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When Ken Burns received lavish praise for his multipart documentary films on the Civil War and baseball, he succeeded in large part by negotiating the often contentious views of the appropriate intellectuals, acknowledging their disagreements while maintaining the momentum of his story. But when he decided to make a similarly comprehensive...
Ken Burns's 'Jazz': Beautiful Music, but Missing a Beat
By KRIN GABBARDWhen Ken Burns received lavish praise for his multipart documentary films on the Civil War and baseball, he succeeded in large part by negotiating the often contentious views of the appropriate intellectuals, acknowledging their disagreements while maintaining the momentum of his story. But when he decided to make a similarly comprehensive...
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