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RE: As 'The Civil War' is memorable and haunting....but pretty bad history

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Tom Brennan

In Reply to: RE: As 'The Civil War' is memorable and haunting so is 'The War' forgettable and hollow. NT posted by Tony D. on October 09, 2007 at 18:07:53

Too bad "The Civil War" is faulty history. Generally IME the more someone knows about the War of the Rebellion the less they care for Burns' work.

I'm not talking nutbag neo-Con stuff either but things like Burns totally missing the importance of the western theater of the war. The importanr war wasn't between the New York and Virginia, it was between Illinois and Tennessee.

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It wasn't meant to be a blow-by-blow recounting - DWPC 14:23:58 10/10/07 (0)
Burns never intended that TCW be a definitive Civil War history lesson. It is was masterful, captivating documentary vehicle that put a generation in touch with critical but overlooked time in their nation's history and motivated millions to study it more deeply. For that, Burns will always have my gratitude. There are only a handful of TV events that have had the impact of TCW.

Don't taze me Bro!!
No doubt, but Burns caught the 'feel' of the Civil war IMO. - Tony D. 19:38:16 10/09/07 (1)
Assuming of course that anyone alive today can connect with and translate the vibe of that conflict.

I don't really consider his work Documentaries in the usual sense, more like long winded features or series.

For some reason 'The Civil War' really put the hook in me and created a mood that was hard to dispel.

J.B.
- RE: Agreed; Burns did pretty well with the Civil War - grinagog 21:25:28 10/09/07 (0)
  it's difficult to do justice to such huge subjects; but we saw the Civil War through the eyes of the people who were there, from frontline nurses to eccentric Generals, private soldiers writing letters home with some great photography + music which seemed consistently relevant to the themes he presented
  If Burns Civil War was formulaic, it was a very workable + enjoyable formula
  
  Grins

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