Summary: Since surviving a suicide bombing in Jerusalem, Israeli singer-songwriter Avital Schutz has sought refuge in New York City, where's she's now waging a much more personal battle - to become a professional songstress.
The carpe diem aspect of Avital’s story is moving. A bit more could have been drawn out to connect the suicide bombing and the venture to NYC to become a singer. As it stands, we are merely presented with the suggestive proximity of the two events. Avital’s a nice subject, I just feel like the story might have been richer if we were given more anecdotes and more scenes to get more of a sense of who she is.
I love the content here and the focus (connection?) of this woman's survival and her pursuit of a music career. The narrater voice doesn't seem matched to the interviewee. It may help to hear the narrator actually asking her a question, evenjust once to balance the narrator and interviewee's different tones. The focus of her having survived a terrorist attack gets lost in her persuing her career by the end of the piece. The bits of music and her reflections are great.
Comments for Avital Under Fire
Produced by Jennifer Ferreira Neeley
Other pieces by Jennifer Neeley
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Jonathan Goldstein
Posted on August 26, 2004 at 06:50 AM | Permalink
Review of Avital Under Fire
The carpe diem aspect of Avital’s story is moving. A bit more could have been drawn out to connect the suicide bombing and the venture to NYC to become a singer. As it stands, we are merely presented with the suggestive proximity of the two events. Avital’s a nice subject, I just feel like the story might have been richer if we were given more anecdotes and more scenes to get more of a sense of who she is.
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Posted on August 21, 2004 at 08:34 PM | Permalink
Review of Avital Under Fire
I love the content here and the focus (connection?) of this woman's survival and her pursuit of a music career. The narrater voice doesn't seem matched to the interviewee. It may help to hear the narrator actually asking her a question, evenjust once to balance the narrator and interviewee's different tones. The focus of her having survived a terrorist attack gets lost in her persuing her career by the end of the piece. The bits of music and her reflections are great.