Fresh
Fascinating to a political junkie like me who wasn't aware of the game back then.
Luke Y. Thompson, L.A. Weekly
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Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story
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Boogie Man is a comprehensive look at political strategist, racist, and former Republican National Convention Committee chairman, Lee Atwater, who reinvigorated the Republican Party’s Southern Strategy to increase political support among white voters in the South by appealing to racism against African Americans. He mentored Karl Rove and George W. Bush and played a key role in the elections of Reagan and George H.W. Bush.
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Fresh
Director Stefan Forbes has assembled a brilliantly complex portrait that shines an unnerving light on the man who painted the landscape of contemporary American politics.
Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com
Fresh
By the end of Forbes' brisk, economical portrait, Atwater has been revealed as a repugnant and pathetic soul--and a political visionary, among the first to fully understand and harness the raw power of voters' fears.
Jessica Reaves, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
Conventional but absorbing.
Nathan Rabin, AV Club
Fresh
Stricken with brain cancer in 1990, Atwater renounced his Machiavellian ways, but as Forbes points out, his legacy lives on in his eager proteges Karl Rove and George W. Bush.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
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