Clooney's Murrow [View all]

[madamesilverspurs]

Having grown up in the McCarthy era, there was no way I was going to miss "Good Night, and Good Luck." To be sure, I was too young to understand the hows and whys. But I do recall being issued a large pamphlet about the evils of communism, it was the size of any of the popular magazines of the day. Lots of pictures, and it was the focus of our fourth grade social studies lessons. Murrow was must-see TV in our home, as was Cronkite; we had two daily newspapers, and we kids were encouraged to emulate our parents' reading habits.

Anyway, the play was nowhere near as dry as it could have been, and there were moments where Clooney's expressions very clearly brought Murrow to mind. But the closing montage, with Clooney's brief emotional delivery, brought me very unexpectedly to tears. I would watch the whole thing again.

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