Confessions of a Recovering Hollywood Columnist
By HOLLIE McKAY
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“Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story,” which opens Friday at Cinema Village, is a comprehensive look at its titular subject, the blues guitar-playing political rogue whose rambunctious rise from local elections in South Carolina to chairman of the Republican Party made him a household name. He mentored Karl Rove and President Bush and played a crucial role in the elections of presidents Reagan and George H.W. Bush. Before dying in 1991, at age 40, of a brain tumor, Atwater invented or augmented many of the techniques of modern electoral politics, including the dissemination of unflattering rumors and attempts to drive up opponents’ “negative” poll numbers.
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|“Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story,” which opens Friday at Cinema Village, is a comprehensive look at its titular subject, the blues guitar-playing political rogue whose rambunctious rise from local elections in South Carolina to chairman of the Republican Party made him a household name. He mentored Karl Rove and President Bush and played a crucial role in the elections of presidents Reagan and George H.W. Bush. Before dying in 1991, at age 40, of a brain tumor, Atwater invented or augmented many of the techniques of modern electoral politics, including the dissemination of unflattering rumors and attempts to drive up opponents’ “negative” poll numbers.
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