Summary: Did you know that over fifty women have run for U.S. President? Women were running for president before they could even vote! Featured are the lives and words of the first ten women to run for President.
Producer Amber Cortes does an admirable job of weaving together stories about the first ten women to run for U.S. President. It's a great piece of history, with narrator Christy Gast doing a fine job of reading excerpts from each of the histories. A music bed of varied and historic patriotic music runs throughout, and generally adds to the piece. Despite some occasional jarring edits and level changes, I think the piece hangs together well and is enjoyable to listen to. It's light hearted rather than overly serious, and contains a great deal of well-presented interesting historical information. Technical glitches are mainly related to a difference in sound and pacing from pieces that are edited together. I look forward to hearing more from this producer, with an eye towards improving the technical quality of her pieces.
This is where radio can really shine -- raising from the dead people who are so forgotten it's embarrassing. To hear voices from the past, in all their gritty glory, is exhilarating. Bad audio? Even better. It connotes a sense of authenticity.
But if no audio actually exists, then we face a conundrum. In this case, the producer chose to have an artist narrate their words. Is this sort of thing better suited for print? Possibly.
Of course, any opportunity to hear women's voices from the past -- those with presidential ambitions, no less -- deserves our attention.
These pioneering women have earned the right to be heard, and remembered.
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Phil Corriveau
Posted on April 23, 2006 at 12:14 PM | Permalink
Review of Lady Presidents
Producer Amber Cortes does an admirable job of weaving together stories about the first ten women to run for U.S. President. It's a great piece of history, with narrator Christy Gast doing a fine job of reading excerpts from each of the histories. A music bed of varied and historic patriotic music runs throughout, and generally adds to the piece. Despite some occasional jarring edits and level changes, I think the piece hangs together well and is enjoyable to listen to. It's light hearted rather than overly serious, and contains a great deal of well-presented interesting historical information. Technical glitches are mainly related to a difference in sound and pacing from pieces that are edited together. I look forward to hearing more from this producer, with an eye towards improving the technical quality of her pieces.
Jenny Attiyeh
Posted on March 28, 2006 at 07:54 AM | Permalink
Review of Lady Presidents
This is where radio can really shine -- raising from the dead people who are so forgotten it's embarrassing. To hear voices from the past, in all their gritty glory, is exhilarating. Bad audio? Even better. It connotes a sense of authenticity.
But if no audio actually exists, then we face a conundrum. In this case, the producer chose to have an artist narrate their words. Is this sort of thing better suited for print? Possibly.
Of course, any opportunity to hear women's voices from the past -- those with presidential ambitions, no less -- deserves our attention.
These pioneering women have earned the right to be heard, and remembered.