Indeed:
And yet -- in ways that would become fully apparent only in hindsight -- by the dawn of the twenty-first century New York had also emerged as one of the most strangely paradoxical cities on earth -- at once bewilderingly diverse and cosmopolitan -- and yet in many ways, surprisingly insular and inward-looking -- as if the process of globalization had mainly meant gathering in the world's peoples and riches -- without involvement in the world's deep conflicts and divisions.I was seething less than a minute after the film started. They spoke ill of the dead, their comments denigrating Manoru Yamasaki's genius were racist, and their comments oozed of postmodern surrender. They've had their day in the sun. I'm personally never going to forget the utter disgust I felt at hearing them rip apart the WTC project in my living room. They kept quoting Ada Louise Huxtable, who clearly didn't want it built from the start. Photographer Camilo José Vergara was incapable of appreciating anything the victors of WWII might have undertaken. Paul Goldberger was the worst, snivelling and belittling the underpinnings of the entire project.
I'm sure these people are doing their best to make sure that it isn't rebuilt.
Drat.
I missed that part as I tuned in late.
Overall, aways into this 'piece' I wasn't to put-off by the commentary - I rolled my eyes a few times during the pontificating of Mario 'the pious' Cuomo, but, to their credit they DID cover/show the jets impacting the building AND people jumping/falling as well (HAVEN'T seen that from too many sources) ... uncharacteristically realistic if their goal was to 'paper over' this event ...