7/10
Good if confused period piece
17 April 2020
If you enjoy period pieces and alternative histories (like Man in the High Castle), you'll like this. There is at least one whopper of an alternative fact here that is woven throughout the series, namely, that FDR was a friend of the Jews. Never mind that FDR, as a member of Harvard's Board of Overseers, was instrumental in putting a quota on Jewish acceptances in the late 1920s. He also appointed anti-Semite Joe Kennedy ambassador to England, and his administration limited Jewish immigration in the late 1930s as the targeted and panicked European Jewish population continued their efforts to flee annihilation. In Episode 5, I think, it was funny to watch a fictional Walter Winchell political rally broken up by rioting thugs, only to have the growing fascist media blame the innocent side. Reminded me of the liberal USA media blaming Trump when self-admitted democrat plants started trouble and were thrown out of his rallies.
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