Mary Kline
defensive
factual
professional
knowledgeable
perceptive
incisive
quick-witted
loyal
Mary Kline emerges as a Smithsonian curator thrust into White House scrutiny over the Pearl Harbor exhibit's provocative framings. She introduces herself with clipped professionalism to Toby Ziegler, swiftly downplaying a veterans' boycott's negligible impact—mere 30 from a vast USF cohort—while dissecting controversies head-on: contextual labels branding WWII propaganda like 'The Sowers' as racist caricatures of Japanese barbarism, and the gut-wrenching 'America's Vengeance' spotlighting a child's charred lunchbox amid atomic aftermath. Her measured defenses shield institutional rigor against reverence-versus-history clashes, positioning her as a steadfast guardian of unflinching curatorial truth under political fire.
9 appearances
Historical Exhibitions
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Smithsonian
National Historical Exhibitions and Cultural Controversy