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the same sentimentality and earnestness he throws over every subject" (James Collins, Time ). Techniques recycled from Burns' documentaries on baseball and the Civil War--including background fiddle music and actors reading wistful letters--are singled out as especially grating.
They are not simply characters who display contrived earnestness and advertise virtues they don't have, like the big smile and self-bestowed nickname Honest John , your friendly usedcar dealer.
Time 's Ginia Bellafante says the show "seesaws--often uncomfortably--between earnestness and camp."
But the fawning often stems from a naked earnestness like Bill Bradley's.
His wealth is beside the point; it's his moral earnestness that grates.