Ho, For History!
HE Passing Parade, ex-ZB entertainment which has now graduated to the YD network, is typical of the highpressured dramatics which form so striking a contrast with the stern puritanism of the décumentary tradition. Here is History with a capital H, presented with all the decorative flourishes of an older school of scriptwriting. But there is something of the same fascination about it as binds listeners to The Olde Time Theatre-and the feeling of security that comes from knowing on which side the scriptwriter expects‘ you to stand. Recently I heard’ with pleasure the parade-ground version of the ArcherShee case, beginning with a rousing excerpt from Magna ‘Carta and hurrying to the final triumph of the Right with all the gusto of a South African tabloid reporting a test match. It was a tribute to the simple humanity of the story that so muchof the simplicity and humanity managed to show through the lush and jingoistic verbiage of the presenta-
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 534, 16 September 1949, Page 11
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165Ho, For History! New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 534, 16 September 1949, Page 11
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