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For the radio version of creepy, the Moth Radio Hour creeps me out so much. There's something which I cant put my finger on, it's like the real emotional storie
by thinkingemote 5y ago
For the radio version of creepy, the Moth Radio Hour creeps me out so much. There's something which I cant put my finger on, it's like the real emotional stories have been produced and refined by a team to become a kind of product.
Each story is told in a similar way, using hooks, pauses, climaxes, introductions, wavering voice and a personal message at the end to give maximum listening impact. They are crafted as much as a TED talk.
It's creepy and doesn't feel natural because the stories are all true and personal. It's like an uncanny propaganda but where you know the content is real and true, it's just the way its being told which is weird. You can hear the persons stories have had many people working on them.
- floren 5y agoI get the same way about a lot of modern NPR shows and the podcasts that ape them... carefully scripted and produced to sound like two friends just hanging out and talking about the interesting article one read in The Atlantic. Notice how any "guest" gets their interview chopped into sub-sentence snippets with the hosts interjecting between... who knows what the original actually said before it got edited to fit the story!
- thinkingemote 5y agoYes! Completely agree! It's like the conversation is pre planned and totally unnatural as in its impossible to occur in real life. It's so off putting and weird to me.