Not bad. Not bad at all! In fact, this piece has provoked me to think about the different ways I hug different men.
Now I could tell you about what is running through my mind specifically, but I’ll just leave it at this—This piece made started me thinking about how I hug other gay men, straight men I know well, if I hug Metrosexuals differently. Hell it even got me thinking about how I hug male members of my family and would I hug Thom differently from Jai if I met the two cuties from Queer Eye. (Trust me, Thom would never forget that hug—after all, we’re both Italian.)
In other words, this piece did what is supposed to do. Make the listener think—fantasize even!
A few notes:
Try cutting this 5 min piece down to 3 mins. Forced editing, as is my rule, can usually make a strong piece stronger. This is a strong piece.
We know the producer is young by virtue of his picture on the piece and the station it was aired on. Watch your pacing and, as noted in other reviews, your honesty. Honesty is public radio core value and listeners can sense less-than-honest story telling very quickly. If you’re going to do a commentary on male hugging and allude to your own sexuality, you have own up to it honestly and appropriately for the piece you’re working on. That honesty doesn’t come through. It would have made a bigger impact to think about your hugging practices at 22, 32, 42 (yikes! My Age!).
Sure the writing and the pacing and the cadence needs some work. But this is the kind of stuff that learn with experience. This producer has talent and potential! I would consider this piece, as is or reworked, for an appropriate program for my station.
Embrace, Pat The Back, Release, Air the Piece
Steve Yasko
Posted on February 20, 2005 at 12:34 PM
Now I could tell you about what is running through my mind specifically, but I’ll just leave it at this—This piece made started me thinking about how I hug other gay men, straight men I know well, if I hug Metrosexuals differently. Hell it even got me thinking about how I hug male members of my family and would I hug Thom differently from Jai if I met the two cuties from Queer Eye. (Trust me, Thom would never forget that hug—after all, we’re both Italian.)
In other words, this piece did what is supposed to do. Make the listener think—fantasize even!
A few notes: Try cutting this 5 min piece down to 3 mins. Forced editing, as is my rule, can usually make a strong piece stronger. This is a strong piece.
We know the producer is young by virtue of his picture on the piece and the station it was aired on. Watch your pacing and, as noted in other reviews, your honesty. Honesty is public radio core value and listeners can sense less-than-honest story telling very quickly. If you’re going to do a commentary on male hugging and allude to your own sexuality, you have own up to it honestly and appropriately for the piece you’re working on. That honesty doesn’t come through. It would have made a bigger impact to think about your hugging practices at 22, 32, 42 (yikes! My Age!).
Sure the writing and the pacing and the cadence needs some work. But this is the kind of stuff that learn with experience. This producer has talent and potential! I would consider this piece, as is or reworked, for an appropriate program for my station.