'All of these shows touch on history,' writes V.F. critic soniasaraiya. 'But intend to find resonance in the flame-warring, troll-baiting, name-calling present'
Before the coronavirus, the greatest threat to our sense of normalcy was Donald Trump. The president’s fickle governance, racist language, and childish way of punishing his perceived enemies aroused both admiration and fear in the electorate, which has been at furious odds throughout his administration. As is fitting for a reality star turned president, TV has been home to much of our national discourse.
At first, the “Trump bump” was a phenomenon for late-night talk shows and cable news—an addictive, maddening, never-ending cycle of outrage and frustration. But what talking heads like to call “the current climate” soon began to bubble up in scripted shows.becoming the cultural touchstone it has were it not for the pleasant contrast between a group of people trying to form a moral community and the total dysfunction of the United States Senate.
Now, a theme has emerged on TV: the resurgence of Nazism and white supremacy, and the deep anxiety it provoked in everyone who was not Trump or one of his most unquestioning followers. Amazon Prime’s seriesshowcases a ragtag coalition killing Nazis hiding in ’70s-era America. A shadowy cabal in the world ofThe Plot Against America
vividly reimagines history, depicting an America that didn’t join World War II and instead sought to imitate the anti-Semitism of Hitler’s regime. Even’s robots have dreamed of electric Nazis, in a virtual reality playground where battle-scarred Maeve is a heroine of the resistance. All of these shows touch on history but intend to find resonance in the flame-warring, troll-baiting, name-calling present.The year before Trump’s election, Amazon had debuted an adaptation of Philip K.
The hunters hunt with unbridled enthusiasm and discover that the conspiracy goes all the way to the top, as conspiracies tend to do—the Nazis were behind Watergate and killed Bobby Kennedy, for starters. The action is intercut with their horrific memories of the torture they suffered at Auschwitz, their histories shadowing them like relentless stalkers. Meanwhile, quite unnervingly, Nazis gad around in plain sight.
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