[Dixielandjazz] Poor Ken Burns

[Fr M J (Mike) Logsdon]

As a writer and historian, I can say with experience that it's impossible to
include absolutely everyone/thing.  And in light of the modern desire to
litigate, I'm not at all surprised the bitching has begun already.  Hell, I
oughta throw my hat in the ring.  My father served only a few months in WWII
as a Marine MP in Frisco.  Burns had better have covered (and thoroughly)
the efforts of the 18-yr-old Marine MPs who specifically entered the war in
1945, and even more specifically those who saw Donald O'Connor dance in a
Frisco nightclub (one of my Pop's fondest memories of his war service), or
he's going to hear from my lawyer,
----
Etc,

Fr M J (Mike) Logsdon, Vicar-general
North American Old Roman Catholic Church (Utrecht Succession)
Archdiocese of California
www.naorc.org

"Simplicity, when it is not a careless gift of the Muse, is the last and
most painful achievement of conscientious self-denial." - James Russell
Lowell.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com
> [mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com]On Behalf Of Steve
> Barbone
> Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2007 6:31 AM
> To: Rev M J (Mike) Logsdon
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Poor Ken Burns
>
>
> Though a monumental undertaking, the Ken Burns version of "Jazz"
> was roundly
> criticized by all sorts of talking heads for supposed omissions
> and slights.
> Now his WW II history, which airs in September is being attacked.
>
> It is a thankless task, being an artist/writer etc. No matter what you do,
> no matter how well you do it, some "critic" is bound to take you to task.
> Ain't it a bitch, being a doer?
>
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
>
>
> PBS Supports Ken Burns Against Latinos¹ Complaints
>
> NY TIMES - By ELIZABETH JENSEN - May 5, 2007
>
> Public broadcasting executives are defending the right of the
> filmmaker Ken
> Burns to tell the history of World War II as he sees fit, in the face of
> escalating complaints and veiled threats of a boycott from Latinos who say
> his coming PBS documentary ³The War² slights Hispanics¹
> contributions to the
> war effort.
>
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