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| CATEGORY: | Video |
| DIRECTOR: | Paul Devlin |
| FEATURES: | Color |
| TYPE: | Art House & International, Documentary |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
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Customer Reviews of Slammin': The Sport of Spoken Word
Fun and quick, but no "SlamNation" If you want a fairly definitive video treatise on slam/performance poetry in general, "SlamNation" is the video you want. "Slammin'" is a pilot for a proposed Tv series that never got made, and conversely loses some of the magic of the previous, longer "SNation". When you have to not only describe the phenomenon, but show an actual bout unfold in under 30 minutes, you're going to get a little cheated. This is most clearly typified by the smash-and-grab edit of interviews, as well as the showing of only parts of poems performed (which to me seems nonsensical, since valuable time was used up by indie poetry films added for spice; time clearly better used showing us the poems unfold). The point that it's all supposed to be more fun than competition isn't driven home is problematic, since some of the poems clearly don't ring true in terms of being actually competitive or good.
If you're interested in slams, it's still an engaging, necessary piece of work to own, but if you haven't seen Devlin's far more comprehensive (and better) "SlamNation" first, you're doing yourself a disservice. It is clearly, however, a necessary addition to any performing poet's library.