ReMastered: Tricky Dick and the Man in Black

Pat Buchanan has a voice in this. Isn't that enough to tell you this production was pointless? Nixon was a paranoid, vindictive a-hole, and good ole Christian Pat was a chief advisor. Surprised yet?

Johnny Cash was great. His family and closest colleagues tell us how great he was in the most hyperbolic terms possible. Are you now surprised?

Guess what. You're more than halfway through the production and nothing has happened thus far.

This was an exercise in futility. Not interesting. Unsurprising. Tedious. Perhaps another ReMastering is in order.

Interesting documentary about Johnny cash and president Nixon. The doc is short but very noncommittal on subject matter. Ranges from following Johnny cash and his political activism and his journey growing up, but also takes time to cover Nixon's presidency and the Vietnam war. Tries to establish a timeline on cash's performance at the White House and the state of the nation and how Cash impacts the social climate.

Not a bad way to spend an hour, but felt it could have done better to establish a clearer intention.

It was interesting and I love johnny cash but it was really unimportant

It's 1970. Johnny Cash is one of the most popular artists in America and Richard Nixon is in the White House. In order to shore up Southern votes Nixon invites Johnny Cash to perform at the White House. Cash seems a safe bet for Nixon as he seems to support the government and its policies. Nixon even goes so far as to make requests for two particular songs. Will Cash bend to the President's demands?

A documentary that's more interesting for its background information than the coverage of the central topic. The history of Johnny Cash, in particular his political and social stances is well done. How his poor, battling agricultural upbringing and his tragedies and tribulations shaped his life are also well explored.

Ditto how President Nixon's past and his current political struggles inform his actions are also well explored.

However, the main event - Cash performing at the White House - ultimately feels quite low-key. There's a degree of rebelliousness and individuality about Johnny Cash's actions but nothing extreme. It all feels a bit click-baity in the end.

Footage used in the show wasn't actually as it happened, the performance isn't the one Nixon saw, and witness accounts are fuzzy. Warm story but have to ask what is truth?