Great insight into the roots and ongoing appeal of rabble-rousing reality TV.
A very entertaining, informative and relevant film for a day and age in which rabble-rousing reality television programming has become ever-present.
I'm not your stepping stone
The 2013 documentary EVOCATEUR: THE MORTON DOWNEY, JUNIOR, MOVIE depicts the trash television talk show host's rapid rise and fast fall. Living in New Jersey my whole life, I had forgotten THE MORTON DOWNEY, JR., SHOW, which originated on a Secaucus, N.J., station, did not even last two years. But, as this film depicts, the important thing to remember is that Downey broke the television shame barrier. While guest-insulting shows such as HOT SEAT with Wally George were limited to U.H.F. channels, THE MORTON DOWNEY, JR., SHOW moved that format to V.H.F. television, where Downey often asked a question of and insulted someone in the same breath.
An unchallenged, incorrect remark of one EVOCATEUR interview subject claims television's DONAHUE show, which ran from 1970 to 1996 and popularized the audience-centered T.V. interview program format still in vogue as I write this in September 2013, avoided provocative topics. Obviously that person did not see DONAHUE often, missing...
Great film!
Great look back at a show that took the country by storm. Unfortunately the show burned pug far too soon. Find out why in this documentary.
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