Piece Comment

Review of From Yale to Hack [Two Versions]


I enjoyed this work by Guyon. Honest, sensitive, touching at times and even funny.

Guyon set me up and kept me curious. Okay, how does this guy with this background end up as a cabbie. Later, he finds another way to keep me listening. Inspired by Taxi Driver. Oh my, who is this Guyon Knight?! I must keep listening.

Due to the length I am glad he added appropriate doses of music and his experience at taxi school became more enjoyable when Guyon fell into the instructor's voice.

Guyon bared his soul and I felt his awkwardness at possibly being viewed as an interloper.

In the outset he told us that he needed a place to go. In the end, with a heart wrenching story about one of his riders, we find out where that place is located.

Guyon's deliver can be a bit breathy and maybe some editing of the long-form edition would benefit the piece but I liked this...a lot.

The dilemma may be where to place a project like this. I don't have a place to showcase it. Do You?