Adult and Juvenile
STATION 4YA appears to have embarked on a series of Jamaican folktales in its children’s sessions, and if the first tale-Gaulin-is typical, this part of the programme should appeal to parents as much as to their offspring. The tale was beautifully told in strange mission-school English that by some miracle- of presentation avoided the merely "quaint." Gaulin with "him flowers hat and him fancy waistcoat and him squeak-squeak shoes" assumed at once the amusing and attractive dignity
of the best of Disney’s characters. During the evening parents were provided, by the same station, with a short story. Here the characters were stockwidow, poor but honest, son who stole two shillings but turned out to be the makings of a fine boy in the end-the style poor, even to the extent of a glaring misrelated participle: "On arriving home, Eddie wasn’t to be seen." Whether the contrast between adult and juvenile material reflects a dearth of capable writers, or of adults who it is assumed would appreciate anything better, I am uncertain. It is difficult to believe, however, that 4YA’s listeners would not appreciate a _ well-written story that less clearly foreshadowed its end.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 725, 5 June 1953, Page 11
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195Adult and Juvenile New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 725, 5 June 1953, Page 11
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