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"The American Experience" (1988)Original Air Date:
27 January 2002 (Season 14, Episode 7)Plot:
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Same "Burnsian" format... but far more entertaining! moreCast
(Episode Cast overview, first billed only) | Cherry Jones | ... | Narrator (voice) |
| Julia Álvarez | ... | Herself |
| Sarah Banet-Weiser | ... | Herself |
 | Margaret Cho | ... | Herself |
| Kimberly Clarice Aiken | ... | Herself - Miss America 1994 (as Kimberly Aiken Cockerman) |
| Ric Ferentz | ... | Himself |
| William Goldman | ... | Himself |
| Vicki Gold Levi | ... | Herself |
| Leonard Horn | ... | Himself |
 | Lee Meriwether | ... | Herself - Miss America 1955 |
| Isaac Mizrahi | ... | Himself |
 | Mary Ann Mobley | ... | Herself - Miss America 1959 |
| Robin Morgan | ... | Herself |
| Kathy Peiss | ... | Herself |
| Tricia Rose | ... | Herself |
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Yolande Betbeze, Miss America 1951, states, in a contemporary talking-head interview, that she won the talent competition. The talent competition was actually won by Renee Roy, the only talent winner ever to do stand-up comedy. moreFAQ
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We saw this at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival some eight days ago as I write this review. This doc was produced for the American Experience on PBS and the format is the same Ric Burns/Ken Burns style to which we have grown all too accustomed over the years... however, this story has mercifully many more motion picture images and a lot more sass. With expectations of a documentary that covered a pageant from small-town dreams to the crooning of "there she is..." I was relieved they chose a different approach (apparently they shot alot of their own pageant footage but did not use much of it). This is a classic historical doc that tackles serious women's and civil rights issues. Very even-handed without pulling its punches... posing the contradictions of an event that has objectified women yet in some ways has liberated women as sexual beings. The interviews are great and some of the footage they found is laugh out loud funny... Highly recommended.