Terrible Production/Telling of an Interesting Story
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“Reading this story in the story “ The Stolen Kids of Sarah Lawrence” is more informative and more professional telling of the story of Larry Ray and the cult he developed at Sarah Lawrence College. This podcast production is terrible from start to finish, on virtually every level.
Technical issues: The audio is very faint, yet the commercials are obnoxiously loud.
Writing: This is one of the top 3 worst-edited podcasts I’ve heard. The writing reads like it was written as a Lifetime movie of the week. It will be hard to follow the story because of the poor editing and forcing so many details - often unnecessary for the storyline. There are disjointed plot points and missing context points.
Narration: I like Elisabeth Röhm’s voice, but her delivery is the same flat performance in any medium. I was constantly thinking, “She’s really not a good storyteller.” She’s trying to project as a lone performer in an audition for an acting scene. It’s just terrible. I could think of dozens of other actresses whose intonation and timing would be superior to that of Ms. Röhm. Unfortunately, she picked herself to narrate because she’s the producer. Ultimately, she’s failed on both levels, though she was the main reason I tried to listen to the story, despite being very familiar with the details. I fell into the trap of thinking that she’d get better as a performer, but this was a huge missed opportunity. The use of voice actors was weird and annoying, almost cringy.
I made it through three and a half episodes before I just couldn’t listen to this poorly told story any longer. There are so many other platforms that tell this story much better.”
Hunterhikes via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/25/23
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02/08/23
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“I wanted to like this. However, the voice actors are off-putting and audio of abuse is not something I need to listen to. I understand this guys is an awful human, without having to head people in distress.”
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United States of America ·
02/10/23
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United States of America ·
02/26/23
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