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Review of The First Time I Left Home


A very moody almost dream-like approach makes this piece stand out. Two sisters reveal how they both were kicked out of the house when they were kids because of abuse. It's a poignant and brutally honest piece and it really keeps your attention. What would have made this piece better is the use of the phone interviews. I realize the KC's sisters are far away so the phone had to be used. But they come on with statements rather than conversations with KC. I think this would have worked better if she had been recalling the horrible past with her sisters. Still this is a haunting and an unsual youth-produced piece.