Real or Romantic?
"REAL ROMANCES," the title of a serial newly heard at the ZB stations, seems at first sight to cast some doubt on the reality of the many other
romances heard each day from the same stations; on the other hand, there are probably listeners who hold that the true purpose of a romance is to be as
unreal as possibile, and these people are usually very well provided for. In this case, "Real Romances" are selfcontained stories in which episodes are linked by one of the principal parties as narrator. They are stories .of the kind of thing that hap-
pens at the present time — the young woman who does not know how to deal with the war neurosis of a husband returned from naval service, or the wife who learns after a hasty war marriage that her husband has a criminal record. The subjects are worth fuller and more subtle treatment; as it is, they travel quickly and hysterically through their theme. Yet.if they are crudely worked out, they are by no means unreal or fantastic; they will probably start a useful train of thought, and they are specially to be recommended to any listeners who have hitherto held a grievance about the lack of real romance in their own lives.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 359, 10 May 1946, Page 14
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215Real or Romantic? New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 359, 10 May 1946, Page 14
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