Information :
Writer: Marshal Younger
Director: Paul McCusker
Production Engineer: Bob Lutrell
First Air Dates: 14th October 2000
Theme: Attitude towards others
Scripture references:James 2:1-7
Description :
Nathaniel's family suddenly becomes rich, and he finds that people start treating him
differently. How can he show them he's still the same person.
Review :
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This story begins well, with a bit of a puzzle as to Nathaniel's behaviour, although many
listeners will know that his family has become rich from information before hand. While the
story is pretty good, and does has some funny scenes and moments, my main criticism is that it
isn't one thing or another.
Let me explain: Marshall Younger is an excellent writer of what are referred to as "Kid's slice
of life" stories, and also humourous stories. This seems to be a bit too humourous to be a
fairly straight tale of Nathaniel going up in the world, but not humourous enough as to befit a
classic comedy of Adventures in Odyssey. Here we have the scene where Nathaniel treats
everyone like muck because he's rich, which is really funny, but also the more serious, somewhat
philosophical scene with Nathaniel and his father when they discuss whether being rich makes
them happy. I feel it would be better if it lent itself more one way than another.
Trying to combine two styles sucessfully
the same time is tricky. The writers of Adventures in Odyssey have pulled it off. One of
my favourite Odyssey episodes, Unto Us a Child is Born combines
the humour of the Christmas play with the romance between Eugene and Katrina. Here, it didn't
come off. The story isn't a bad one, just a little disappointing.
Rating :
Three Stars (Out of Five)
Links :
These are links to other reviews and discussions on the new episodes:
AIO-HQ's Review Page
The Town Hall - Message Board
Whit's End - the offical site
The Ultimate Adventures in Odyssey reviews
I've probably missed some, so please e-mail me
with the addresses of your pages or pages you know of!
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