The Plot Against America

CatOfDaVille

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Mar 30, 2007
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Anybody watching this on HBO? It's pretty good so far. It's a David Simon show (The Wire, The Deuce, etc.).

Based on a book by Phillip Roth. The gist is that it's an alternate universe type story following a Jewish family in New Jersey around 1940. Charles Lindbergh wins the presidency against FDR, is an anti-Semite and Nazi sympathizer, and starts to explore the idea of concentration camps in the U.S.

Be prepared though that some of the story has been "beefed up" to draw similarities between Lindbergh and Trump. However, if you don't care about politics in your entertainment on either side, it's a well done show with a pretty engaging storyline.
 

420grover

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Mar 26, 2006
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I watched the first episode but it just didn't grab me. I might give it another try down the road.
 

812scottj

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Apr 24, 2014
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I wish it was true history...lost interest in the fictional plot pretty quickly