This is a wonderfully good-natured piece about a woman and her car. Listening to it, I realize how few happy pieces hit the air -- pieces that aren't carrying the boulder of a message on their small miserable backs. Would be a lovely little drop-in during the news shows -- ME, ATC, WESAT or WESUN, though a pic of the Fiat 500 would be nice for a web site.
Like another reviewer, I found that I just didn't understand what the car looked like - why it was supposed to cause a reaction in those that saw it. So I did a Google Image searh, saw what a Fiat 500 looks like and ~instantly~ understood.
Seems like a nice "weekend" piece - but will require an intro that describes the Fiat 500 to those unfamiliar iwth it.
Cute use of music. But I have to say ... You know how sometimes someone tells you a story, and they're laughing while they tell it, and then they notice that you're looking at them with a quizzical look and they say "Well I guess you had to be there"? That's how I felt listening to this piece. The reporter obviously thought there was something magical or interesting or unusual about this old car. But as I listener, I feel that she doesn't do enough to "show" me the car. We have to take her word for it that this car is in-some-way unusual or interesting or magical. I'm not saying the piece needs to be narrated. Maybe if she has some tape of someone explaining better what's so unusual about this car. It's an old car. And ... ? For some reason it reminds people in Berlin of "being on holiday." Why? There seems to be the start of a delightful piece here. But as it stands I find it very confusing.
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Jackson Braider
Posted on October 07, 2004 at 04:34 AM | Permalink
Review of Fiat 500 Fan
This is a wonderfully good-natured piece about a woman and her car. Listening to it, I realize how few happy pieces hit the air -- pieces that aren't carrying the boulder of a message on their small miserable backs. Would be a lovely little drop-in during the news shows -- ME, ATC, WESAT or WESUN, though a pic of the Fiat 500 would be nice for a web site.
Matt Kaufman
Posted on August 12, 2004 at 02:14 PM | Permalink
Review of Fiat 500 Fan
Like another reviewer, I found that I just didn't understand what the car looked like - why it was supposed to cause a reaction in those that saw it. So I did a Google Image searh, saw what a Fiat 500 looks like and ~instantly~ understood.
Seems like a nice "weekend" piece - but will require an intro that describes the Fiat 500 to those unfamiliar iwth it.
Richard Paul
Posted on August 08, 2004 at 06:25 AM | Permalink
Review of Fiat 500 Fan
Cute use of music. But I have to say ... You know how sometimes someone tells you a story, and they're laughing while they tell it, and then they notice that you're looking at them with a quizzical look and they say "Well I guess you had to be there"? That's how I felt listening to this piece. The reporter obviously thought there was something magical or interesting or unusual about this old car. But as I listener, I feel that she doesn't do enough to "show" me the car. We have to take her word for it that this car is in-some-way unusual or interesting or magical. I'm not saying the piece needs to be narrated. Maybe if she has some tape of someone explaining better what's so unusual about this car. It's an old car. And ... ? For some reason it reminds people in Berlin of "being on holiday." Why? There seems to be the start of a delightful piece here. But as it stands I find it very confusing.