Maxi-Flop - CBS's "Reagan" mini-series

Maxi-Flop - CBS's "Reagan" mini-series has some interesting backers:

CBS entertainment chief Les Moonves insists that Democrat diva Barbra Streisand didn't have anything to do with the insulting portrayal of President Reagan and his wife Nancy in his network's upcoming biopic "The Reagans."

But only four months ago the anti-Republican songstress was described in mainstream press reports as "tight" with the Reagan-bashing film's producers, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron.

And, by all accounts, the series shows it.

George Putnam excoriates CBS's Reagan miniseries.

One of a wallet-ful of money paragraphs:

"Reagan played right guard on his college football team. Next to him at the center position was the only man of color on the team. The night before an important out-of town game, Reagan's team was to be given a steak dinner. As they sat down to eat, the restaurant owner approached the man of color and said, 'You can have your dinner, but you've got to eat it in the kitchen.'

Quietly furious, Reagan asked his fellow teammates to each contribute a few dimes and nickels so they could leave and go elsewhere for dinner ... and then the team walked out en masse, went down the street to a local hamburger joint and that was their dinner. The next day they enjoyed a smashing victory. Just one small incident of many showing where Ronnie Reagan came from."

Many more observations worth reading.

Posted by Mitch at November 3, 2003 06:01 AM