Jazz

[jf noonan]

On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Dennis Perrin/Nancy Bauer wrote:
> 
> 
> The problem with Burns, apart from tone, is one of pacing.
> He tends to go deep in the early installments, and
> oftentimes comes up with very rich material.

I not only dislike Burns for his own work, but for the
pernicious influence he's had on the whole genre of PBSish
documentaries.  He created a style that was
commercially successful and now nearly everyone else apes the
style.