Ken Burns' portrait of Louisiana governor/U.S. senator Huey Long.Ken Burns' portrait of Louisiana governor/U.S. senator Huey Long.Ken Burns' portrait of Louisiana governor/U.S. senator Huey Long.
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Huey Long: I have the pleasure to undertake to describe to you--
[A photographer's flashbulb explodes with a loud bang and a flash. A long pause and laughter from all.]
Huey Long: Now you see there? That bomb didn't explode until tonight.
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"Huey Long" (1985) by Ken Burns tried to defame and demonize Huey Long, but failed...Long was a "good guy," and this doc shows that
Oct. 2012
"Huey Long" (1985) by Ken Burns tried to defame and demonize Huey Long, but failed...Long was a "good guy," and this doc shows that.
U.S. Senator (and former Lousinana governor) Huey P. Long was an opponent of Franklin Roosevelt, and might have won the 1936 USA Presidentail election, but he was murdered in cold blood in front of dozens of people in September of 1935, the year before the 1936 election.
Revisionist history instructs us all (especially if we attended government schools, which always provide doctrinaire political viewpoints when USA history is taught) to revere President Franklin Roosevelt and all he did (nobody much now questions the USA entering World War II which killed half a million USA citizens in less than 4 years, even though most of pre-WWII America opposed entering the war, and many historians opine that Roosevelt engineered and manipulated USA entrance into that war...many state that entrance into WWII was neither desirable nor justified).
That same revisionist history demonized Sen. Huey P. Long, and anti-Long slogans from his opponents have made their way into post WWII history books and movies and become "respected facts." The Ken Burns "Huey Long" (1985) tries to be anti-Long, but fails.
Many anti-Long partisans, some very famous and influential, state the anti-Long case, but somehow, they are not believable.
What comes through in this documentary, in spite of the obvious bias of the filmmakers who present it, is that Sen. Huey P. Long was a man of astonishing ability and accomplishment who had goals many politicians of the 1930's and later stated they shared, but came much closer to delivering on his public promises than most others stating they shared his same "redistribute the wealth" agenda ever did.
Huey Long delivered.
That is the unmistakable message of this documentary.
The anti-Long sentiment and invective melts away in the face of that message, and the considerable evidence which supports it.
He was a good man who died young, and people hoping for good people part of politics in the USA's future can and should remember who he was, and how close he came to getting national leadership power, and using it well.
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Written by SAG Actor Tex (David) Allen.
Email to TexAllenRocketmail.Com
Visit WWW.IMDb.Me/TexAllen for movie actor credits and biography information.
"Huey Long" (1985) by Ken Burns tried to defame and demonize Huey Long, but failed...Long was a "good guy," and this doc shows that.
U.S. Senator (and former Lousinana governor) Huey P. Long was an opponent of Franklin Roosevelt, and might have won the 1936 USA Presidentail election, but he was murdered in cold blood in front of dozens of people in September of 1935, the year before the 1936 election.
Revisionist history instructs us all (especially if we attended government schools, which always provide doctrinaire political viewpoints when USA history is taught) to revere President Franklin Roosevelt and all he did (nobody much now questions the USA entering World War II which killed half a million USA citizens in less than 4 years, even though most of pre-WWII America opposed entering the war, and many historians opine that Roosevelt engineered and manipulated USA entrance into that war...many state that entrance into WWII was neither desirable nor justified).
That same revisionist history demonized Sen. Huey P. Long, and anti-Long slogans from his opponents have made their way into post WWII history books and movies and become "respected facts." The Ken Burns "Huey Long" (1985) tries to be anti-Long, but fails.
Many anti-Long partisans, some very famous and influential, state the anti-Long case, but somehow, they are not believable.
What comes through in this documentary, in spite of the obvious bias of the filmmakers who present it, is that Sen. Huey P. Long was a man of astonishing ability and accomplishment who had goals many politicians of the 1930's and later stated they shared, but came much closer to delivering on his public promises than most others stating they shared his same "redistribute the wealth" agenda ever did.
Huey Long delivered.
That is the unmistakable message of this documentary.
The anti-Long sentiment and invective melts away in the face of that message, and the considerable evidence which supports it.
He was a good man who died young, and people hoping for good people part of politics in the USA's future can and should remember who he was, and how close he came to getting national leadership power, and using it well.
--------------
Written by SAG Actor Tex (David) Allen.
Email to TexAllenRocketmail.Com
Visit WWW.IMDb.Me/TexAllen for movie actor credits and biography information.
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- Oct 22, 2012
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