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Sound rich listening…Part II

November 21, 2022April 24, 2023 masakofukuiLeave a comment

Here are some audio stories I recommend, because they're so timelessly good.

Posted in Audio, Blog, Literature, Podcasts, Radio, ReviewsTagged narrative, Podcast, Reviews, Storytelling

Review of Borgen, Power and Glory on Netflix: did the series lose touch with its feminine side?

July 18, 2022March 5, 2023 masakofukuiLeave a comment

When this revival series got the Netflix makeover, polished for international appeal, did Borgen lose touch with its feminine side?

Posted in Blog, Feminism, Netflix, ReviewsTagged Borgen, Gender, narrative, Netflix, Storytelling, TV

Review of The Cleaner on BBC/Britbox: therapy of sorts…

April 12, 2022June 5, 2023 masakofukuiLeave a comment

The first season of The Cleaner is the perfect binge on rainy weekends.

Posted in ReviewsTagged Comedy, Greg Davies, narrative, Reviews, Storytelling, TV

Review of Drama-Sutra by Nautanki Theatre: Indian and Chindian stories

May 4, 2018February 20, 2023 masakofukuiLeave a comment

These three plays by South Asian diaspora playwrights Sonal Moore, Kevin Bathman and Roanna Gonsalves are so precious, and resonated with me.

Posted in Asian Australian, Blog, Food and Ethnicity, History, Literature, Radio, Reviews, TheatreTagged Gender, Literature, Multiculturalism, narrative, Performance, Reviews, Storytelling

Review of Glow Season 1 on Netflix: storytelling in the Trump era

August 30, 2017February 20, 2023 masakofukuiLeave a comment
Review of Glow Season 1 on Netflix

GLOW is fabulous entertainment with crisp, witty dialogue and unexpectedly affecting poignant moments. Yet GLOW avoids being too earnestly up its own arse by being fun and just downright silly most of the time.

Posted in Blog, Netflix, Podcasts, ReviewsTagged Gender, GLOW, narrative, Netflix, Pro Wrestling, Reviews, Storytelling, Trump and Pro Wrestling

Review of Podcast Missing Richard Simmons: it’s no S-Town

April 16, 2017February 21, 2023 masakofukui
Review of Missing Richard Simmons Podcast

Unlike many of my esteemed radio producer colleagues, I really liked the six part podcast series Missing Richard Simmons by Dan Taberski.

Posted in Audio, Blog, Podcasts, ReviewsTagged Dan Taberski, Missing Richard Simmons, narrative, Podcast, Radio, S-Town, Serial, Storytelling

The end of PocketDocs: a loss to all ears

November 23, 2016March 5, 2023 masakofukui3 Comments

Of the gazillion podcasts that now jostle for our audio attention, PocketDocs is one of the most professionally produced, always surprising, artistically sound shows in the English language.

Posted in Audio, Blog, Podcasts, Radio, ReviewsTagged ABC, Australian Media, Podcast, Public Broadcaster, Radio, Radio National, Sound Art, Soundscape, Storytelling
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