Documentarian Ken Burns Backs Barack Obama

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CONCORD, N.H.

[SIDENET]

But you’re OK with the Burger King’s Monarchist tendencies

That's just pure Burger King Derangement Syndrome (BKDS).

[Borges]

Objective Art is an oxymoron. The Coen Bros’ chic nihilism is all over their films.

[wardaddy]

that’s just dry

i don’t find any of their works to be hammy political ever

[Borges]

Of course they have a viewpoint. So did Gibbon, the Durants and Toynbee.

[VOA]

Ken Burns Backs Obama

If I was on Obama's campaign staff, I'd be telling Obama:
DON'T let Ken Burns make a promotional commercial or documentary
about you!!!

Burns put the country to sleep with overall downbeat atmospherics
of "Baseball", "Jazz" and "The War".

[denydenydeny]

Only because Lenin wasn’t running, I think.

[VOA]

“Anyone still think Burns is apolitical? Anyone think his viewpoints
don’t color his films?”

He made “The War” the sort of film that will have millions of high
school students either nodding off after about 10-15 minutes...
or imploring the history teacher “PLEASE! Can we just go back to
your rote lecture format?”

[Borges]

The Civil War is virtually unavoidable in high school history classes.

[peggybac]

Well, I feel better knowing which candidate Burns is supporting. This news is hugh!

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[max americana]

I like the War and the Civil War, especially the part where Sherman tore through the South.. BUT I also knew he was lefty as well.

Just be thankful he didn’t make “The Vietnam War”.

[Borges]

I wouldn’t be surprised to see him take that on at some point.

[whitedog57]

I liked “The Civil War” except for the woman who kept discussing the war as righteous intervention against slavery. It was an economic war, although there were some groups against slavery.

[max americana]

Oh yes, I actually forgot about that. I also miss Shelby Foote’s explanations on the Civil War.

[Digger]

Can Burns tie his shoes? Gotta give him credit - with these pathetics running in this corrupt “Two-Party Cartel” except for Tancredo & Hunter, Paul, the rest are compromised.

[Duke Nukum]

That’s it? No 15 hour documentary explaining how and why?

I expected a little bit more from Ken Burns.

[Vanders9]

No one is completely apolitical, and your viewpoints are bound to seep into anything you do, but my impression is that at least Burns lets opposing viewpoints make their case, and you can’t say fairer than that.

The “Civil War” was very good (even though the Union side gets more air time).

[Vanders9]

Kleptocratic...LOL. I like that. Very funny!

[gusopol3]

what a surprise. I haven’t watched anything of his since Mario Cuomo was somehow the most appropriate person to tell us about baseball. And his favorite moment of the Civil War series was the historian who questioned whether we can truly say the Civil War is over when there are Americans who live in houses and there are Americans who are homeless and to see her struggle with that issue.

[RichInOC]

I’m looking forward to the campaign documentary, “The Old Negro Presidential Campaign”.