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Rumpus Book ClubBurns Gets Burned
Remember all those VHS tapes that added up to a compendium of everlasting Civil War knowledge?
It turns out Ken Burns’ Civil War documentary series isn’t entirely accurate, but in fact, “deeply misleading and reductive.” This may feel like a betrayal for those of us who were weaned on his sentimental historical depictions, or mesmerized by the zooming in and out of battle scene paintings. On the plus side, discounting the lack of historical accuracy, it’s always awesome to hear Morgan Freeman’s voice-overs.
June 9th, 2011 at 11:42 am
Morgan Freeman? David McCullough narrated The Civil War, and Keith David has narrated most of Burns’ other films.
June 9th, 2011 at 11:51 am
The narrator is David McCullough, not Morgan Freeman.
June 9th, 2011 at 12:05 pm
Morgan Freeman does the Frederick Douglass bit, though.
June 9th, 2011 at 3:27 pm
MORGAN FREEMAN?!!!!? What? Just kidding, he was the best part of the series. Shame on the first two commenters.