Towery: Mr. Boortz's Opus: Why Talk Radio Really Matters

[Terri]

By Matt Towery
November 5, 2009

Back in the '90s, an admittedly sappy movie was made for less than $7 million, but it reaped over $80 million at the box office. "Mr. Holland's Opus" starred Richard Dreyfuss as a high school music teacher who tenaciously plodded along the daily grind of teaching music. All the while, he was privately composing his own "An American Symphony," apparently never to be performed.

In what follows below, I'd like to honor another man's life's work. His career has been in a much different field than teaching music, but his ultimate triumph reminds me of the inspiring Dreyfuss film.

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[mollysmom]

I'm so glad he's being honored! I started listening to him in about 1987 and I'm still listening. His show is what got me hooked on talk radio. Congratulations, Neal!

[RW]

What Matt leaves out of his analogy of Boortz and the movie is: Mr. Holland's son was born deaf. The beloved, longed-for son would never hear his father's life's work.

Boortz's opus, his message, too, is falling on many deaf ears.

Not all who listen, hears.