So a few readers have complained that Zorgamazoo is a book that demands to be read aloud. They lament that it forces you to read: Every. Single. Word.
Um, that’s the point. The book is, quite ostensibly, a read-aloud novel.
It’s meant to be enjoyed in boisterous increments, chapter-by-chapter, an aural gift from a reader to an audience…and if the audience happens to range between the ages of 6 and 11, then all the better!
So please: Don’t think of Zorgamazoo as merely a book. Bah! Think of it
as performance art! Dredge up silly voices; incorporate absurd mannerisms; speed up; slow down; whisper; holler; pace maniacally back and forth across the faux-sheepskin rug!
Nothing says Zorgamazoo like a well-trodden sheepskin rug.
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October 31, 2009 at 10:59 pm
[...] A readymade seminar with your audience. Too right, Mr. Self. On this point, we wholeheartedly agree. [...]