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This much is clear: "The Quiz show" is superb. the film chronicles the rise and fall of Charles Van Doren, the disgraced game show champion whose projected image masked the fact that his victories were rigged...
Granted, in the great scheme of things, the Second Quiz Show Scandal is a trivial affair. But we would hope that Redford could at least, in some small way, practice what he preaches. As it stand, the film deserves two thumbs up. As it stands, the film deserves two thumps up. Redford, on the other hand, gets the finger...
...tawdry age, one can almost wax nostalgic about a time when Charles Van Doren could cause nationwide outrage. For a few months in 1956 and 1957 he became a celebrity by remaining champion for weeks on a television quiz program called Twenty-One. In the process he won $129,000 and 500 marriage proposals. But two years later he admitted to a congressional committee that he had been fed the answers by the show's producers. Compared with the participants in today's scandals, Van Doren seems more pathetic than notorious; compared with contemporary affronts to our sensibilities, his misdeeds...
...present Academic Quiz team has between 15 and 20 members, but "is always looking for new players," Todor said...
...Redford appears to see his movie as in some ways a commentary on social and ethical values. I think he draws a somewhat oversimplistic line between the quiz show scandals and Watergate, etc.," she said. "He is in fact a bright and articulate man. We had looked forward to a piece that would be interesting and thought provoking and lead to discussions with proctors...