Review of What's the Matter with Kansas? (2009) by Benjamin F — 29 Mar 2011
As a documentary, What's the Matter with Kansas? is mostly non-judgmental. The core message rings clear in the end, though - that the middle and working class people of Kansas are, thanks in part to organizations like ultra-conservative megachurches, voting against their own best interests at every turn, while the state itself is a mess.
Ultimately, it's a diverse portrait of the Kansan people, and largely a depressing documentary with a few intelligent individuals and a lot of focus on extremely christian, extremely conservative people perfectly happy to live in a dangerously ignorant little bubble to their own harm and the harm of society.
In short, What's the Matter with Kansas? is a well-made documentary, but one that made me feel very sad and even more hopeless for this country. Ignorance condemns us all.
This review of What's the Matter with Kansas? (2009) was written by Benjamin F on 29 Mar 2011.
What's the Matter with Kansas? has generally received mixed reviews.
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