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- Kyle Garrett
- Username: kylegarrett
- Location: Chicago, IL
- Joined PRX: Feb 18, 2004
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- "This American Cheese"
- Summary: A parody of This American Life
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Review of This American Cheese
Kyle Garrett
Posted on February 19, 2004 at 02:11 PM
Well,it was bound to happen:"This American Life"paints itself into a corner that's easily susceptible to parody.
"This American Cheese",clearly with a loving cheekiness ,takes the aural timbre of "TAL"and boils it down to such an accurate portrayal,some might think this is Ira himself who was taking a swipe at self-mockery. Of course,anyone who's ever listened to "TAL"enough times will easily recognize the basic recipe(quirky background music,diary-like vocal presentation,Glass's signature nasal delivery replete with pauses)so almost anyone could pull off something similar. However,being that this is the first time I've ever heard such a blatant parody,it's rather fresh and needs to be added onto the next"TAL"live CD. Good stuff. The"Fonzie/Fondue" segment is pretty amusing,too.