Yup… just as there’s a boat for the wicked, there’s also a boat for the good.
Coming up with the list for the “good boat” just isn’t as much fun in general, but if I ever do set up such a boat, I will have to remember to save a seat for Ken Burns.
Just watched him on Rachel Maddow and was really impressed. He took a passing shot at Ayn Rand, praised FDR, skewered libertarianism, AND pointed out the good of Bedford Falls triumphing over Pottersville.
That I would like Ken Burns isn’t exactly a revelation… I own “The War,” have always wanted (but somehow never managed) to see “Baseball,” and I’ve always appreciated that his films blend a sort of Rockwell (Capra?) sense of Americanism with New Deal liberalism. That shouldn’t be nearly as rare as it is.
Ideology and sentiment aside, what history buff wouldn’t like Ken Burns? But seats on these hypothetical boats are hard to come by. Takes a lot to earn one – like, maybe a 5-minute interview that condemns both Ayn Rand and Mr. Potter.
