Original sentence: "Even though everybody is respectful and wants to pay homage to the president, life does go on.Each gesture was minutely choreographed, every tear strategically placed.For example, CBS News anchor Dan Rather was quoted as saying:.It got very short shrift this weekend.Obituaries were not universally full of uncritical praise.Others complained that the television coverage of the funeral was excessive and preempted coverage of other events.Reagan's family did indeed have the final say in the funeral arrangements.Richard Goldstein wrote in The Village Voice: "Because the networks had so long to plan for this production, and because Nancy Reagan is a master dramaturge, this was the most precisely mounted news event in modern times.The ceremonies in connection with Reagan's funeral were received critically by a number of commentators.There is other news, like the reality of Iraq.Tom Carson's piece in the Village Voice paints Reagan as a "noted fantasist" who "is perhaps best remembered for the eight years he spent believing he ruled an entirely fictional United States