Grendel Radio Broadcast Review

This radio segment is about the opera produced by Elliot Goldenthal. The opera they reported was not exactly like the book due to the opera's need for more melodrama so most of the subtle themes were cast aside. The opera made the people relate to Grendel by giving all of his lines in modern English instead of old English which they gave to the men. This forced the people to relate to him. Also another huge difference was that Grendel, since he was an outsider and mostly thought all of his lines, they gave him three shadows with different personalities to talk to. The broadcast then goes on more about the composer Goldenthal and how he had to overcome obsticals like a brain injury to get the opera to be a success.