Lots of moments of people looking into the camera and going "how could communism do this?" which is cringe, but otherwise it's a fantastic story of human drama and how bad shit can get. Funny, I read this morning that Gorby is now dead, weird timing.

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      2 years ago

      I was watching Atlanta S3, and the third episode can't help sneak in a zinger at North Korea at the very end. One the one hand, the arc of the plot was very obviously critical of bougie-ass white people. But god damn, even Donald Glover can't help falling for the NK tropes.

        • Budwig_v_1337hoven [he/him]
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          2 years ago
          spoiler
          seriously, major spoiler

          i kept hoping for a US -> USSR defection

          There's a shot at the very end of the S3 finale which shows Margo step out on a balcony in Moscow, so I'm pretty sure we're getting something in that direction for S4 (though she could well become some kind of double agent, not fully committing to her defection or sth; we'll have to wait)

      • Budwig_v_1337hoven [he/him]
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        2 years ago
        spoiler

        Hey, at least it's canon that the IRA got Thatcher in the FAM universe, that's gotta be worth something, right (it's hidden in one of the start-of-season headline montages but still)