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robcon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-05 11:34 AM
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4. I didn't see it but...
I read this savage review in TNR...

"...And now comes Ken Burns's four hour-long documentary about the life of the great black heavyweight boxer, Jack Johnson, a film that brings Caucasian condescension to a new low. This film is not, however, the product of a guilt-ridden white mind. Burns seems absolutely free of guilt. He seems, on the contrary, and with wide-eyed cynicism, adept at ransacking the painful historical experience--now long past--of another group of people for his own gain...."

https://ssl.tnr.com/p/docsub.mhtml?i=tube&s=siegel012405

Ouch!

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