Although I immensely enjoyed & admired this film, I was struck by
a curious omission: there is neither an appearance by nor a
reference to Hubert Humphrey, LBJ's VP at the time. Even his
appearance at the opening inaugural ball would have helped. If
his role were insignificant or non-existent, there should have been
some reference to this; if he tried to persuade LBJ to withdraw our
troops from Vietnam & were shut out of further counseling
sessions because of this, that too should have been mentioned.
When HH ran as Dem prez candidate in 1968, he was burdened
by the war just as LBJ would have been. If there were a line about
Humphrey (& 1 or 2 lines might be all that would be necessary), I
missed it. Or were there legal problems that made the director or
writer or producer determine not to allude to him?
a curious omission: there is neither an appearance by nor a
reference to Hubert Humphrey, LBJ's VP at the time. Even his
appearance at the opening inaugural ball would have helped. If
his role were insignificant or non-existent, there should have been
some reference to this; if he tried to persuade LBJ to withdraw our
troops from Vietnam & were shut out of further counseling
sessions because of this, that too should have been mentioned.
When HH ran as Dem prez candidate in 1968, he was burdened
by the war just as LBJ would have been. If there were a line about
Humphrey (& 1 or 2 lines might be all that would be necessary), I
missed it. Or were there legal problems that made the director or
writer or producer determine not to allude to him?