“Guns, Germs and Steel” on TV
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 07.11.05 | 11:08 AM ET
A three-part National Geographic television series based on Jared Diamond’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book Guns, Germs and Steel debuts tonight on many PBS stations. The book explores why different civilizations developed as they did, and it’s a fascinating read. The television series sounds promising, but at least one critic was unimpressed. In The Washington Post, Stephen Reiss writes that the approach makers of the series took—they included historical reenactments, among other things—just doesn’t work. “Indeed,” he writes, “those of a certain age might feel they’re watching the modern equivalent of a school filmstrip: ponderous in pace, with its didacticism guaranteed to be 100 percent sugar-free.”
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Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.
Michael Balter 07.26.05 | 9:36 AM ET
I thought you might be interested in seeing my review of the PBS program in July 8 Science. You can access a text version on my Web site at:
http://www.michaelbalter.com/NeolithicNews/07_25_2005|Review_of_Guns_Germs_and_Steel.php
all best, Michael Balter, Science
http://www.michaelbalter.com