Nothing To Do With Iranian Films Dept.
One of the things I found interesting about Dan Savage's The Kid was the way the title seemed a bit of a misnomer. What really drove my interest in the story was the relationship that emerged between the adoptive couple (Savage and his boyfriend) and the eponymous tot's birth mother, a homeless kid with a nomadic, season-driven residence in half a dozen major cities. The real drama one gets involved with in the story is the way in which this person becomes part of their lives (as far as the story goes, the Kid is almost a plot device -- not that he is or was for them in real life, but the story is about the adoption process and the issues it raises, not the development of the child). And it left me with a real sense of curiosity about what would develop,
Well, this weekend on This American Life there was something of an epilog, if not a conclusion. If you read the book, you'll probably be as interested in the follow-up as I was. The RealAudio archive version of the show isn't available yet -- but I'll post a link when it is.
Posted by B T at April 23, 2001 08:31 AM