This is a meaty use of 15 minutes of air, a satirical allegory for our times. "The Last Christian Standing" is not so much a commentary on Christianity, but rather a commentary on the monster that is the media, a monster that must be constantly fed. This piece is an opening for so many discussions down many different avenues. Didn't Clive Barnes once say, "Television is the first truly democratic culture - the first culture available to everybody and entirely governed by what the people want. The most terrifying thing is what the people do want."
It's scary what we do want and this piece brings that out. Thoughtful piece told in an ironic tone.
It's hard to stop someone when he/she has hit the mother lode. There isn't a moment in this story I would go, "Hey, what's happening? -- and yet there are dozens of moments in this recording when I, as listener, could (should?) have said, no.
An incredible rant, dead on. Thank god there are other avenues in really odd places!
This piece lives up to the descriptors in the summary: experimental, offbeat and provocative, and it does so without any music or other sounds, just the narration of a story. But a cleverly written story it is, one that comments on good and evil, Christianity, the future (it seems that one hundred years from now executions will be through some sort of brain-sucking method), media influence, a martyr's ego, and lots more, not necessarily in that order. If your station is willing to "experiment" with simple narration (and has a fifteen-minute slot available), this piece will appeal to sophisticated listeners, even those who join it midway through. Would have some appeal in connection with all the hooplah surrounding the Mel Gibson movie (late Feb, 2004) about the crucifixion of Christ.
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Deborah Astley
Posted on September 25, 2004 at 02:51 PM | Permalink
Review of The Last Christian Standing
This is a meaty use of 15 minutes of air, a satirical allegory for our times. "The Last Christian Standing" is not so much a commentary on Christianity, but rather a commentary on the monster that is the media, a monster that must be constantly fed. This piece is an opening for so many discussions down many different avenues. Didn't Clive Barnes once say, "Television is the first truly democratic culture - the first culture available to everybody and entirely governed by what the people want. The most terrifying thing is what the people do want."
It's scary what we do want and this piece brings that out. Thoughtful piece told in an ironic tone.
Jackson Braider
Posted on May 08, 2004 at 01:43 PM | Permalink
Review of The Last Christian Standing
It's hard to stop someone when he/she has hit the mother lode. There isn't a moment in this story I would go, "Hey, what's happening? -- and yet there are dozens of moments in this recording when I, as listener, could (should?) have said, no.
An incredible rant, dead on. Thank god there are other avenues in really odd places!
Phil Easley
Posted on February 25, 2004 at 07:47 AM | Permalink
Review of The Last Christian Standing
This piece lives up to the descriptors in the summary: experimental, offbeat and provocative, and it does so without any music or other sounds, just the narration of a story. But a cleverly written story it is, one that comments on good and evil, Christianity, the future (it seems that one hundred years from now executions will be through some sort of brain-sucking method), media influence, a martyr's ego, and lots more, not necessarily in that order. If your station is willing to "experiment" with simple narration (and has a fifteen-minute slot available), this piece will appeal to sophisticated listeners, even those who join it midway through. Would have some appeal in connection with all the hooplah surrounding the Mel Gibson movie (late Feb, 2004) about the crucifixion of Christ.