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created by david simon (the wire, the deuce, homicide, treme) and based on novel by phillip roth (portnoy's complaint, american pastoral, the human stain) about an alt-history where charles lindbergh defeats fdr in the 1940 presidential election.

limited series starts march 16th on home box office.

 

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I read this book about 10 years ago after I heard an interview with Roth on NPR. Always thought it would be a great story for movie or series. Was psyched to see Simon was doing it, but in light of current events I just can’t bring myself to watch this yet. It’s sitting in my Directv queue and probably will for at least another week.

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Enjoyed the episode, and although it was a little slow, thought Simon did a great job setting the stage.

The theater manager, Michael Kostroff, was Maurice Levy in The Wire. Great character who stole a lot of scenes imo, so looking forward to seeing his role expanded in this.

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Watching it. It’s well done but slow. It does have a Man in the High Castle vibe. It’s close to being paired with that series. And very scary in the since that it is so close in ways to what we’re dealing with in real life right now. 

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  On 4/3/2020 at 12:45 AM, RPM said:

Still watching. Has a Man in the High Castle vibe.

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I like it better than MitHC because there was a time in our history where we were undecided on where to stand. The show reveals part our history we don't spend much time discussing.

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  On 3/22/2020 at 3:09 PM, Player said:

Enjoyed the episode, and although it was a little slow, thought Simon did a great job setting the stage.

The theater manager, Michael Kostroff, was Maurice Levy in The Wire. Great character who stole a lot of scenes imo, so looking forward to seeing his role expanded in this.

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He's in almost everything Simon does.  His sister is always Simon's casting director.  For the first time, shes Nina K. Noble, instead of Kostroff.

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My wife and I really enjoy this but she finds it more disturbing than me. I think it is fascinating when someone writes about an alternative reality. There are really no boundaries when doing so and you get to peer into the imagination of the writer. It also looks like that time period would look in my eyes. Great sets and color hues. Acting is exceptional.   

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So what did Winona say at the state dinner in response to the rude remark from Henry Ford? The line that prompted Turturro to quip “do you know what that means?”

I assume it was some kind of “go fuck yourself” retort, but it rolled out way too fast for my extremely limited Yiddish.

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  On 4/7/2020 at 1:43 PM, Player said:

So what did Winona say at the state dinner in response to the rude remark from Henry Ford? The line that prompted Turturro to quip “do you know what that means?”

I assume it was some kind of “go fuck yourself” retort, but it rolled out way too fast for my extremely limited Yiddish.

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Gay Kocken Offen Yom

"Go poop in the ocean"

This is a common Yiddish phrase used in reply to something that makes no sense or is ridiculous. It's basically a way of telling the person you have no interest in their nonsense.

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Netflix Binging has changed the game.  I look for my Shaggy "critics" to tell me what is good.

I have not wasted time on a lot of stuff thanks to you all.  I still need to "binge watch" a few.

I have all my notes on my Kodi.

Thanks and keep it up.

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I'm enjoying it, just got through 3 episodes. It's a different take on the narrative. I do like how it skips ahead so much, but the drawing out scenes and then skipping swaths of time can be a bit of a slog, but I'm enjoying it.

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Just finished through episode 5.

This has been a really well acted and directed series. It's more of something you'd see on Broadway-- definitely more theater in structure and pacing and I think for the most part it really works because the acting is phenomenal. The one nit I had was with John Turturro at first, but he's grown on me as the Southern genteel Jew. It felt really forced and contrived at first, but he's stuck with it and I'm buying what he's selling now.

I'm really digging how a lot of the action is off screen and you are left with the characters dealing with the consequences-- and it takes acting chops to pull that emotion off when the catalysts are implied. There is a lot of assumed activity and dramatic endings to the episodes feel like ending scenes in theatre. It's not what we are used to in cinema, but I think it works and it's respected the source material as well as the intelligence of the audience. I can see how it's not for everyone.

Basically the opposite of the other HBO binging I'm doing in Westworld season 3.

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Well we won’t be seeing Seldon around anymore.

It has been slowly simmering along, but it looks like shit is about to get real.

Rabbi Turturro is being led down the primrose path by Lindy, and he in turn is leading his flock to slaughter.

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Enjoying it but wish I would have read the book first. Assuming in this scenario Pearl Harbor didn’t happen?


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  On 4/15/2020 at 2:40 AM, Rougarou said:

I'm really digging how a lot of the action is off screen and you are left with the characters dealing with the consequences-- and it takes acting chops to pull that emotion off when the catalysts are implied. There is a lot of assumed activity and dramatic endings to the episodes feel like ending scenes in theatre.

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Very much agree.  I'm a big fan of this show, in fact, I wish it were longer than 6 episodes.

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  On 4/15/2020 at 2:36 PM, Ths71 said:

Enjoying it but wish I would have read the book first. Assuming in this scenario Pearl Harbor didn’t happen?


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Correct.  Last episode skipped from Sept '41 to April '42 and no mention of it.  And we are, you know, pals with the Nazis.  

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Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
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  On 4/15/2020 at 6:39 PM, Biff Tannen said:
Correct.  Last episode skipped from Sept '41 to April '42 and no mention of it.  And we are, you know, pals with the Nazis.  

Figured so. Lindy backed off his isolationist stuff after Pearl Harbor.


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  On 4/15/2020 at 4:38 AM, Player said:

Well we won’t be seeing Seldon around anymore.

It has been slowly simmering along, but it looks like shit is about to get real.

Rabbi Turturro is being led down the primrose path by Lindy, and he in turn is leading his flock to slaughter.

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maybe they are setting us up for a spinoff based in Kentucky. 

Young Seldon.

I'll show myself out.

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  On 4/16/2020 at 2:27 PM, NOMAAA said:

man i hope so.  you think the monday night slot is a sign its one and done?

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It's just supposed to be a one season miniseries like Watchmen.

Not everything needs a season 2.  A season 2 would go past the source material - like we need more crappy tv like Big Little Lies season 2, Westworld season 2-3, Handmaid's Tale season 2-3

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  On 4/16/2020 at 2:57 PM, Js1 said:

It's just supposed to be a one season miniseries like Watchmen.

Not everything needs a season 2.  A season 2 would go past the source material - like we need more crappy tv like Big Little Lies season 2, Westworld season 2-3, Handmaid's Tale season 2-3

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I was thinking that if there is so much to cram into one episode, maybe they don't finish it in one season?

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  On 4/16/2020 at 2:57 PM, Js1 said:

It's just supposed to be a one season miniseries like Watchmen.

Not everything needs a season 2.  A season 2 would go past the source material - like we need more crappy tv like Big Little Lies season 2, Westworld season 2-3, Handmaid's Tale season 2-3

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forgot it was based on a book.  no shit not everything needs a season 2.

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  On 4/16/2020 at 2:59 PM, Red Five said:

I was thinking that if there is so much to cram into one episode, maybe they don't finish it in one season?

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I mean, there's a lot if you're curious but I think it's doable - maybe they'll run over an hour to get it all done.  This is everything that happened in the book after the Winchell rally riot: 

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