Review – The Men Who Killed Kennedy

So the Warren Commission’s pepper was full of fly shit. Who knew? Seriously, this is a laborious, six-part (five shot in the late 80s plus a follow-up made for the History Channel) dissection of every little angle of the Kennedy assassination. The evidence points to some sort of conspiracy to shoot the President and/or cover up some aspects of the killing. I’d be the last to argue against the notion that something fishy seemed to have been going on back in 1963. But many of the characters interviewed for this series seem to have spent so much time obsessing over small problems that they’ve lost track of the need for the big picture. Further, some have gotten so caught up in their “angles” that they can’t see how bizarre their conclusions have become. On the other hand, the documentary becomes all the more entertaining thanks to the inclusion of the ranters and the weepers and other assorted crazies. A lot of the old footage is interesting too. Mildly amusing