19-02-2010, 11:40 PM
From NYT:
He also said that he was drawing upon nonfiction works, including books by Seymour Hersh
. . .and:
“This is not a documentary,” he said. “It is a dramatization.” As its author, Mr. Kronish said, it was his job to “take these people off the dusty pages of history and make them come alive.”
No, Kronish, not dramatization--propaganda. Not "to make them come alive"--to kill the truth of their lives.
Kronish clings to the license of "drama"--the last refuge of the propagandist.
Continuing the work of Phillips, Hunt, et al.
History channel: always good for a reprise of the art and arts of E. Howard Hunt.
He also said that he was drawing upon nonfiction works, including books by Seymour Hersh
. . .and:
“This is not a documentary,” he said. “It is a dramatization.” As its author, Mr. Kronish said, it was his job to “take these people off the dusty pages of history and make them come alive.”
No, Kronish, not dramatization--propaganda. Not "to make them come alive"--to kill the truth of their lives.
Kronish clings to the license of "drama"--the last refuge of the propagandist.
Continuing the work of Phillips, Hunt, et al.
History channel: always good for a reprise of the art and arts of E. Howard Hunt.