"The War" at home
Your Mayor has received a number of calls in recent days regarding his coverage of the Ken Burns’ docu-epic “The War,” all of them responding to the sidebar story on the controversy over Burns’ not interviewing Latino soldiers for the 15-hour film until an outcry arose.
Three of them came early Sunday morning from one individual, who just kept calling and pretty much saying the same thing over and over: “What is the guy, an idiot or what? Sh!t. … Ah, man, what an @sshole. … I ain’t gonna watch it.”
Fair enough, but then said caller implied that I had something to do with the film, and started insulting me. “That oughta get you a little upset, won’t it? You probably won’t even respond. … @sshole.”
A few minutes later, he called back: “I’m sure you had some input. … What are you? Daily Breeze? L.A. Times?”
Well, you’re right, sir; I won’t respond, but mainly because you never left your name and couldn’t bother to confirm what news outlet I did the story for.
He may not have watched, but an estimated 15.5 million did on Sunday, with a total of 18.7 million when viewership of the repeat immediately after the premiere is figured in. That beat everything else on Sunday, except of course for football.
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David Kronke was appointed Mayor of Television after a bloodless coup in 2000. Since then, he has improved infrastructure, championed greater educational opportunities and fought for reforms that have utterly erased corruption and incompetence from the television industry. Since Mr. Kronke has ascended to power, Television is a far better place.
Yet another opportunity for Latinos to whine and get their panties in a bunch over "exclusion." Hey, I felt excluded yesterday when I went into a Barnes & Noble and they were blaring Gloria Estefan's new Spanish album over the speakers. But, did I complain? No; I just left.
My only beef with "The War" is the way it's being presented over consecutive nights (8, 10?) during season premiere week. That was a bad move. It would have garnered more attention as a summer series, aired one episode per week. We're not in 1977 anymore and living without cable TV, as when "Roots" could well, root us all to our TVs every night in rapt attention.
What I've managed to catch of "The War" is very good, but I'm missing bits and pieces already. Maybe they just wanted us all to buy the DVD?