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Quote from: Spracne on January 21, 2015, 12:54:55 PMHint: Adnan did it.this podcast was never about guilt or innocence (of adnan)
Hint: Adnan did it.
no it wasn'tthe podcast was about telling a story about a guy who was convicted of murdering his ex-gflisteners of the podcast took it the direction it went in threads like this onebut imo it was never about whether or not the guy did it. read: serial.
Quote from: pissclams on January 21, 2015, 02:27:26 PMno it wasn'tthe podcast was about telling a story about a guy who was convicted of murdering his ex-gflisteners of the podcast took it the direction it went in threads like this onebut imo it was never about whether or not the guy did it. read: serial.The narrator is constantly grappling with whether or not she believes Adnan is innocent. Her eventual conclusion (or partial conclusion, or non-conclusion) to that question is the centerpiece of the final episode. To me, the story seemed to be presented as her journey to arrive at that conclusion.
Quote from: Spracne on January 21, 2015, 02:35:23 PMQuote from: pissclams on January 21, 2015, 02:27:26 PMno it wasn'tthe podcast was about telling a story about a guy who was convicted of murdering his ex-gflisteners of the podcast took it the direction it went in threads like this onebut imo it was never about whether or not the guy did it. read: serial.The narrator is constantly grappling with whether or not she believes Adnan is innocent. Her eventual conclusion (or partial conclusion, or non-conclusion) to that question is the centerpiece of the final episode. To me, the story seemed to be presented as her journey to arrive at that conclusion.like you said, there's no answer to the story that's been presented...which makes this podcast all about the journey, hence the damn name, "SERIAL".listen to the intro, good grief
snl thing was dumb, the whole thing was good because it's an interesting look at how the criminal justice system works (and doesn't)
Quote from: michigancat on January 21, 2015, 12:23:30 PMsnl thing was dumb, the whole thing was good because it's an interesting look at how the criminal justice system works (and doesn't)Well, it's a look. Not sure it is an interesting look.
Quote from: ew2x4 on January 23, 2015, 09:53:44 AMQuote from: michigancat on January 21, 2015, 12:23:30 PMsnl thing was dumb, the whole thing was good because it's an interesting look at how the criminal justice system works (and doesn't)Well, it's a look. Not sure it is an interesting look. yes the one thing everyone says about Serial is how it isn't interesting
listened to the first 3 today. was pretty hard when they started talking about mr s(treaker)
2 more down, I'm enjoying this.
Quote from: libliblibliblibliblib on January 28, 2015, 09:52:39 PM2 more down, I'm enjoying this.the wire trajectory, tho
A new podcast starting Monday will delve into the strange case "in greater detail, from an investigatory perspective instead of a narrative one," The New York Times reports.