Hissing is for snakes!
While I am enjoying this podcast about Hollywood in its heyday, with its baggage of good and very awful qualities, I bemoan the distracting vocal tics of Ms. Longworth. While she’s tamed the exaggerated enunciation of her prior podcast, she still can’t seem to let go off her hissing ‘s’ and the forceful ‘t’ of her tic lexicon. I say this in kindness, but I wish someone would tell her to speak naturally. The audience will hear these poor letters and they don’t need any lingering or attack. The ‘s’ in particular is hissed by the host and we know hissing is for snakes. The topic is fascinating but it’s hard to relax amidst such unnatural speech. Besides the bizarre enunciation and tics, the podcast is ace.
Tytheomans via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 09/16/21
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Pros: fascinating story, good interviews and it’s not saturated with dramatizations - just enough to be fun. There’s a lot of film history to be learned and it’s engaging. Cons: One, Ms Longworth’s painstaking attention to every vowel and consonant in her speech make her portions of the pod...Read full review »
Mizmaia via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 09/19/21
But between the complaints about the host’s pronunciation tics and the complaints about the ad volume - no thanks! Too bad, I need a good podcast to distract me…
Jumoz via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 10/02/21
Love love love. Already a fan of Hollywood you must remember this. Thank you for making this together. Looking forward to the entire podcast. Make more of these too.
Kimxyxyalxyzestrer via Apple Podcasts · Canada · 08/18/21
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