(eheheheh you asked for it? Or maybe you didn't, but eh, fish gotta swim and a fangirl's gotta pimp! ;)
Yup, it's audio-only - this episode and a few others were actually performed as live shows, but even then it's just actors standing up in front of mics, no costumes or props or action to speak of (lots of goofy expression though, if you're there live; but the releases are audio-only anyway...)
For what it's worth, I rarely listen to audio books or podfic - I read so fast that I find reading out loud frustrating, it goes too slowly! But audio performances are different, I've always loved radio drama; they're a unique type of storytelling. WTNV is somewhere in between; certain eps like this one have a big cast, but most of the eps are just the single narrator Cecil, talking about local goings-on that build into a more complete story of a very strange town and the very strange people who live there.
And I'm crazily obsessed with it, so yeah, when I say I think it's worth listening to, I may be biased. But it doooooes have a canonical and canonically adorable gay romance that starts out ridiculously and slowly develops into this genuine low-key and sweet relationship. (I will warn you if that's the main thing that interests you, it's only in about a third of the episodes - Cecil tries to keep it professional and not talk/flail about his private life too much. He does not always succeed. ;) It's also got a ridiculously surreal and often dark and/or existential sense of humor that I love:
("And now a brief public service announcement.
Alligators: can they kill your children?
Yes."
*onto other news*)
--though it's overall a comedy; while people die by the droves to the town's many catastrophes (like the horrific bloodbath that is Valentine's Day. Or Street-cleaning Day), it's pretty much always nameless citizens, while the people you get to know and love all survive intact (somehow.) It pretty much hits me in my sweet spot of comedies-with-a-little-more - my most favorite series tend to be comedies that can go genuinely dramatic when called for; or else dramas with a lot of comedy...
Plus I really like how it uses the medium in its storytelling, a lot of what it does really only works in audio format, with so much left unsaid. And there's a great freedom in fanning on something when you don't actually know for sure what anyone looks like, just what they sound like...
Anyway, if you want to check it out, all the eps are posted for free (you can get them on iTunes, or I listen here: http://podbay.fm/show/536258179
(if the first ep throws you off, you may want to try a later one; Cecil's tone changes considerably as the series continues. The first year of eps are all pretty much self-contained random stories; second year gets an arc, though it's sporadic for the first half...)
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Date: 2014-07-02 04:04 am (UTC)Yup, it's audio-only - this episode and a few others were actually performed as live shows, but even then it's just actors standing up in front of mics, no costumes or props or action to speak of (lots of goofy expression though, if you're there live; but the releases are audio-only anyway...)
For what it's worth, I rarely listen to audio books or podfic - I read so fast that I find reading out loud frustrating, it goes too slowly! But audio performances are different, I've always loved radio drama; they're a unique type of storytelling. WTNV is somewhere in between; certain eps like this one have a big cast, but most of the eps are just the single narrator Cecil, talking about local goings-on that build into a more complete story of a very strange town and the very strange people who live there.
And I'm crazily obsessed with it, so yeah, when I say I think it's worth listening to, I may be biased. But it doooooes have a canonical and canonically adorable gay romance that starts out ridiculously and slowly develops into this genuine low-key and sweet relationship. (I will warn you if that's the main thing that interests you, it's only in about a third of the episodes - Cecil tries to keep it professional and not talk/flail about his private life too much. He does not always succeed. ;) It's also got a ridiculously surreal and often dark and/or existential sense of humor that I love:
("And now a brief public service announcement.
Alligators: can they kill your children?
Yes."
*onto other news*)
--though it's overall a comedy; while people die by the droves to the town's many catastrophes (like the horrific bloodbath that is Valentine's Day. Or Street-cleaning Day), it's pretty much always nameless citizens, while the people you get to know and love all survive intact (somehow.) It pretty much hits me in my sweet spot of comedies-with-a-little-more - my most favorite series tend to be comedies that can go genuinely dramatic when called for; or else dramas with a lot of comedy...
Plus I really like how it uses the medium in its storytelling, a lot of what it does really only works in audio format, with so much left unsaid. And there's a great freedom in fanning on something when you don't actually know for sure what anyone looks like, just what they sound like...
Anyway, if you want to check it out, all the eps are posted for free (you can get them on iTunes, or I listen here: http://podbay.fm/show/536258179
(if the first ep throws you off, you may want to try a later one; Cecil's tone changes considerably as the series continues. The first year of eps are all pretty much self-contained random stories; second year gets an arc, though it's sporadic for the first half...)