I don't because I have not yet seen it.
That's just the problem.... the film contains dialogue, much of it completely fictional and fabricated, and since you and I and everybody else have little idea what Reagan actually said, behind the scenes, day in and day out, how can you separate fact from fiction? CBS' dilemma is not one of censorship but one of accuracy. Do they present something as historical drama which completely invents comments, quotations, etc.? Do they present as fiction something they think people will believe is fact?
Simply saying "let me judge for myself" isn't the answer without some presentation of the material as true or false or a mixture of the two. If I watch a docudrama on JFK or Abraham Lincoln, I have no idea if the things they say are really quotes from them or something the writer made up. In the case of Reagan, reportedly there are some pretty callous things they have the Reagan character say which no one, not even his detractors, claim he said at the time. How does that help you make up your mind whether the film is accurate? We weren't there, so we have to rely on the network to label it properly, or not, at the cost of its own reputation. |
