Short, hard-hitting documentary on audiobook recording

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Daniel

[ppcunningham]

As Libba narrated her book, Beauty Queens, I suggest that it was in fact self-deprecating humour, with a large dose of empathy,
and most certainly a knowledge of what recording entails ... probably why she now has other narrators record her books.

Carol

Although on watching it, I thought it was very funny and could empathize, I wasn't clear on the fact that she was, in fact, recording a book that she herself had written. To me, this makes it even funnier, and I imagine the experience affected her future writing, knowing in the back of her mind that someone was going to have to read this out loud - or more specifically, act it.

Thanks Carol, for clarifying. Now I'll watch it again with a new appreciation.

Patti

[carolb]

... I wasn't clear on the fact that she was, in fact, recording a book that she herself had written.

I think in that sketch she was re-living the experience - and of course, hamming it up for the fun effect.

I came across this Degas quote:
Painting is easy when you don't know how, difficult when you do

Isn't that the truth for recording?!

Carol

[ppcunningham]

Indeed.

I came across this one, that I thought was apropos:

"We can read all about oranges; we can look at pictures of oranges and we can talk to people who have eaten oranges. But, until we taste the orange ourselves, we do not truly understand the full truth about what an orange is."

--William Simpson

Made me giggle - also made me want to go buy some oranges......


Patti

[carolb]

"We can read all about oranges; we can look at pictures of oranges and we can talk to people who have eaten oranges. But, until we taste the orange ourselves, we do not truly understand the full truth about what an orange is."--William Simpson

SO appropriate, Patti!

Carol

[CaprishaPage]

hahahahahahahahahahaha!!! Oh, this was SO fantastic!! "These authors and their words!!!" lol! So true!!