Mario Manzini

I listened to KBIA’s piece on Mario Manzini and enjoyed this story for the narrator’s direct and clean speaking voice and for the way he structured telling the story of a man who spent his life as an escape artist, and in doing so, escaped a way of life. Manzini’s life story is a successful one and in just a few minutes, the narrator successfully makes Manzini’s context clear with just brief use of quotes and sentences that keep us engaged in Manzini’s story and why he is attracted to what he does for a living. It’s a surprise, as the piece comes to a close, when we learn that he doesn’t even like the feeling of constraint. To be able to explore who Manzini is and what his life motives have been and continue to be, is a tough challenge to tackle in just a few minutes. When this piece finished, I couldn’t think of anything else I wanted to know. The narrator here had it all covered.