Slightly P: Chick Lit: Ken Burns//The Vietnam War

[Mark Kohut]

Some of you may have heard the term Counterfly used by the vet pilot--not
named Chick-- to describe one kind of mission they flew.
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On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 10:31 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> Doesn't bother me.
>
> On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 9:27 PM Smoke Teff <smoketeff at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> FWIW, I believe there are slightly separate versions--one somewhat
>> censored/edited for American broadcast, one not.
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 8:41 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I've only watched E1, but the depth of analysis of all the factors
>>> leading up to US engagement was superb, that history sprinkled in between w
>>> vital footage of our troops after engagement.  Really in depth stuff, and
>>> artful.
>>>
>>> David Morris
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 8:31 PM Smoke Teff <smoketeff at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Admittedly this is with the caveat that I didn't live the time and am
>>>> not anywhere near the student of history some of you people are, so I'm not
>>>> great at detecting slant nor slight where that's concerned, but two
>>>> episodes into the doc series and it's very compelling to me, mostly on
>>>> human, storytelling, and purely filmic levels. More apex than reinvention
>>>> of the Ken Burns genre.
>>>>
>>>
>>
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