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For and Against JFK American Experience offers a warts-and-all portrait of the controversial president TV by DEAN ROBBINS I'm powerless to resist a documentary about John F. Kennedy. Though I'm well aware of the late president's faults, I'm drawn in by his charisma every time. I cheer his triumphs and bemoan his tragedies. And I always respond to images of the assassination as if I'm seeing them for the first time. In other words, I'm not the guy to ask for an objective assessment of JFK, PBS's two-part profile (Monday & Tuesday, 9 p.m.). Predictably, I think it's wonderful. American Experience assembles enough gorgeous photos, intimate film footage and perceptive commentary to keep a Kennedy fanatic happy for hours. I can tell you that, to judge from Monday night's part one, the documentary is far from a puff piece. We get a good look at JFK's bad side, including his legendarily reckless adultery. After his first year of marriage to Jacqueline Kennedy, we learn, she was walking around "looking like the survivor of an airplane crash." But let's give the man his due. As one commentator says of his presidency, "He had the ability to step back and be cool, and not get sucked into the passions of the moment." I haven't seen part two yet, but I just know I'll be a wreck during the Bay of Pigs fiasco, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Civil Rights Movement. If only I had JFK's ability to step back and be cool. Guinness World Records Unleashed Thursday, 8 pm (truTV) In this series, Americans try their luck at breaking Guinness World Records — the dumb ones that exist only because people dreamed them up. The season premiere features a run at the record for Most Spaghetti Eaten in One Minute Through the Nose. A woman tries for the Most Rope Skipped in One Minute with a Foot Behind the Head. And a dude breaks the record for the Most Kicks in One Minute to One's Own Head. "The record might have cost me a few brain cells," he admits afterwards. One assumes he didn't have all that many to lose. By the end of the season, I predict the United States will break the record for Most Idiots in One Country. Raising Hope Friday, 9 pm (Fox) As a sitcom specializing in dumb characters, Raising Hope has some competition from new series in 2013-14 (The Millers, Mom). Still, in season four, it continues to find creative ways to befuddle the clueless Chance family. The season premiere focuses on Virginia Chance (Martha Plimpton), who discovers that her birth father (Jeffrey Tambor) is a gay intellectual with sophisticated tastes. Virginia and husband, Burt, (Garret Dillahunt) gamely accompany him to French art films and sushi restaurants, but they don't feel comfortable in such rarefied pursuits. Meanwhile, Dad labels any criticism of himself as homophobia. How will this conflict end? The only thing I'll reveal is that the resolution is dumb — and I mean that in the best way. MTV Europe Music Awards Sunday, 7 pm (MTV) In my preview of last August's MTV Video Music Awards, I predicted that Lady Gaga would overshadow all the other performers, adding, "I think it's safe to say that on Monday morning no one will be talking about Miley Cyrus." Of course, Miley Cyrus was all people talked about on Monday morning — well, and maybe me, in passing, just to note what a fool I am. But in my defense, how was I to know that Miley would simulate masturbation with a foam finger and copulation with Robin Thicke while teddy bears shook their booties and … oh, never mind. I will make no predictions about tonight's MTV Europe Music Awards. I will simply tell you that Katy Perry, the Killers and, yes, Miley Cyrus are scheduled to appear. You can talk about any of the performers you want on Monday morning. Just please don't talk about me. 1,200 Seconds to Raise Awareness of Trafficking by DR. BELINDA J. WILKERSON children and youth from all walks of life. When you listen to Brianna "It's impossible to protect all the girls from guys like I and Lacy's stories, you may think "There but for the grace of God goes was, because that's what we do. We eat, drink my child." On the other hand, you may wonder how does this happen. and sleep, thinking of ways to trick Shared Hope International, the producers of The Chosen, young girls into doing what we want uses Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs to illustrate them to do." the grooming process. The chart, located at This statement, spoken by a former http://bit.ly/ZYgZQC, outlines each step in the pimp in The Chosen, a documentary process. When you have some free time, view on domestic minor sex trafficking, is a this chart to gain a better understanding of why clarion call to action. Though shocking to your senses, these words depict vividly DMST is so insidious. the world of DMST as experienced by Determining the number of children and youth Brianna and Lacy, whose stories we hear involved in domestic minor sex trafficking proves in the 20-minute documentary. The Child difficult due to the clandestine and oftentimes Advocacy Center, in partnership with the violent nature of the business. However, the FBI Cameo Art House, presents this stunning estimates that almost 300,000 children and youth film on Nov. 18, at 4 p.m. to increase nationally are at risk of becoming sex slaves. State community awareness about this underground and local experts cite similar challenges to provide enterprise as part of their 19 Days of accurate data on the number of victims. Fear Prevention: Building Healthy Relationships... of reprisal against family members, mental and with You and Your Child initiative. physical trauma, and manipulation are additional Federal law (Trafficking Victims Protection Act, reasons victims are reluctant to come forward. 2000) defines domestic minor sex trafficking as the Domestic minor sex trafficking is a growing "commercial sexual exploitation of American children within problem in our nation, in our state and in our U. S. borders." Furthermore, it describes DMST county. Join the Child Advocacy Center at the The Chosen, a documentary about domestic minor sex as "commercial sex acts induced by force, fraud or Cameo Art House on Nov. 18, to engage in a trafficking is set to show at Cameo Art House Theater on coercion or commercial sex acts in which the person community conversation on DMST. induced to perform commercial sex has not attained 18 Monday, Nov. 18. Limited tickets for this event are years of age". available at the Child Advocacy According to the Polaris Project, victims frequently are some of our most Center at 222 Rowan Street. DR. BELINDA WILKERSON, Contributvulnerable citizens, having suffered trauma as a child or they may come ing Writer. COMMENTS? Editor@ from homes in chaos. However, DMST has no boundaries and does affect upandcomingweekly.com. WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM NOVEMBER 6-12, 2013 UCW 23