Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Sneak Preview of Ken Burns WWII Film Exposes Anti-American Message

From this account on The Bostonist, it sounds like Hispanic veterans won't be the only audiences unhappy with Ken Burns' upcoming marathon meditation on World War II:
In the Q&A, moderated by Lisa Mullins of PRI's "The World," an audience member expressed that Burns was too "rah rah" about the role of American troops. Burns responded with, "If you saw the whole film, you would take that back, I promise you." In the introduction and during the Q&A, Burns stressed what he felt was a major theme of the documentary: "War is horrible." And at one point he said that he wanted the whole audience to realize what it was really like to fight: "We wanted to put you uncomfortably in the battle."
Your tax dollars at work...