Jazz

[Carl Remick]

>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.

Yes, Burns' style is stultifyingly formulaic.  But in this case I prefer to 
focus on the often valuable message and ignore the messenger.  One thing for 
sure is that Burns' muscial taste has improved.  I gave up on his Civil War 
series about halfway through because I couldn't stand that mournful fiddle 
playing any longer.

Carl

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