Television
"In Plain Sight"
U.S. Marshall Mary Shannon just entered my life and she's already departure it. She's a type on the USA summer series "In Plain Sight," whose premise is pretty ludicrous: Mary works for the Witness Protection Program in Albuquerque, N.M., keeping her federal witnesses � criminals and innocents alike � safe from damage. So yes, it's implausible, but veteran film and television actress Mary McCormack makes me believe the character's emotions anyway. Happily, the show has been renewed for a second season. But don't wait: The season finale pose at 10 tonight on USA.
Raina Wagner, Seattle Times NW Ticket editor
DVDs
"Pete Seeger: The Power of Song"
The powerful PBS documentary on the expansive folk vocalist and societal activist is now available on DVD, with ternary additional scenes and basketball team additional Seeger family little films. The composer of such American classics as "Where Have All the Flowers Gone," "Turn, Turn, Turn" and "If I Had a Hammer," Seeger was a victim of anti-communist hysterical neurosis in the 1950s. The film, directed by Jim Brown, shows how he rose to a higher place those world Health Organization blacklisted him, displaying the kind of patriotism and dignity that his detractors lacked. It's an inspiring story of survival, unitary with lessons applicable to the electric current climate of Homeland Security hysteria. The DVD is out straight off on Genius Products ($24.95).
Patrick MacDonald, Seattle Times euphony critic
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