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The Reagans

If you were watchingthe TV coverage, it looked likethat it was a riot. The optics of...

[Shearer] If you were watching
the TV coverage, it looked like
that it was a riot. The optics of it
for Reagan were great. It played into all the tropes
of the conservative movement about young people. [interviewer] Did you personally
agree with it? Yeah. I'm that generation. Bomb the bastards. [gunfire] [indistinct shouting] dramatic music [indistinct shouting] [helicopter propeller whirring]

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[Shearer] If you were watching the TV coverage,
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it looked like that it was a riot.
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The optics of it for Reagan were great.
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It played into all the tropes of the conservative movement
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about young people.
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[interviewer] Did you personally agree with it?
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Yeah. I'm that generation.
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Bomb the bastards.
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[gunfire]
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[indistinct shouting]
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dramatic music
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[indistinct shouting]
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[helicopter propeller whirring]
Duration
39 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:31:04
Uploaded
Jun 02, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
Altimeter Films,Showtime Documentary Films

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Movie Summary

A four-part documentary series that explores the many surprisingly unexamined aspects of the Reagan White House, and how Nancy Reagan's paper-doll image was at odds with the power she ultimately wielded throughout her husband's pr...
S01 • E01 He embraces a notion of the free market - The Reagans 00:21
He embraces a notion of the free market
S01 • E01 You have to remember Reagan was - The Reagans 00:37
You have to remember Reagan was
S01 • E01 [Narrator] In 1962, after eight years as GE spokesman - The Reagans 00:27
[Narrator] In 1962, after eight years as GE spokesman
S01 • E01 I think he really resented - The Reagans 00:14
I think he really resented
S01 • E01 Mrs. Reagan, your husband used to be a Democrat. - The Reagans 00:27
Mrs. Reagan, your husband used to be a Democrat.
S01 • E01 [crowds jeering] - The Reagans 00:42
[crowds jeering]
S01 • E01 Appearances are important. - The Reagans 00:44
Appearances are important.
S01 • E04 um, that people were feeling. - The Reagans 00:33
um, that people were feeling.
S01 • E04 [Sean] I can tell the president was shaken. - The Reagans 00:48
[Sean] I can tell the president was shaken.
S01 • E04 [Sean] Had he all the way taken the steps - The Reagans 00:22
[Sean] Had he all the way taken the steps
S01 • E01 It looks now, at this early day, like - The Reagans 00:10
It looks now, at this early day, like
S01 • E01 His story was one of a hero in his mind. - The Reagans 00:37
His story was one of a hero in his mind.
S01 • E04 [Alter] The Reagans understood - The Reagans 00:18
[Alter] The Reagans understood
S01 • E04 Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall. - The Reagans 00:32
Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.
S01 • E01 He lived in a world, - The Reagans 00:16
He lived in a world,
S01 • E01 And I don't find anybody as close as those two were. - The Reagans 00:08
And I don't find anybody as close as those two were.
S01 • E01 [Pilot] 727 transit flight to Sacramento, our state capital. - The Reagans 00:24
[Pilot] 727 transit flight to Sacramento, our state capital.
S01 • E01 [Nancy] California, what a wonderful state. - The Reagans 00:32
[Nancy] California, what a wonderful state.
S01 • E03 [woman] Clad in blue jeans, tennis shoes - The Reagans 00:35
[woman] Clad in blue jeans, tennis shoes
S01 • E01 tense rapid music - The Reagans 00:07
tense rapid music