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- Jackson Braider
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- "The Reunion"
- Summary: 6 years ago producer Barbara Bernstein attended the 40th reunion of her sixth grade class. Not sure what to expect, she brought along a microphone and minidisc recorder.
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Review of The Reunion
Jackson Braider
Posted on July 09, 2007 at 06:44 PM
Barbara Bernstein's exploration of a 40th anniversary of a sixth-grade class is reason enough for the slaves of broadcast clocks to break their chains and say, "Yes, here is a 20-minute reason why we are taking you from the known world."
But we all know that PDs are lazy -- "Where does this fit on the clock?" "Will I miss the news block?"
Still, as my grandmother would have said, "Really? Surely you have a job to do!"
Bernstein's piece is a kind of sweetness we don't feel too much these days. Summer lies before you programmers like a patient etherized upon a table -- this is infinitely engaging. If I had heard this driving home, I would have headed out of my way so the story would end before I reached home.