Radio Roughhouse
NE thing about 2YA’s Monday night discussions is that they are never (well, hardly ever) hamstrung by gentility. The recent discussion on radio drama (participants--A. J. C. Fisher, a producer of it, Lloyd Lamble who acts in it; and John Gundry who writes it) was in places frank enough, and though in the early stages I was worried lest Mr. Speaker demand that the honourable member withdraw that remark I decided by the end of the discussion that there was probably a strong element of showmanship in all this. giving and taking of insults. But even though you know at the wrestling that the large hairy man with the beard who yelps when he’s hurt and keeps wanting to fight the referee is not really a Bad Sportsman, but is only that way to make you feel happy when the hero wins, you can’t help Jiking the hero -best, and I was all sympathy for the patient and nice-mannered Mr. Gundry. Mr. Lamble proved himself a facile and graceful exposeur of serialised-life-be-hind-the-scenes, and Mr, Fisher’s long suit was the loving and tongue-savouring reproduction of his favourite adjectives, jnterminable, regrettable, decadent, exhibitionalist, sensation-mongering (all used of radio serials). This session of open slather was so effective in stimulating my intellectual curiosity that from now on I am resolved that every
soft-soap serial will receive my earnest consideration. Another pulse for the sponsor to keep his finger on.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 493, 3 December 1948, Page 9
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238Radio Roughhouse New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 493, 3 December 1948, Page 9
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