Back Again
PERHAPS long absence has had a softening effect on me, but the new Speaking for Ourselves I found fascinating listening. The questions were sensible, reasonably vital yet apt for some measure of light-heartedness in treatment (thought-up, most likely, in the studio, since this was the first session for the season). The team too, rich in ‘experience and the confidence it brings, and with vacational bloom still upon them, scarcely capable of an "er" or an "um" even when indulging in concentrated cerebration. But what struck me most, I think, was the nice balance of the trio, H. C. D. Somerset with experience shining behind his measured words, A. E. Hurley indulging in Joadian jargon and getting to the root of things, Malcolm Mason _ apparently pinch-hitting for the women-folk. At least I seemed to detect in the attitude of chairman and team-mates something of the fond indulgence which 2YA panels usually show their female speaker, and in him some of.that lightheartedness and reductio ad personam technique which women are usually expected to provide. In addition, he was satisfyingly articulate.
M.
B.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 24, Issue 622, 1 June 1951, Page 11
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182Back Again New Zealand Listener, Volume 24, Issue 622, 1 June 1951, Page 11
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