I'm not a Ken Burns' afficianado by any means, but this sounds like a total cop out. If Mr. Burns neglected to talk about people like Kirby Puckett and Pete Rose in his baseball documentary, I'll give that statement credit. If not, he's a raging hypocrite and not a historian. n8
> Ken Burns: Yes, very much so, and we think quite effectively. Though I tend > to agree with your viewpoint of it. The article in USA TODAY listed but a > fraction of the movements, areas and types of jazz that we cover. > > However, this is a history, and so the bulk of our series is pre-1970. I > consider the modern era the province of contemporary critics and > journalists. Not enough water has passed under the bridge to make historical > judgements of the past 30 years.
