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Tuesday, December 18, 2007

TV Nader Documentary Tonight

Posted by Matt Davis on Tue, Dec 18 at 4:38 PM

OPB is screening “An Unreasonable Man,” a documentary on Ralph Nader, tonight at 9pm. It examines Nader’s painting as a megalomaniac by the Democratic party in the wake of Bush’s election in 2000, asking: “Was it him or was it us?” (It was “us,” dummy) and it should make interesting watching. Incidentally, George Bernard Shaw said it first, and I tend to agree with him, except when it comes to the behavior of other people:

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

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This is of the better political documentaries I've seen, and definitely worth watching. (For those interested, Scott Moore's review of the film is here.)

Posted by Erik Henriksen | December 18, 2007 4:57 PM

Wow, I found this film riveting. So much is covered that should have been covered in the press at the time of the 2000 and '04 elections. Like Nader being barred from the presidential debate despite the fact that he had a ticket and was supposed to do an interview with Fox news, Nader is called a "spoiler" an awful lot but that characterization is disingenuous at best. It was really interesting to see so many different sides to that debate.

Posted by Beer Batter | December 19, 2007 10:32 AM

That movie has been sitting in my Netflix que for some time. Maybe it's time to let it breathe and give "Let's go to Prison" and "Hot Rod" a break.

Posted by Jay Williams | December 19, 2007 11:37 AM

How many flicks are in your flix queue, Jay? Like, 5000?

Posted by Matt Davis | December 19, 2007 4:55 PM

I'm at the limit. It's just shy of 500 I think...

Posted by Jay W. | December 19, 2007 11:07 PM

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