I’m with Troy Patterson of Slate — Spike Lee’s “When the Levees Broke” is superb, so far. (Part 2 airs tonight.) Going in I had misgivings about Lee’s take on the levee conspiracy theory. But this plays a short and pretty much insignificant role; author Doug Brinkley calls it an “urban myth” and that view isn’t really challenged.
Lee’s visual sense is stunning; his narrative is meticulous and fair-minded. No public figure emerges unscathed. The U.S. Coast Guard, however, is vindicated.
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