Proposed Kennedy mini-series draws fire

applecorped · 16th February 2010, 06:25 PM

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/17/ar...17kennedy.html

"The critics, including Theodore C. Sorensen, a former Kennedy adviser, say they have read the scripts for the project and that those contain errors of fact and emphasis. But like a similar controversy over a 2003 television film about Ronald Reagan, the dispute over the embryonic Kennedy series seems to say as much about the enduring place of the Kennedys as a battleground in the culture wars as it does about history itself.

“It was political character assassination,” the filmmaker, Robert Greenwald, said of the screenplays in a telephone interview. “It was sexist titillation and pandering, and it was turning everything into a cheap soap opera of the worst kind.” Mr. Greenwald said he is hoping that his 13-minute video and an accompanying petition, at stopkennedysmears.com, will take on lives of their own on the Web. A title card at the film’s conclusion reads: “Tell the History Channel I refuse to watch right-wing character assassination masquerading as ‘history.’ ”

Drudgewire · 16th February 2010, 07:43 PM

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“It was sexist titillation and pandering, and it was turning everything into a cheap soap opera of the worst kind.”

"Why yes, the President DID often refer to Jackie by the pet name 'J-Woww.' What you guys call "pandering," we call "keepin' it real."

Beerina · 17th February 2010, 07:26 AM

Power-crazed, drunken poor little rich kid who woke up on a porch without his pants once? Nah, has nothing to do with soap operas.

16th February 2010, 06:25 PM	#1
applecorped Rotten to the Core Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 10,680	Proposed Kennedy mini-series draws fire http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/17/ar...17kennedy.html "The critics, including Theodore C. Sorensen, a former Kennedy adviser, say they have read the scripts for the project and that those contain errors of fact and emphasis. But like a similar controversy over a 2003 television film about Ronald Reagan, the dispute over the embryonic Kennedy series seems to say as much about the enduring place of the Kennedys as a battleground in the culture wars as it does about history itself. “It was political character assassination,” the filmmaker, Robert Greenwald, said of the screenplays in a telephone interview. “It was sexist titillation and pandering, and it was turning everything into a cheap soap opera of the worst kind.” Mr. Greenwald said he is hoping that his 13-minute video and an accompanying petition, at stopkennedysmears.com, will take on lives of their own on the Web. A title card at the film’s conclusion reads: “Tell the History Channel I refuse to watch right-wing character assassination masquerading as ‘history.’ ”
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16th February 2010, 07:43 PM	#2
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17th February 2010, 07:26 AM	#3
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