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WhenAlice Isnt Deadfires on all cylinders, it moves like music.
(That self-documentation, spoken out loud, serves as the framing gadget that carries out the narrative.)
Alice isnt dead, of course, and the circumstances of her disappearances are supernaturally complicated.
The podcasts milieu is a vast American empire of sprawling highways, greasy-spoon diners, and lonely motels.
you might also see this in the various reveries about travel that Fink peppers into the script.
Rootlessness can be attractive, it really can be …
Being able to think:Oh yeah, Ive been there.
You remember how it felt in a personal way.
How Oklahoma City was surprising, because it was more hip than I expected.
How Chicago in the summer feels happy in a way many other cities dont.
The exact smell of an antique store in a small town in Texas.
Its heady, ponderous stuff.
At times, its a little pretentious, but for the right kind of person, its absolutely delicious.
The podcast can be troublesome in some places.
Its serviceable, but tends to be pretty awkward.
Alice Isnt Deadis, in many ways, the epitome of personal voice.
