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Title: Mis-marketed: Should have been part of "The American Experience"
Review: I think most of the reviews here reflect that people came to this documentary with very different expecations. Many were expecting a thorough history of WW2, which is wasn't, and probably didn't intend to be. But Burns made things worse by being inconsistant himself as to what the documentary was about. I think the piece should have been heavily edited and shown as a part of "The American Experience."My added complaint, though is that I think the material was presented with too much over-ripe emotional manipulation (ala Spielberg who never trusts the material--or his audience--or both!) The series didn't let me decide for myself that this material was powerful--I had to be hit over the head with a hammer to make sure I knew it was!
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