Cathy Guisewite: A 10- or 30-second radio or TV commercial is a very short amount of time to say something, and in commercials you’re writing about something that everybody in the world has heard about a million times, with the goal of finding a different way to approach the subject.
Linda Mvusi: And at the same time you’re making choices.
Guisewite: Exactly. It was very cathartic.
Mvusi: (pause) Some evidence even disappeared.
Guisewite: Now I feel panicked about other things.
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Mvusi: But we are called upon to build luxury buildings which are only appropriate for a very tiny minority who may be in opposition to the vast majority’s wishes.
Guisewite: Those things kept happening over and over and over, and they were always just right there as subject matter.
Mvusi: One just went from day to day dealing with the problems, getting things done.
Guisewite: Plus, there’s always a deadline.
Mvusi: The back story. I think it’s crucial.
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Guisewite: And that was all pretty much a big mistake [laughter].
Mvusi: I’ve gathered.
Guisewite: I was stunned.
Mvusi: Right. Because it seemed there was no recourse.
Guisewite: For about a year.
