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EVOCATEUR: THE MORTON DOWNEY, JR. MOVIE
August 20, 2015  | By David Bianculli

CNN, 9:00 p.m. ET

 
Morton Downey, Jr. was the host of a TV talk show in the late Eighties, one that fanned the flames of televised incivility to previously uncharted levels. This documentary looks at the personality, and the programs he hosted, to analyze a period in TV that is both unsettling and unfortunate. And according to TVWW contributor Ed Bark, who’s seen Evocateur in advance, I’m in there somewhere, in vintage TV footage discussing Downey, back when I was about the age my son is now. For a full review of this documentary, see Ed Bark’s Uncle Barky’s Bytes.
 
 
 
 
 
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