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Television Review: Ken Burns’s “Benjamin Franklin” — Gauzy Soft-Core Patriotism

Corporate anti-racism – Bank of America is a major sponsor for the documentary – causes Ken Burns to pull his punches.

By: Dan Lazare Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review, Television Tagged: American racism, Bank of Boston, Benjamin Franklin, Dan Lazare, Ken Burns, PBS

Television Review: “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood” — A Well-Stocked Emotional Toolbox

Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood has become one of our central gospels of child-rearing.

By: James Norton Filed Under: Featured, Review, Television Tagged: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, James Norton, PBS

Television Review: “Beecham House” — A Steamy Passage to India

As a potentially thoughtful drama (hey, this is PBS) set during a revolutionary and colonialist era, Beecham House falls as flat as papadum.

By: Sarah Osman Filed Under: Featured, Review, Television Tagged: Beecham House, Gurinder Chadha, PBS, Sarah Osman

WATCH CLOSELY: “Blood Sugar Rising” — Sweet Sorrow

Blood Sugar Rising deals with difficult subject matter, but steel yourself to view this engaging and educational look at a growing public health crisis.

By: Peg Aloi Filed Under: Featured, Review, Television Tagged: Blood Sugar Rising, diabetes, PBS

Music Commentary: Ken Burns’ “Country Music” — Superb Cinematic Storytelling

Country Music digs into the rich, deep dirt of a music with a complicated past, a hybrid genre soaked in soulful suffering, twangy glory, and times both high and tough.

By: Daniel Gewertz Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Folk, Music, Popular Music Tagged: Country Music, Daniel Gewertz, Ken Burns, PBS

WATCH CLOSELY: PBS’ “Jamestown” — Glossy Heritage TV

Jamestown is a vividly timely reminder that anyone who calls themselves an “American” is actually descended from immigrants.

By: Peg Aloi Filed Under: Featured, Review, Television Tagged: "Watch Closely", Jamestown, PBS, Peg Aloi

Dance Preview: “Black Ballerina” — Sparking Conversations about Dance and Race

“Tokenism also plays into this issue. Some companies are hiring one dancer of color and they think they’ve done diversity.”

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Dance, Featured, Interview, Preview, Television Tagged: Amanda Smith, Ashley Murphy, Bianca Fabré, Black Ballerina, Charlotte Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Delores Browne, Frances McElroy, Janine Parker, Jean-Pierre Bonnefou, Joan Myers Brown, PBS, Pennsylvania Ballet, Philadanco, Raven Wilkinson, Roy Kaiser, Shirley Road Productions, Virginia Johnson

Film Interview: Rory Kennedy defends “Last Days in Vietnam”

Not everybody loves the documentary Last Days in Vietnam. Director Rory Kennedy responds to some of the criticism.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Film, Interview Tagged: documentary, PBS, Peter Keough, Rory Kennedy, The Last Days in Vietnam, Vietnam-War

Short Fuse News: “The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross” — A PBS Series Not to be Missed

In the first episode, Henry Louis Gates Jr. takes viewers back to Africa to talk, not as has been done before, with Africans whose forebears were lost to slavery but with descendants of Africans who grew rich on slave trade.

By: Harvey Blume Filed Under: Fuse News Tagged: Henry Louis Gates, PBS, Short Fuse, The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross

Book News: Forget the Insufferable “Mr. Selfridge” — Turn to Zola’s “The Ladies’ Paradise” Instead

Mr. Selfridge drives me nuts because the storyline, the rise of a mercantile empire, calls for edgy  Darwinian conflict rather than paternal benevolence sprinkled with layers of powered soap opera.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Books, Fuse News, Television, World Books Tagged: Emile Zola, Mr. Selfridge, PBS, The Ladies' Paradise, The Paradise

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