Review: 'The Nine Lives of Marion Barry'

Dana Flor and Toby Oppenheimer's documentary on HBO glimpses a politician who remains popular despite a troubled private life. Marion Barry: Washington, D.C. councilman, mayor, womanizer, drug abuser, convict, punch line, councilman, mayor, councilman. Viewed from a safe distance, his extravagant misadventures have been good for a laugh or two over the years, the odd bemused shake of the head.

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