[Peace-discuss] The times they are not a'changin'

[C. G. Estabrook]

Absolutely correct.

The awful Frank Rich however illustrates the Peter Principle: he started as 
theatre critic and here leads with an observation on one of the best recent 
dramatic television series (a literary form that is ca. 2010 CE roughly where 
the English language stage play was ca. 1610 CE) - "Mad Men."

Do not miss the beginning of their 4th season tonight at 9pm on cable network 
AMC. The episode Rich refers to - & which he saw an advance screening of - takes 
place at Thanksgiving 1964.  Not the least of the attractions of the series is 
how well they've captured the mise-en-scène - clothes, settings, language, etc. 
(I was there: I know.) And even the politics - Vietnam has actually (accurately) 
been mentioned already.  --CGE


On 7/25/10 7:24 AM, David Green wrote:
> Both Republicans and Democrats desperately want race to be the issue. Sherrod
> got caught in the middle of that:
>
> "This country was rightly elated when it elected its first African-American
> president more than 20 months ago. That high was destined to abate, but we
> reached a new low last week. What does it say about America now, and where it is
> heading, that a racial provocateur, wielding a deceptively edited video, could
> not only smear an innocent woman but make every national institution that
> touched the story look bad? The White House, the N.A.A.C.P. and the news media
> were all soiled by this episode. Meanwhile, the majority of Americans, who
> believe in fundamental fairness for all, grapple with the poisonous residue left
> behind by the many powerful people of all stripes who served as accessories to a
> high-tech lynching."
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/opinion/25rich.html?ref=opinion
>
> The title applied to the article is somewhat ironic, considering the imminence
> of Vietnam in the summer of 64, and the (unmentioned) wars now.
>
> DG