This new documentary on American Masters is yet another reason PBS is needed. It covers his life, starting with the myths about his death started by the obituary about him, published by one of his biggest rivals. Much of it stuck and shows the current trend of getting misinformation out before the facts and repeating it has always worked on the gullible public.
They don't shy away from his faults but they also point out he created a persona that didn't really reflect who he was in his personal life. The recitations of some of his works are very well done and not read as horror tales for Halloween but as human stories with real emotion behind them.
2 hours well spent watching.
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