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Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie

2012

Documentary Before entire networks were built on populist personalities; before reality morphed into a TV genre; the masses fixated on a single, sociopathic star: controversial talk-show host Morton Downey, Jr. In the late ‘80s, Downey tore apart the traditional talk format by turning debate of current issues into a gladiator pit. His blow-smoke-in-your-face style drew a rabid cult following, but also the title “Father of Trash Television.” ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"This fascinating show-business documentary brings its subject to life, warts and all, in a way that would no doubt have thoroughly pleased him"
		Joe Neumaier New York Daily News	"[A] punchy, enjoyably slanted chronicle of the troubled man, his times and his mission (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Keith Uhlich Time Out	"[A] fairly generic yet always absorbing doc (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		David Edelstein New York Magazine	"It's a riveting Oedipal tragedy"
		John Anderson Newsday	"Downey more or less vanished as quickly as he'd appeared. And yet, as anyone with a television knows, his legacy lives on (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"

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