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Daddies

By: Paul Kruse
Narrated by: Barbara Chisholm, Gabriel Vaughan, Hale Appleman, Jennifer Kidwell, Karina Kruse, Ken Bolden, Mark Linn-Baker, Mary Poole, Piper Goodeve, Sydney Harcourt, Tonilyn A. Sideco
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About this listen

Joseph is having a comically rough year. His job sucks, his relationship ended, he’s plagued by prank phone calls, and he nearly lost his father to the virus. When his best friend asks him to donate his sperm so that she can start a family, Joseph just can’t understand why anyone would bring a child into this calamitous world. The only bright spot is an intriguing new online relationship with an attractive internet “daddy” that has him rethinking his isolation until a series of revelations have him facing even bigger decisions about his future.

Portions of this audiobook contain mature language. Listener discretion is advised.

Playwright Paul Kruse was awarded a commission through the Audible Emerging Playwrights Fund, an initiative dedicated to developing innovative original plays driven by language and voice. As an Audible-commissioned playwright, he received funding and creative support to develop Daddies.

Directed by Adil Mansoor.

©2022 Paul Kruse (P)2022 AO Media LLC Literature & Fiction

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Excellent performances, especially Hale Appleman. Solid production. The story kept me engaged until the end.

Excellent performances and production

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The opening was clever and immediately pulled me into the story, it flipped between the main character talking with his best friend, his father, his mates and a people in a support group which helps him process how he feels about the central issue. It nicely pulls it together with a few other interesting back stories. I enjoyed it.

Nice short story

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Very interesting with some funny moments. The last 15 - 20 minutes were my least favourite. The ending threw me a little because it seemed a little abrupt.

Interesting

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The story sort of lulls you in to thinking it’s one thing and then bam it’s actually something else - that’s all I can say really without giving away spoilers! It’s well worth a listen though, very thought provoking and the sound is very good. Very well acted.

Not what I expected but worth it

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A disappointing and clunky play (nicely performed but a horrible text that can't be saved by the actors). Mostly unlikeable and two-dimensional characters, undigested and badly integrated politics and a pointless ineffective 'twist' finale. Shame, there were a few glimpses of some funny, naturalistic dialogue moments, but suffocated by dross and predictable identity politics of the most artificial kind.

A disappointing and clunky play

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