The Doc. Film, KOCH - Kocha See It!

How ironic that former NYC's mayor, Edward I. Koch, should pass away on the day the documentary film on his life opens?  Perhaps not - Koch's personality was bigger than life and his legacy is  embedded in our city.  This thoroughly entertaining doc. film shows Koch wh lived life on his own terms.  He called it as he saw it, impossible to intimidate, resourceful, and in constant touch with his fellow New Yorkers.  He was responsible for bringing NYC back from the brink of financial ruin and constructing affordable housing in desolate communities.  The film encapsulates many of the issues plaguing our city in the 70's-80's:  rampant crime, homelessnes, transit strike, teacher strike, an aids epidemic, and racial tension.  The Eddie Murphy SNL skit where Eddie is perched on a ledge & the crowd is yelling "don't jump" until Koch comes out on the ledge & the crowd chants, "jump." is hysterical.  Murphy proceeds to tell Koch all the blights of NYC.  Sintra song expresses Koch's life  "Regrets, I've had a few. But then too few to mention {closing the Hospital in Harlem.}  I did what I had to do and saw it through without exemption."  Being the unique, irrepressible man Koch was, he had his plot & tombstone laid out in the Trinity Church Cemetary because he wanted to be amongst the hustle & bustle of NYC.  His tombstone reads "He fiercely defended the city of New York and he fiercely defended its people."  I'll tell yah how NYC is doing -  posthumously pretty good due to the iconic NYC Mayor Ed Koch.