KEN BURNS' "PROHIBITION" IS ON PBS 10-2 TO 10-4 (8 PM MOST AREAS)

[gregg75]

This should be an interesting program. There is already a pretty good Prohibition show
(History channel I think) so topping it might not be an easy task.

 

[FRR]

Ken Burns always has interesting shows. I'm sure this will do well, even if it IS on PBS

 

[gregg75]

I didn't see the entire 3 night series but I was impressed with the program.

The old filmed footage of the 20's going forward was very interesting.

The show had an anti-prohibition slant and most of the country seemed to
be against it in this presentation.

 

[FreddyE1977]

has it been underwritten by Captain Morgan or by Budweiser? ;D

 

[gregg75]

Funny. There was a lot on the maffia in it, so that would be my top guess.

 

[landtuna]

I watched all three episodes earlier in the week. Typical excellent Burns' presentation.

I was surprised at the political bedfellows that combined to get the 18th amendment passed (would you believe the KKK supported prohibition?).

 

[Goat Rodeo Cowboy]

I was surprised at the political bedfellows that combined to get the 18th amendment passed (would you believe the KKK supported prohibition?).

Why would that surprise you? My understanding of history is that the church in America was the "central nervous system" of the organized support for Prohibition. In the old South there was no big wall between the church and the KKK. On the contrary, there was a lot of hand-holding between the two groups.

I haven't cranked up the DVR and made time yet to watch the series so it will be interesting to see how Ken Burns deal with "the church" and Prohibition.... and to see what other "power groups" were involved that I haven't heard about before.

 

[landtuna]

I was surprised at the political bedfellows that combined to get the 18th amendment passed (would you believe the KKK supported prohibition?).

Why would that surprise you? My understanding of history is that the church in America was the "central nervous system" of the organized support for Prohibition. In the old South there was no big wall between the church and the KKK. On the contrary, there was a lot of hand-holding between the two groups.

I haven't cranked up the DVR and made time yet to watch the series so it will be interesting to see how Ken Burns deal with "the church" and Prohibition.... and to see what other "power groups" were involved that I haven't heard about before.

While there was an obvious connection between the Dry's and various religious groups the only one I remember was that of the Presbyterians (whom I am guessing come in a poor total to that of the Baptists in the South).

The other astonishing thing I never knew was that one of the major proponents of Prohibition later reversed her position and became one of its most ardent critics.

 

[FreddyE1977]

the KKK in this part of the country (Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana) was every bit as much anti-Catholic
as it was anti-Black. In some areas perhaps even more so. And Catholics were typically thought of
as the "wet" religion at that time. Many Protestant churches were (at least officially) dry.

 

[therealjm12]

According to the program only two major Protestant denominations did not endorse prohibition. Episcopalian - which was part of the Church of England and certainly didn't want to get involved in it and Lutheran which was mostly made up of Germans and their descendants, who certainly did not see any problems with beer. Prohibition may have started out as a noble cause but quickly turned into a way of using politics to hurt the people and groups that you were prejudice against. Not to much different than what's going on in America today.

 

[Ultimajock]

I watched all three episodes earlier in the week. Typical excellent Burns' presentation.

...it *was* excellent, but Burns' works are not always so. The Civil War and Baseball were brilliant, but Jazz was a travesty...