(johnmac -- This looks very interesting (to me anyhow); the review is from yesterday's (Saturday) New Tork Daily News)
http://www.nydailynews.com/08-28-2004/entertainment/ent_radio/story/226377p-194437c.html 'Duel' slow-paced but informative by Kay Gardella Has history misjudged Aaron Burr? That's the key question posed in "Duel: Hamilton vs. Burr" tomorrow night at 8 on the History Channel. The conflict between former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton and Vice President Aaron Burr escalated into a showdown in Weehawken, N.J., on July 4, 1804, that left Hamilton mortally wounded. This 90-minute special - narrated, co-produced and co-written by Richard Dreyfuss - offers educated opinions by a host of talking heads: journalist Richard Brookshire, author Gore Vidal, biographer Ron Chernow and numerous historians. Between Dreyfuss' narration and the commentary, the story is moved along verbally, not dramatically. Being talked at for nearly 90 minutes is trying, but the show is well-researched and passionate. Costumed actors appear as the feuding principals, occasionally speaking the words of Hamilton, Burr and even Thomas Jefferson, but more reenactments would have been better. The show does a good job of describing the different backgrounds of the two men. Hamilton was born out of wedlock and grew up in poverty on St. Croix; Burr came from an educated and influential New Jersey family. Both men distinguished themselves during the American Revolution - Hamilton at the Battle of Yorktown, Burr at the Battle of Quebec. Both became lawyers, living on Wall St. "Sometimes they were on the same side, sometimes on the opposite side," says Chernow, who describes both men as the same height, handsome and charming. Burr was called the first gentleman of the United States. How could these two brilliant men end up in a duel? What irreconcilable differences led to the tragedy, which, Dreyfuss reminds us, has since "cast Hamilton as a slain hero ... Burr as the notorious villain?" The program reviews the accomplishments of both men and their different beliefs about the role of the federal government - Hamilton supported a strong central authority, and Burr sided with Jefferson, who feared the Federalist Hamiltonians would infringe on individual liberties. On a more personal level, there were poison-pen attacks by Hamilton against Burr that ultimately ignited the duel. One historian, Arnold Rogow, believes that the rivalry not only caused the death of Hamilton, but ruined what could have been a brilliant career for Burr. "Burr will come into his due in the future," he says. "Not as a great man, but as an American who - had he been President - would have been a good President, perhaps one of the best in American history." Listen closely and you'll reap rewards from this informative and illuminating report on one of the more bizarre and tragic events in American history. All contents 2004 Daily News, L.P. *** FAIR USE NOTICE. 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