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You couldn't changeRonald Reagan. We just made sure thathe never got off script. It was...

You couldn't change
Ronald Reagan. We just made sure that
he never got off script. It was our job to protect
him, protect him from himself. [crowd] We want
Reagan, we want Reagan. [crowd cheering]

Full Transcript

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You couldn't change Ronald Reagan.
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We just made sure that he never got off script.
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It was our job to protect him, protect him from himself.
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[crowd] We want Reagan, we want Reagan.
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[crowd cheering]
Duration
18 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:02:39
Uploaded
Jun 02, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
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 • E02 [Lopez] 16 years later, - The Reagans 00:23
[Lopez] 16 years later,
S01 • E01 He was a caricature out of American culture. - The Reagans 00:49
He was a caricature out of American culture.
S01 • E01 [Reporter] Mr. President, - The Reagans 00:06
[Reporter] Mr. President,
S01 • E01 [Interviewer] Do you actually think of yourself - The Reagans 00:13
[Interviewer] Do you actually think of yourself
S01 • E01 How do you do, everybody? - The Reagans 00:29
How do you do, everybody?
S01 • E01 [Interviewer] What was it, Mr. Warner, - The Reagans 00:33
[Interviewer] What was it, Mr. Warner,
S01 • E01 That was an era when there were basically - The Reagans 00:32
That was an era when there were basically
S01 • E01 Suddenly, this hugely powerful gossip columnist - The Reagans 00:50
Suddenly, this hugely powerful gossip columnist
S01 • E01 Louella Parsons not only becomes the stage mother - The Reagans 00:38
Louella Parsons not only becomes the stage mother
S01 • E01 He was very assiduous about editing and shaping his story - The Reagans 00:46
He was very assiduous about editing and shaping his story
S01 • E01 upbeat music - The Reagans 00:19
upbeat music
S01 • E01 Both of his parents were Roosevelt Democrats - The Reagans 00:20
Both of his parents were Roosevelt Democrats
S01 • E01 FDR had put his father and his brother to work - The Reagans 00:07
FDR had put his father and his brother to work
S01 • E01 We were poor. - The Reagans 00:57
We were poor.
S01 • E01 In my father's version of the story, - The Reagans 00:49
In my father's version of the story,
S01 • E01 For Reagan, who held himself tight, - The Reagans 00:20
For Reagan, who held himself tight,
S01 • E01 [Ron] He trained himself to ignore the negative - The Reagans 00:10
[Ron] He trained himself to ignore the negative
S01 • E04 We recognize this as a form of illness and neurosis. - The Reagans 00:23
We recognize this as a form of illness and neurosis.
S01 • E04 [Alter] It was a political calculation - The Reagans 00:22
[Alter] It was a political calculation
S01 • E04 Reagan believed that he was President - The Reagans 00:40
Reagan believed that he was President