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By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 30 Oct 2008

Stricken with brain cancer in 1990, Atwater renounced his Machiavellian ways, but as Forbes points out, his legacy lives on in his eager proteges…

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By Matt Pais (1,519) for Metromix.com (1,085) on 30 Oct 2008

Both fascinating and upsetting, and makes you wish politics weren't so, well, political…

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By Jonathan Kiefer (305) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 30 Oct 2008

Positively brims over with sour-grapes hearsay and character assassination. But you just know he deserved it, right…

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By Cynthia Fuchs (1,328) for PopMatters (2,617) on 27 Oct 2008

Lee Atwater is remembered as brilliant or shameful, effective or destructive, his life part American Dream, part horror movie…

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By Loey Lockerby (139) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 23 Oct 2008

Boogie Man does not inspire pity for Atwater but sadness that a man of such talent wasted his life and learned his lesson too late…

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By Private U (13,627) on 22 Oct 2008

Surprisingly fair, neither hit piece nor fluff piece. Certainly a cautionary tale for anyone of any party who wants to be an operative…

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By Glenda M (19) on 20 Oct 2008

A good look at a rotten person--fabulous bookend to W…

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By Robert Koehler (477) for Variety (12,700) on 17 Oct 2008

Deeply influential, even to his enemies, Atwater's career is viewed here with fascination and some sympathy…

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By Heather M (2,904) on 06 Oct 2008

This film is really a must-see. I had no idea who the guy was, but he's the evil genius behind Karl Rove…

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By Bob Strauss (787) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 02 Oct 2008

It's good the film exposes his methods, especially with the final stretch of our current election cycle upon us…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 28 Sep 2008

Director Stefan Forbes interviews a slew of victims and beneficiaries of the Atwater attack machine and, in the process, gives us an even-handed…

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By Dana Stevens (1,435) for Slate (2,081) on 25 Sep 2008

Boogie Man is nonetheless required viewing for anyone obsessed with the 2008 race…

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By Pete Hammond (936) for Boxoffice Magazine (2,896) on 25 Sep 2008

A must for political junkies and anyone interested in the inner workings of the way we elect presidents…

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By Jeannette Catsoulis (1,537) for New York Times (5,786) on 25 Sep 2008

Generous in spirit and nimble in technique, this riveting documentary about the Republican operative (who died of a brain tumor in 1991) reveals…

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Review of Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story (2008)

By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 16 Sep 2008

If you want to hear juicy inside tales of the scams devised by Lee Atwater, the right-wing visionary of media-age dirty tricks, you'll find…

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