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Posted on March 12, 2005 at 07:03 AM | Permalink
Review of Rebecca's Name
This is not a piece. The major problem is it's a cut of a phone interview. While the story is interesting and it might have made a great piece, it's really unusable as is. Phone interviews are only okay on a local level for a talk show or for breaking news on a national level. Sometimes a producer might want to use a phone interview for dramatic effect. Say you want to call someone while telling the story to check in or if it's phone messages or if the piece is about the phone. But this is something that many producers on PRX have to understand. Why would a station license a phone interview? They can do their own phone interviews if needed. I'm sad to say this because I listened to Jenny Asarnow's other pieces and she shows promise. I just can't recommend this piece to stations.