At the time I did not love or hate the Chicks, in fact I had only a vague notion of who they were as I am not a country music fan (still not to this day). And I was a serviceman serving in California when the controversy started. I also like to think myself cold, objective, and not blindly patriotic. One of the many freedoms I protect (possibly the most important) is free speech. Unpopular speech is the type that actually needs legal protection because people will try to take it away from you, especially in the middle of a war or chaotic times. I respect that the Chicks made a statement and defended it when the rest of the nation was in a blind frenzy. The incidents after the statement are also a shining example of how America is actually a nation filled with dumb angry zealots and thats our real problem, not outside terrorists or weapons of mass destruction.
Having said all that: This documentary never really dives too deeply into any of that material. It leaves out all kinds of negative and positive incidents that occurred immediately after the statement. It actually spends a great deal of screen time just watching the Chicks go about their business as usual , I guess in an attempt to humanize them.
I still need a good documentary about what happened to them and in America and around the world. But a cold objective look at their lives would have to come from the outside, probably without their assistance.
Having said all that: This documentary never really dives too deeply into any of that material. It leaves out all kinds of negative and positive incidents that occurred immediately after the statement. It actually spends a great deal of screen time just watching the Chicks go about their business as usual , I guess in an attempt to humanize them.
I still need a good documentary about what happened to them and in America and around the world. But a cold objective look at their lives would have to come from the outside, probably without their assistance.