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Theodore Roosevelt once said, “Like all Americans, I like big things.” The same could be said for Ken Burns, the man behind “The National Parks: America??s Best Idea,” a documentary coming out in the fall of 2009 on Roosevelt’s relationship with the United States National Park system. Burns, who spoke in Sanders Theatre last Friday, is known for making documentaries on a grand scale—grand in scope, length, and audience viewership. For example, his most famous documentary...
...which 30-second video clips and a ceaseless stream of “Flavor of Love” spin-offs have supplanted the simpler entertainments in the battle for the attentions of America??s youth, it has become very easy—too easy—to issue a woeful jeremiad about our culture’s inexorable backslide. It seems clear that active measures to adapt literacy education to the changing tastes of our youth would prove altogether more effectual than the noisy resignation to predicted intellectual decline that others have been so quick to express...
...crack.Similarly, “Can It Be (Half a Million Dollars and 18 Months Later),” which borrows the hook from Michael Jackson’s “I Wanna Be Where You Are,” begins with MURS’ solution to all of America??s ailments: “Love one another / Realize there’s no difference.” However, MURS’ indignation at being branded a sellout takes over before long. He goes on to respond to the haters accusing him of abandoning the underground sensibility...
...climate is perfect for America??s noble reentry into the world system; all that’s missing are a few valiant voices to push it towards collaboration and away from the popular urge for further withdrawal. Momentum for an open global political and economic order that can prevent both future developmental and future financial maelstroms already exists. Now is the time for the United States to lead the charge for the MDGs and signify its willingness to live in a truly globalized world...
...campaign. Ominous music plays as the words, “This is the story of one filmmaker’s failed attempt to turn things around” appear onscreen. Yet the documentary loses direction with startling celerity. Gone is the Michael Moore who sharply analyzed America??s gun culture in 2002’s “Bowling for Columbine.” In his stead is a veritable egomaniac, feeding off fans’ effusive praise. In an early sequence, Moore uses footage of women screaming wildly for him; a few scenes later, he proudly tells...