[78-L] "Prohibition" DVD

[Cary Ginell]

You should clarify this statement by not calling "Jazz" a documentary. It was a skewed, revisionist, and highly selective pseudo-history. Some have even called it racist.

Cary Ginell

> Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 10:39:11 -0400
> From: jeffsultanof at gmail.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] "Prohibition" DVD
> 
> I forgot to specify: I meant the "Jazz" documentary.
> 
> Jeff
> 
> On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Jeff Sultanof <jeffsultanof at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
> > It was a minor scandal in the jazz community that such people as James
> > Maher, Dan Morgenstern, Gene Lees and Richard Sudhalter were hardly
> > represented except for a few minutes each, vs. others he focused on who
> > shall remain nameless.
> >
> > Jeff Sultanof
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 10:33 AM, Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> I've watched episodes 1 and 2 and although the subject is fascinating, I'm
> >> finding his format kind of wearisome. What are the credentials of the
> >> talking heads he uses over and over again? I understand the elderly people
> >> who lived through the Depression but still don't know who they are. A brief
> >> introduction to each person before they start talking would certainly be
> >> helpful. As for the "historians" he uses, I know nothing of their
> >> background; what they've written, or even if they are affiliated with an
> >> institution.
> >>
> >> As for the music, I've heard very little, thus far, that is concurrent
> >> with the events portrayed on the screen. I've heard "The Mooche" and other
> >> songs that weren't recorded until late in the 1920s or even the 1930s. They
> >> work with the visuals, but it would have been much more appropriate hearing
> >> songs that were made at the time. The best one I heard was Charlie Poole's
> >> "If the River Was Whiskey," and I forgive the anachronistic usage of that
> >> one, even though it wasn't recorded until 1930. I don't think I heard one
> >> acoustic record although I might be mistaken since I dozed off a few times
> >> during Episode 1.
> >>
> >> I like the individual story lines that Burns focuses on. They are
> >> interesting, compelling, and representative of the era.
> >>
> >> Cary Ginell
> >>
> >> > From: steveramm78l at hotmail.com
> >> > To: 78-l at 78online.com
> >> > Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 10:20:06 -0400
> >> > Subject: [78-L] "Prohibition" DVD
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > I missed show on TV and got DVD yesterday. Got through part 1 (of 3) and
> >> bonuses. The bonuses are a 7 minute "making of" - which might be same as on
> >> website, 27 minutes of deleted scenes and 55 minutes of deleted interview
> >> segments (15 of them). The latter is raw footage where interviewee is not
> >> identified on screen.
> >> >
> >> > BTw, this time there is no "companion CD".
> >> >
> >> > Steve Ramm
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