Ric Burns's NEW YORK

[Grant Barrett]

Yeah, the dialects: some of the so-called Southern accents sound like the products
of speech coaches rather than upbringing.

It's also bad because, minus crapola images of no redeeming value that stay
on-screen about twice as long as necessary, redundant talking heads, glacial narration and
indulgent pauses, this could have been a tightly edited and exciting show about
one-third the length.

And I know Pete Hamill is a smart guy. I like him, and his writing, and his
toughness. But I hardly think he qualifies to speak as an expert on anything but an anecdotal
level of New York City history (excepting his lifespan, of course).


--
Grant Barrett, who recently found a color television on the street, took it home,
reconnected a single wire inside, and now has a perfectly working television.