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...upcoming HBO docudrama on Murrow's career has run into a storm of protest, most of it from the very people who knew him best. Their complaint is not with the film's admiring portrait of Murrow (played by Hill Street Blues' Daniel Travanti) but with its less favorable depiction of the CBS executives with whom Murrow had a sometimes rocky relationship...
...sins of Murrow are mainly those of oversimplification. The hero, portrayed with steely self-righteousness by Travanti, is flagrantly romanticized. First he is the fearless war reporter, dodging bombs and ignoring pleas for his safety from superiors. Later he is a fearless David tackling government Goliaths and a high-minded defender of journalistic integrity in the face of TV's mounting concern for profits. "Something is dying, Bill," he tells Paley as he prepares to exit CBS. "It may take a long time, but it's dying...
Starring Daniel J. Travanti...
Melody (Daniel J. Travanti) is a displaced Irish gentleman drunk. Having fought with the Duke of Wellington in Spain at the Battle of Talavera, the anniversary of which he celebrates on the day of the play by dressing up in his old uniform and demanding a feast, Melody regards himself as being passed up by history...
...Travanti's portrayal of Melody asserting his privilege in a country where it no longer matters, and in a situation where he no longer has the money to make it true, is over the top to the extent that it becomes a caricature. The rapid flip-flopping of his moods between domestic violence and honorable gentility while dramatic, is affected and awkward...