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Ken Burns CIVIL WAR finally coming to DVD!
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Posted on 06/14/2002 7:43:55 AM PDT by Hazzardgate
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SEPTEMBER 3!
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: civilwar; kenburns
fyi
To: Hazzardgate
Awsome! I've worn out all my VHS copies!!
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posted on
06/14/2002 7:52:23 AM PDT
by
zarf
To: zarf
I'm looking forward to the 5.1 Dolby soundtrack mix. Burns personally oversaw the transfer so it should be stunning!
To: zarf
General Pickett to General Robert E Lee after Picketts charge at Gettysburg..............but SAH, I have NO division!
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posted on
06/14/2002 7:57:21 AM PDT
by
PISANO
To: Hazzardgate
Originally I thought Ken Burns' Civil War was just OK. The more I watch it and consider it, I believe it's nothing more than a bunch of revisionist history played out in a pleasing format.
According to Burns and his "historians," the Civil War was all about slavery, and offers apology after apology.
I won't subsidize it further by purchasing the DVDs.
YMMV.
To: Bisesi
I actually have a part time band called the Merry Chestnuts.
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posted on
06/14/2002 8:51:30 AM PDT
by
zarf
To: skip2myloo
I've seen Burns on a few talking head shows and he's a big Bush supporter. He is race obsessed, however (see his "Baseball" or "Jazz)
To: Hazzardgate
He is race obsessed, however (see his "Baseball" or "Jazz)How is it possible to tell the history of either without race being a very big issue in both ? You think Jackie Robinson playing for the Dodgers wasn't a very, very big issue at the time ? You don't think that in both sports and entertainment 'crossover' isn't a decisive event ?
And as for moving things to DVD, during the 80's PBS had a superb series on the history of the English language. It had episodes on Old-English to Chaucer, Tudor/Stuart English, Scottish English (Scotch-Irish to hillbilly to Texas twang), Irish English, Black English, Cockney, etc. This isn't even available on VHS.
To: Tokhtamish
Sorry, please don't get me wrong. I am a huge fan of those series and I know that you obviously can't tell the history of baseball/jazz without getting emersed in race.
However, it all got very heavy handed in the final episode of "Jazz". Did you see it?
To: Tokhtamish
That was excellent. I have the companion book, "The Story of English". A good read.
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posted on
06/14/2002 10:24:01 AM PDT
by
CaptRon
To: Hazzardgate
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I've seen Burns on a few talking head shows and he's a big Bush supporter. He is race obsessed, however (see his "Baseball" or "Jazz)
Then that would be quite a change. Ken Burns gave money to the Clintons back in 2000 and was a Gore supporter, as well.
Maybe he was turned from the Dowd Side of the Force?
Be Seeing You,
Chris
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posted on
06/14/2002 8:24:59 PM PDT
by
section9
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