Commenter Profile
- Hans Anderson
- Username: windsurf17
- Location: Dallas, Texas
- Joined PRX: Nov 01, 2003
Piece Information
- "Drizzle"
- Summary: A random event changes one man's life forever
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Review of Drizzle
Hans Anderson
Posted on March 06, 2007 at 09:01 AM
This is a one-person radio drama. I always thought a downside of radio dramas was keeping together all the voices. Maybe it's just me, but I think this format, a narrator describing the events, with lots of nat sound and sound effects, works a lot better. I didn't have any trouble following the story.
The story is well-written, with good detail. I don't live in the city, but this pretty much left me with an image in my head. There were a couple of times, especially around the subway scene, where the sound overpowered the narrator, but it didn't detract very much.
The ending puzzled me. There is a big epiphany that I didn't understand clearly.
This is a piece with a few swear words. This might affect some station's desire to play it, but the producer has noted there is a radio-friendly version. Removing the swear words won't affect the story, though, so either version will work, depending on the station and the time of day it would be played.
Hans