I would agree that the PBS show was better than expected, but to say it was "fair" is a stretch.
The historical coverage is nice, but you can 100% tell it was planned and edited by people who simply don't like the guy.
Why was it that the only 2 Reagan kids they interview are the two who had "issues" with their father, not the two who really got along well with him? Well, correction, they *did* have a brief interview with Maureen, but only to get her take on Iran/Contra. The other numerous interviews are with Patti and Ron, and nothing with Michael.
You do make a good point...not having at least a segment with Michael Reagan
was a deficit.
Maybe my view could have been skewed because I saw it when I lived in Los Angeles...
and my expectations were so low.
I did notice that the DVD was on sale at The Reagan Presidential Library Bookstore
when I visited in Sept. 2004. But I don't know if that was because the Library
staff thought it was a good documentary...or they were just carrying on
Reagan's vision for capitalism.
I retched throughout the entire Eleanor Roosevelt story. They portrayed her as the second coming of Christ.