"Republica Y Grau" by Daniel Alarcon, read by David Strathairn/"The Letter Writer" by M.T. Sharif, read by Joe Morton
Does the story/selection appeal to you? Why or why not?
What does the reader to do bring the story to life, create a vivid voice? How would you rate the telling of the story? What in particular did you like or dislike?
I chose to listen to this podcast out of all of the ones that were offered since I’ve always just been more naturally attracted towards sadder, more tragic stories of people struggling with adversity.
ReplyDeleteIn the first story, read by David Strathairn, I really liked the way he added pauses to his narration which added a new dimension to the storytelling aspect of it. He would sometimes speed up the rate of his speaking, and other times it would sound like he was digressing. While usually I’m kind of against and “turned off” when people change their voices while speaking dialogue, I think he does a good job at this, and it actually helps make the story come to life. Sometimes, however, his voice sounded a lot like Gollum from the Lord of the Rings, and since I kept having this recurring image of Gollum in my head it definitely detracted from his reading. Nevertheless, he’s very easily understandable, and his enunciation of certain words makes them stick out clearly unlike some others, which makes you appreciate it that much more. Overall, I did like this first reading a lot, and as for a rating, I’m not sure how I’d put it on a scale, but I would recommend it to someone who wanted to listen to a podcast.
In the second reading done by Joe Morton I really liked his voice. There was a lot of build up and anticipation in his voice, which made me feel, as the listener, more included and part of the story. Also, he had a lot of energy in his voice, which was entertaining to listen to. Easily distracted, this story was harder for me to follow though, and I feel like if you’re not completely focused on the story, it’s difficult to catch on and it is much easier to get lost and confused by it. I would only recommend this to someone if I knew that they would be 100% focused on the story, and they were doing nothing else while listening to it.