Word: shirer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Collapse of the Third Republic, Shirer...
...Collapse of the Third Republic, Shirer...
From Cunning to Frenzy. ABC put on Wolper Productions' three-part documentary based on William L. Shirer's exhaustive 1959 history, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. "Historical villains can sometimes become heroes as the years pass," says Producer-Director Jack Kaufman. "I think it's important to remind young people not to dismiss past horrors lightly or think of Hitler as a kind of fantasy or legend...
...RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH (ABC, 10-11 p.m.). A three-part TV adaptation of William Shirer's 1960 history traces the course of Hitler's life through film clips, interviews with onetime Nazis and further reflections by Author Shirer on political and economic conditions in Germany from 1920 to 1945. Part 2 will be shown at the same time on Friday and Part 3 from 9:30-10:30 on Saturday night...
...play haven't even the dramatic intensity of the Workers' decision to "Strike! Strike!" at the conclusion of Waiting for Lefty. As far as I could tell, the entire production was geared to a sort of "Lest We Forget" sentiment, complete with a quote from William L. Shirer in the program notes. Such a sentiment is hardly enough to motivate a dramatic experience, and it is dangerous for other reasons, I think -- because of its tendency (in plays like The Diary of Anne Frank) to blur into something than can only be called nostalgia...