runlindsayrun

Drama Drama Drama

I have a love-hate relationship with drama. I don't really care for it in my own life, and I have a difficult time tolerating really dramatic people. But I'm amused to observe drama unfolding elsewhere in the world.

There was all kinds of drama (the good kind) in The Post this morning:
A furious Bill Clinton is warning ABC that its mini-series "The Path to 9/11" grossly misrepresents his pursuit of Osama bin Laden - and he is demanding the network "pull the drama" if changes aren't made... "The content of this drama is factually and incontrovertibly inaccurate and ABC has the duty to fully correct all errors or pull the drama entirely," the four-page letter said... ABC spokesman Jonathan Hogan last night defended the miniseries as a "dramatization, not a documentary, drawn from a variety of sources, including the 9/11 commission report, other published materials and personal interviews." / "Many of the people who have expressed opinions about the film have yet to see it in its entirety or in its final broadcast form," he said. "We hope viewers will watch the entire broadcast before forming their own opinion." / Executive producer Marc Platt told The Washington Post that he worked "very hard to be fair. If individuals feel they're wrongly portrayed, that's obviously of concern. We've portrayed the essence of the truth of these events. Our intention was not in any way to be political or present a point of view." / The miniseries' creator and the 9/11 panel's former co-chairman, Tom Kean, who was a paid adviser on the film, said some scenes are made up and plan to include a statement at the show's beginning.

As I read, I had this feeling that everything in this article seemed vaguely familiar... And then realized quickly that this is the miniseries that Cait (my brother's significant other) worked on last year in Toronto and Morocco.

'The Path to 9/11' airs in two parts this Sunday and Monday on ABC.

L



Read the whole article for yourself at www.nypost.com.

posted by Lindsay @ 10:30 AM