Summary: Winner of the Peabody award, MEI MEI, A DAUGHTER'S SONG is the personal story of cross-cultural and cross-generational conflict produced by Dmae Roberts.
Brilliant piece that stands on its own, but is also part of a series that includes The Journey of the Lady Buddha and Memorial. Mei Mei is a classic that I've listened to many times and still enjoy. In my humble opinion as just an ordinary listener, this is possibly the best audio work that has ever been recorded.
This piece I believe may be amongst that small number of programmes that are recognized by name, by reputation.
Beautifully produced it is, movingly written, but the parts that moved me the most were those short glimpses of the mother daughter relationship during their interview sessions - I wanted more, and then thought that they were so skimpy on the ground perhaps because of the very lack of communication that is a central theme of the programme. So thin because perhaps there just wasn't more tape. Because mother and daughter have stopped speaking to each other.
It's a lovely tale that serves both to show the unlimited stretch of radiophonic techniques and also because it resonates with anyone who has a love hate relationship with a family member. Mother and daughter are divided by culture, by history, by changing times - they live parallel lives of dreams and hopes for the other, knowing they can never be the fulfillment of the other's projection. But in the end, they love each other because there's no choice.
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Scooby Doo
Posted on May 13, 2007 at 08:44 PM | Permalink
Review of Mei Mei, A Daughter's Song
Brilliant piece that stands on its own, but is also part of a series that includes The Journey of the Lady Buddha and Memorial. Mei Mei is a classic that I've listened to many times and still enjoy. In my humble opinion as just an ordinary listener, this is possibly the best audio work that has ever been recorded.
Dheera Sujan
Posted on March 17, 2006 at 08:18 AM | Permalink
Review of Mei Mei, A Daughter's Song
This piece I believe may be amongst that small number of programmes that are recognized by name, by reputation.
Beautifully produced it is, movingly written, but the parts that moved me the most were those short glimpses of the mother daughter relationship during their interview sessions - I wanted more, and then thought that they were so skimpy on the ground perhaps because of the very lack of communication that is a central theme of the programme. So thin because perhaps there just wasn't more tape. Because mother and daughter have stopped speaking to each other.
It's a lovely tale that serves both to show the unlimited stretch of radiophonic techniques and also because it resonates with anyone who has a love hate relationship with a family member. Mother and daughter are divided by culture, by history, by changing times - they live parallel lives of dreams and hopes for the other, knowing they can never be the fulfillment of the other's projection. But in the end, they love each other because there's no choice.