Most of the marquee quotes anyway. - the funeral procession of cars for example, is used, but put into Sylvia's mouth later on if I recall correctly.
It was interesting that they chose not to start at the start of the journey. Ian On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Ant McWatt <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ian G said July 2nd 2012: > > Hi Ant, > > I thought given the tricks they had to play to get it all in without > literally going through the original narrative sequentially, > it came across very well. Blogged a brief review last weekend. > > http://www.psybertron.org/?p=569< > > [It states at the above link:] > > "The characterizations, tone and atmosphere were dead right, and despite > the need for selective editing to fit the 90 minute format, all the main > aspects of the narrative, the back-stories and the underlying > chautauqua on quality and mental illness came through. Many original > scenes re-ordered and combined, and some dialogue recalled in the mouths > of others, to get all the ideas and the marquee quotes in, without > losing the context or intent, and still maintaining the overall sequence > of the journey. An excellent production." > > > Ant McWatt comments: > > Ian, > > Thanks for that. I agree with most of your review though I'm not too sure > ALL the "marquee quotes" are there! > > For instance: > > "You see things vacationing on a motorcycle in a way that is completely > different from any other. In a car you're always in a compartment, and > because you're used to it you don't realize that through that car window > everything you see is just more TV. You're a passive observer and it is all > moving by you boringly in a frame." > > I read this quote (which appears very early in ZMM) as a metaphor of the SOM > viewpoint (being a separate passive observer of the world - the car > passenger) as compared to the Zen viewpoint (being a Dynamic agent in the > world - the motorcycle rider). It's gently introducing to the reader the > difference between where Western culture is at and - with a little Zen help > from its friends - where it could be. > > > This sentiment is then reinforced (about three pages later) by this other > "marquee quote": > > > "'It was all those people in the cars coming the other way,' > [Sylvia] says. 'The > > first one looked so sad. And then the next one looked > exactly the same way, > > and then the next one and the next one, they were all the > same...' > > 'They looked so lost,' she says. 'Like > they were all dead. Like a > > funeral procession.'" > Now this whole quote (a metaphor for SOM alienation) is reduced down to just > one line in the play which means its significance is rather lost especially > without the preceding "car window" quote which sets the scene. > Yours (rather) fussily, > Ant > > > Ant McWatt asked July 2nd 2012: > >> I've been listening to the new ZMM radio play by BBC Radio over the week. >> What did everyone think? >> >> Having seen the script a week or two before broadcast, I thought the play >> came over better than I >> thought it would. I still don't like way the descriptive paragraphs were >> rewritten because Pirsig's >> narrative in ZMM was very carefully honed over five years (a Murry Wilson >> "Don't forget Brian/Bob, >> I'm a genius too" moment!) but I did like the addition of the Chairman >> addressing Phaedrus as "Mr >> Quality". A nice, > slightly chilling, touch. Moreover, the actors played >> the lines well though >> (being strictly limited to ZMM), no MOQ of course. > > > . > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
