After seeing A MIGHTY WIND I went over to Rotten Tomatoes to check out the reviews. Most of them were favorable but clueless. A lot of people thought Mitch and Mickey were Sonny and Cher. One compared the Folksmen to the Chad Mitchell Trio, "only more political," which is wrong in so many ways I won't even go into it.

One mentioned that Ed Begley Jr.'s character was Swedish, with a penchant for dropping phrases in a foreign language into his conversation. Yes, that foreign language is Yiddish, and if you don't get the joke, go order a pastrami on Wonder Bread.

Another thought it was howlingly funny that the venue should be named "Town Hall," a brilliant stroke of satire. Uhh, Town Hall's a real place, 123 W. 43rd St., NYC. (Although the interiors in the film were shot at the Orpheum in LA, I believe.)

Most of the reviewers took it for granted that there was no more folk music of any sort being done anywhere, although one allowed that occasionally one of the old-timers would release a CD. I, on the other hand, was dumbfounded to find myself in a theatre in New York City with so many young people in the audience, even though they didn't laugh at Ramblin' Sandy Pitnick.

For those who enjoyed it, visit the website: http://amightywindonline.warnerbros.com/index.php

This features bios, album covers and lyrics, plus music and video clips. I was unable to appreciate the true awful genius of the lyrics without reading them.