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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat Critics Are Saying About the Ken Burns Documentary on the Trump Administration
What Critics Are Saying About the Ken Burns Documentary on the Trump AdministrationDaily Shouts, The New Yorker, By Sarah Hutto, January 3, 2018
In his latest documentary, Ken Burns exhaustively walks us through what felt like the longest Presidency in recent national history. In seven disks, totaling fifteen hours, we get to experience, once again, the journey from the Trump Administrations controversial beginnings up to its embarrassing final moments.
Heres what critics and viewers are saying:
Experiencing the Trump Presidency firsthand was traumatizing enough. Im not sure why anyone would want to watch this. I actually had to get up and take Tums four times during the first two disks, and then I turned it off. Burns is a great documentarian, but I dont understand why he thought this should be made.the Village Voice
This perfectly captured what being an American under the Trump Administration was like. If youve been fortunate enough to have stricken the Presidency from memory, this documentary will be great for reminding you of the importance of voting. But youll have to borrow your copy from someone else, because I already threw mine in the garbage. Nodont bother looking in the bin. I took it out to the curb and waited to see it get loaded into the truck this morning. Im safe now. Im finally safe. The DVDs are far away from me.The Atlantic
You wont learn anything new from this documentary. Its mostly just a rehashing of everything we survived, which seems sort of counterproductive at this point. Additionally, the bonus feature with the extra material about Mike Pence is just weird and unsettling. Rolling Stone
Heres what critics and viewers are saying:
Experiencing the Trump Presidency firsthand was traumatizing enough. Im not sure why anyone would want to watch this. I actually had to get up and take Tums four times during the first two disks, and then I turned it off. Burns is a great documentarian, but I dont understand why he thought this should be made.the Village Voice
This perfectly captured what being an American under the Trump Administration was like. If youve been fortunate enough to have stricken the Presidency from memory, this documentary will be great for reminding you of the importance of voting. But youll have to borrow your copy from someone else, because I already threw mine in the garbage. Nodont bother looking in the bin. I took it out to the curb and waited to see it get loaded into the truck this morning. Im safe now. Im finally safe. The DVDs are far away from me.The Atlantic
You wont learn anything new from this documentary. Its mostly just a rehashing of everything we survived, which seems sort of counterproductive at this point. Additionally, the bonus feature with the extra material about Mike Pence is just weird and unsettling. Rolling Stone
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What Critics Are Saying About the Ken Burns Documentary on the Trump Administration (Original Post)
teach1st
Jan 2018
OP
"We're warning you: we'll send you these DVDs unless you make a donation to your local PBS station."
mahatmakanejeeves
Jan 2018
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mahatmakanejeeves
(57,586 posts)1. "We're warning you: we'll send you these DVDs unless you make a donation to your local PBS station."
exboyfil
(17,865 posts)2. My favorite line
Ill probably go back to the Civil War documentary next year, because it's more uplifting.Richard Murray, Vermont
niyad
(113,527 posts)3. thanks. I needed that!!
brush
(53,836 posts)4. When did this allegedly come out, and what's meant by "embarrasing final moments"?
teach1st
(5,935 posts)5. It has something to do with Twinkies
And it is satire.
I liked it when he got caught in the end.Joey, age six, Maryland
renate
(13,776 posts)6. I got hopeful too, but this is satire
Darn it.
Stallion
(6,476 posts)7. I've Been Wondering About This Since Day1
I love the American Experience The Presidents Series-but how can this story be told in the usual format
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)8. "'I liked it when he got caught in the end.'Joey, age six, Maryland"