Is Ken Burns a secret propagandist for socialism?
But Time magazine’s James Poniewozik, a columnist full of iconoclastic ideas about TV and pop culture, has come up with a brilliant take on “National Parks” that has suddenly aroused my interest in the series. In his mind, the “National Parks” project isn’t just another Burns snoozefest that, as Poniewozik slyly puts it, finds the filmmaker “passionately arguing positions almost everyone agrees with.” The series is actually an ingenious refutation of the popular conservative belief that big government is evil, outmoded and unnecessarily involved in ruling our lives.