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Two Swedish Dialogues and a Brazilian Failed Dialogue
A surprising Rate-a-Record Challenge
Conflict is the essence of storytelling. Here are three dramatized songs about conflict. You may need to listen to each several times to pick up on the storyline, but I believe you’ll find the experience worthwhile.
Hello Saferide, “Long Lost Penpal”
Annika Norlin and Firefox AK act out a retrospective drama of a woman reaching out to the pen pal from the past whose life she may have saved (“Let me know if you ever used that knife or not”) — with a surprising twist.
Montt Mardie, “Surprised”
Montt Mardie (aka David Pagmar) and Andreas Mattson debate how they’ll react when a young woman on whom both had a teenage crush (and who’s back in town checking up on her old friends) shows up — as the title suggests, they’re planning to be surprised (and — unsuccessfully — looking to each other for support), but that’s not the final surprise.
