1.   As always, Terkel encourages his interviewees to talk on the subject, then presents their words as long monologues.

2.   Investors who asked Torray how he generates such returns are likely to get treated to a long monologue from the manager, a tendency he readily acknowledges.

3.   The dialogue can be blunt and stagy, with an emphasis on long monologues and convenient coincidence.

4.   Without the right actors, the long monologues could easily become static, like a reading of the phone book.