WCP: Review of "The Nine Lives of Marion Barry"
Jason Cherkis of the Washington City Paper did a review of the new Marion Barry documentary, "The Nine Lives of Marion Barry". Overall he wasn't that impressed with the results. Considering the subject thats not too surprising. To read the review click HERE. Including an excerpt of the article below.
HBO will be airing this documentary on August 10th @9pm. To learn more visit the documentary's official website HERE. You can be sure The Advoc8te will be sure to set "record"on the DVR.
Excerpt:
"The dirty little secret is that Barry is terrible on the subject of himself. We are left with tons of film of a man mumbling platitudes—up close, he is a bore—and no understanding of why he continues to win elections. It’s not because people see themselves—or family members—in his failings. It could be because for more than a decade he let a population go without a decent education, let crack rule, and ensured that no upstarts be groomed to replace him. Whatever the answer, the filmmakers don’t find it."