Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Country Music, Episode 6

Episode six strikes me as the weakest of the series so far. It starts off promisingly enough, with George and Tammy, but bogs down soon afterwards. Far too much time and attention is given to Kris Kristofferson, a fairly minor songwriter. But Kristofferson can be made to fit into Burns' overall agenda, which here is political rather than musical. Burns wants to show the divisions in American society during these years and how they were reflected in country music. Then he can end on the usual high note, with the generations coming together in song. Well, maybe it's just me - this is history I'm old enough to remember, history I already know rather well. It's the first episode where I didn't learn anything new.

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