I'm glad this guy doesn't live on my block, but this is a wacky, weird, well-done piece. It's very funny in parts, and I love the background music. There's definitely an audience for this.
This is a great slice-of-life piece about a young man's experience living
just over the border in the United States. In less than ten minutes, Juan
covers a wide range of emotional territory (from humor to horror, from
anguish to hope) all in a beautifully soft-spoken narrative. The ambient
sounds, music, and voices of his family make this an extremely rich piece.
I like this. There's this lovely, polite-sounding woman's voice counterpointed with the person's need to "cuss." The cussing points are "bleeped" throughout the piece and ask for listener participation much in the same way affirmations are requested during a religious service.
Comments by Ellen Yuan
Comment for "Garbage"
Ellen Yuan
Posted on March 12, 2004 at 04:43 AM | Permalink
Review of Garbage
I'm glad this guy doesn't live on my block, but this is a wacky, weird, well-done piece. It's very funny in parts, and I love the background music. There's definitely an audience for this.
Comment for "Juan's Diary, Part 1: Looking at the Rio Grande"
Ellen Yuan
Posted on March 10, 2004 at 07:35 PM | Permalink
Review of Juan in Laredo: Looking at the Rio Grande
This is a great slice-of-life piece about a young man's experience living
just over the border in the United States. In less than ten minutes, Juan
covers a wide range of emotional territory (from humor to horror, from
anguish to hope) all in a beautifully soft-spoken narrative. The ambient
sounds, music, and voices of his family make this an extremely rich piece.
Comment for "Stuck on a Word"
Ellen Yuan
Posted on March 10, 2004 at 05:37 AM | Permalink
Review of Stuck on a Word
I like this. There's this lovely, polite-sounding woman's voice counterpointed with the person's need to "cuss." The cussing points are "bleeped" throughout the piece and ask for listener participation much in the same way affirmations are requested during a religious service.