I’ve just started watching The Man in the High Castle. I’m on s1 e8.
From what I’ve seen so far, it’s pretty well written. What I like is seeing all the vintage trucks and automobiles. They are almost the “stars” of the show.
As far as what the writer of the is article is implying I can only give a huge eye-roll.
The problem with the show is the writers unintentionally made people like Obergruppenfuhrer Smith more likeable and sympathetic than Julia and her boyfriend, and they got mad that people vocalized this. People weren’t supposed to like Smith as a complex character but just unabashedly be for the ever so cliché resistance.
Season 3 rectified this by killing off a lot of people and essentially nuking the script.
Season 2 was interesting except for the totally non relevant homosexual spin they put on a few characters, I mean it added NOTHING to the storyline, but that is Hollyweird.
Rufus Sewells character and the guy who plays the Inspector are fantastic.
The funny thing is that I don’t see it in anyway mirroring what is happening today, its just an interesting story, at least to me.
Me, too. Plus, I sent the reviewer this email:
Mr. Goodman,
As a fan of TMITHC I found your review interesting. I guess we all see what we want.
When I see the series depict a media complicit with government authorities, I sure don't think it's an analogy to the way our press treats Trump.
When I see it depict efforts to rewrite American history and destroy American cultural symbols, I think of the all the money & energy we've invested in removing statues and renaming schools & streets.
When I see it depict a regime that evaluates people based on their racial/ethnic identity, I think of Affirmative Action and Progressive obsession with race.
And when I see anti-semitism I sure don't think of a president who has a Jewish son-in-law and Jewish grand-kids and who moved our embassy to Jerusalem.
I can understand your intepretation, though, when all that gets reported is this -
https://youtu.be/FJkhUAdHqbQ [compilation snarky anti-Trump news]
And never this -
https://youtu.be/ZFt2xFiPtbc [clip of Trump's reception by staff at Pittsburgh hospital]
Regards,