[78-L] Lost Chords vs. Ken Burns

[Malcolm Smith]

I remember being enthusiastic when the Ken Burns series was  
announced. I watched and recorded them and while there was  
interesting material, I found as, it proceeded, I was becoming more  
and more annoyed by what seemed a very unfortunate distortion of the  
history. Finally, very annoyed, I erased the tapes as some of the  
worst of what we confront on Television. Clearly, far more black  
material would be needed to do this series and presumably it doesn't  
exist. I've thought about what might have been done to make it less  
distorted as a history and can only conclude that Ken Burns didn't  
view it as a history. Alas, it is presented as one and seen as one.  
Too bad as it's unlikely now that anyone else will attempt to do a  
serious history.

Malcolm Smith

On Apr 12, 2009, at 12:00 PM, 78-l-request at klickitat.78online.com wrote:

>  Lost Chords vs. Ken Burns