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To: BOOTSTICK
Well, so for once, all of our calls, letters, emails and outrage worked?

Beware Showtime. If you intend to buy this movie and air it like it is, you will be next.
133 posted on 11/02/2003 9:07:12 AM PST by ladyinred (Talk about a revolution, look at California!!! We dumped Davis!!!)
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To: ladyinred
I won't care if Showtime decides to air it. The exposure would be minimal compared to CBS and Showtime failed to generate a buzz when it showed Oliver Stone's "The Day Reagan Was Shot" last year (with Richard Crenna starring as Reagan).

Hard to believe, but Reagan was a sympathetic figure in Stone's biopic with Al Haig (overplayed by Richard Dreyfuss)being trashed as the out-of-control power-mad whacko ready to take out the Russkies when they least expected it. I think Stone also overdramatized Nancy a bit but then how would most strong-willed women react when their husband has been shot and is in surgery?

PBS, by the way, aired an American Experience biography on Ronald Reagan a couple of years ago which I thought was fair and balanced considering the source. They didn't give Reagan any credit for ending the Cold War and piled on the usual bilge about AIDS, the homeless, the deficits and Iran-Contra but it didn't come across as a mean-spirited hatchet job and did show quite a bit of Reagan's positive character and the inspiration he gave to others.

With those in mind, I'd think both would pass on another major release about Ronald Reagan.

141 posted on 11/02/2003 9:31:44 AM PST by Tall_Texan ("Is Rush a Hypocrite?" http://righteverytime2.blogspot.com)
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