Man, we’re having good luck this year. Tonight’s film Street Fight (hot docs | PBS) gave us our third great result in as many nights. This one focused on a 2002 mayoral election in Newark, and showed us the ultra-dirty back-alley rumble that is small-town — or, in this case, medium-sized-city — politics. And this between two Democrats!

The audacity and rampant dishonesty was eye-opening, but hardly shocking considering the eye-gouging and crotch-punching that featured so prominently in last year’s federal election. It was very shocking, however, to learn how much these guys have to spend on campaigns, even at a fairly low level.

Informative, entertaining, sometimes exasperating, and so well worth watching. We both gave it 4 out of 5.