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Sep 26, 2003

The Blues, a seven-film PBS series debuting Sept. 28, is "overreaching and uneven," writes New York Times critic Elvis Mitchell. He faults the series for ignoring the racial shift of the music's fans. "[T]hat Chuck D finally appears on public television at a time when Public Enemy is as safe an oldies act as B. B. King may offer a hint as to what's in store."