Podcast Plays -- Vows and High Class Academy

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"Vows" by James Daniel Walsh A Vietnam veteran's mission to bring home his newly-married gay son sparks tragedy, deceit, forgiveness, and revelations. "High Class Academy" by Patricia Miranda Miles Burnett is a mechanic in his late twenties looking for a new challenge in life. He finds more than he bargained for at the exclusive High Class Academy.

Posted by That Long-Haired Creepy Guy on July 28, 2012 at 12:35 PM

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10 Comments

Reply Infamous Jak

01:18 PM on July 29, 2012

Wonder why it got taken down. oh well, still just as good the second time around.

Reply HedonisticActor

01:11 PM on July 29, 2012

Jockerlee77 says...
did they give you a problem once you did what they told you to do. or the let you video alone?

So far I haven't have any problems with the video. It also helps that I warn about the content both in the video's description and in the video itself.

Reply Moviefan12

07:28 PM on July 28, 2012

Yay, it's back.

Reply Chris Lang

06:17 PM on July 28, 2012

Well, I've posted this to this site's forum, but I'll post it here, too. Here are my spoiler-free (mostly) thoughts on the Podcast plays.

'Vows' is pretty dark. No question about that. At first, I thought the Vietnam veteran father was a bit too much of a caricature, but he gradually gains some more depth as the play goes on. His macho facade hides the fact that, he, too, was traumatized by his war experiences. Still, he's clearly a man who was exposed to all sorts of bigotries and jingoistic, homophobic views from an early age, and it shows with just about everything he says.

'Vows' deals with some pretty heavy subject matter, and doesn't really pull any punches. So it was nice to have that more lighthearted intermission where James Daniel Walsh and Patricia Miranda discuss plays. Yes, I have to agree that there are a lot of goofy-seeming plays out there. Some years ago, I heard on the radio an advertisement for the 'Some Like It Hot' musical, and it didn't sound real -- it sounded more like a Simpsons parody of a musical (like its 'Streetcar Named Desire' musical) than an actual show. But as for Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark', it DOES have its precedents -- there was the Superman musical, after all (and it, too, is something we laught AT rather than with).

'High Class Academy' was nice. It was a good story about the importance of trying new things with your life while remaining true to yourself. I especially liked the twist at the end. The voice acting was great -- Patricia Miranda, in particular, does a great job of voicing three characters. I didn't even realize they were voiced by the same person until the credits.

All in all, some good stuff here. The sound quality on both varied at times, but I could still easily follow them for the most part.

Reply Jockerlee77

06:09 PM on July 28, 2012

HedonisticActor says...
This most likely. When I asked about it from Blip's staff and they allowed me to publish videos with more risquee content under the terms that I rate them Mature and deny all advertaising from the said videos.

did they give you a problem once you did what they told you to do. or the let you video alone?

Reply HedonisticActor

05:25 PM on July 28, 2012

Jockerlee77 says...
I thing it had something to do with the sex part on the play. blip has a not tolerances policy when it come to that. it is the only thing to do not let slide. especially seen if you do not put a rating on the video

This most likely. When I asked about it from Blip's staff and they allowed me to publish videos with more risquee content under the terms that I rate them Mature and deny all advertaising from the said videos.

Reply Jockerlee77

02:08 PM on July 28, 2012

That Long-Haired Creepy Guy says...
The video was banned. We aren't sure why, or by what justification.

I thing it had something to do with the sex part on the play. blip has a not tolerances policy when it come to that. it is the only thing to do not let slide. especially seen if you do not put a rating on the video

Reply That Long-Haired Creepy Guy

01:42 PM on July 28, 2012

JotaKa says...
What happened on blip?

The video was banned. We aren't sure why, or by what justification.

Reply JotaKa

01:35 PM on July 28, 2012

What happened on blip?

Reply That Long-Haired Creepy Guy

12:37 PM on July 28, 2012

First and foremost, apologies to everyone who left comments on the play's previous post when it was on blip. We had some issues there, which are being mediated out. In the meantime, the plays have gone up on Youtube for the time being. Forgive the inconvenience, but it was the best that could be done at the moment. I claim responsibility personally if anyone is upset.

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