Town Bloody Hall

The entire debate at Town Hall is defined by a manic, stimulating energy -- the kind that's hard to replicate via Twitter wars.

What finally makes Town Bloody Hall so compelling -- and unsettling -- is the impression that such serious, spirited debate is a thing of the past.

At first I wanted to say that the presentation perfectly matched the subject, but in truth I don't know if what we have is form following content or content following form.

Town Bloody Hall is a fascinating document of a time and place where such ideas could be debated in front of an audience in a wild and free-wheeling way, in a forum where everyone's outlandish ideas could be heard, no matter how incendiary...