miniseries: 4 stars .. this podcast: 2
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“This pod has some decent info. But my god, is it a cheerleading effort. Mazin & his interviewer are clearly on the same team, trying to sell the show. Mazin must have an advanced degree in the Art of the Humblebrag. Now, OK, I know it's not easy to put out art and then act like you're not really proud of it. But could you just TRY?!? For counterbalanced context, if any of you ever get a chance to watch the "directors cut" episodes (or whatever it's called) of Deadwood (the pinnacle of the televisual arts, imho), note the stance and wording of one David Milch, who has just finished a 3-season masterpiece, and compare it to this Mazin dude. You'll get my drift.
The other thing that annoyed me was the short shrift given to all the inaccuracies in this miniseries (And there are a LOT). Just pull up the (very long) section in wiki headed "historical accuracy." The series itself was very good, very exciting, well worth watching. All that. But the inaccuracies abound: The Bridge of Death was a myth... Legasov (the main character) wasnt actually at the climactic trial... the portrayed chopper crash actually occurred months later... Dyatlov and others were apparently not the evil-doers that the series portrayed them as... and many more. This pod gives very quick mention (and sometimes none at all) to all these factors.
The thing that most sticks in my mind from this pod... now this gonna seem petty, but stick with me people... Mazin says MULTIPLE times that Legasov hanged himself exactly 2 years to the day after the tragic event. (Thats not really a spoiler; its the opening scene.) The reality is it was 2 years AND A DAY. Ok, so 2 years, or 2 years & a day, what's the diff? Nothing, in real life, but if you're trying to convince me of the historical accuracy of your new show, and telling me how exhaustively researched it was, then I should expect you to not be capable of blithely uttering such an obvious (little, but) incorrect factoid... one that the average viewer can verify with a 20 second google search. It makes me think, "What ELSE is he inaccurate about?? peace”Read full review »
DareBoBear via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/11/20
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“Two communist/Soviet apologist try to act like while this was a disaster and some wrong doing did exist the soviets really were well intentioned. They also point to horrific situations as “positives” of the Soviet Union such the orderly evacuation. These people didn’t leave orderly because a...”Read full review »
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United States of America ·
05/14/19
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“Stop saying “right” every five seconds! If you obviously know everything why bother having a conversation??”
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United States of America ·
05/13/19
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“Great podcast to go with a very well done show”
magna199 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/08/19
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