The SF Chronicle vs. The "Chicago 10"

by Marc Norton via Beyond Chron

Thu, Mar 6, 2008 7:55AM

Thursday, March 6, 2008 : The moniker after Mick LaSalle's name says "Chronicle Movie Critic." Is that little bald man, sitting straight-backed, stiff-necked in his chair, hat in his lap, a picture of LaSalle? The movie page editors headlined his February 29 review: "‘Chicago 10' Painted As Heroes, But They Come Off as Obnoxious." Oy vey.

Millions murdered in a crazy war on the other side of the world by that infamous President from Texas (Lyndon "How many boys did you kill today?" Johnson, not today's imposter George W. Bush), thousands and thousands of young draftees thrown into the vortex of slaughter -- and Abbie Hoffman is obnoxious?

Brett Morgen's docu-drama, "Chicago 10," is an edge-of-your-seat sight to behold, full of archival footage straight from the streets of the 1968 Democratic convention in Richard Daly's police state Chicago. No talking heads here, folks.

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