There are disadvantages, but I’m struggling to find one. I think podcasting, one, and I’m not sure it’s the best - I mean, it requires the commitment of making a show once a week or at least on some kind of schedule.ĭo you see any disadvantages compared to writing? There are a lot of ways to have your voice heard that weren’t previously available. Literally and figuratively, it is akin to creating a blog and a Tumblr. One of the biggest advantages is that it allows a wider amount of voices to be heard. What advantages does podcasting have for criticism? There are just too many of them nowadays and part of it, I’m sure, is that it’s hard to pull your head above the general sea of them. I mean, there are podcasting awards, and there have been for a while, but I don’t think they cover the wide breadth of podcasts that are actually out there. That’s very nice of you, I don’t know if I deserve it, but I’d like it!Īt least one of the first people who set up the Oscars had to have won one, so if we pioneer the award, as a token, at least one of us deserves it.
I think that looseness is what is different, and what can be a benefit or a demerit. With podcasting, there is a downside to that looseness, that sometimes requires a more judicious editor of audio. There is always this sense of wanting to say more or wanting to say what you said in a different way. I mean, I don’t know about you, and I don’t know about other critics, but I know when I write a review, 10 minutes later I think “I wanted to say something else, I wanted to add more.” Obviously, you can write follow-up posts of some kind, but it’s not the same as that initial review. For me, that looseness is what is different from written criticism.
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I think in “Filmspotting”, a lot of the discussion that Adam Kempenaar and Josh Larsen doesn’t have the sort of free form style of other podcasts. I’m thinking of Peter Labuza’s “ The Cinephiliacs” and “ Filmspotting“, both of which are very good shows, and I think you can tell for Peter’s podcast, in the non-interview portion, that he has written down what he is going to say first. I know there are some very good podcasts out there that maybe not entirely, but partially rely on writing down everything you’re going to say before.
Well, I’m sure some podcasters will tell you it doesn’t have to.
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