Showing everyone from reindeer herders to scientists wrapping themselves in sticky tape to head into Chernobyl, this fine series traces the latterday Russian revolution that brought in a kleptocracy and paved the way for Putin
The hatchet job Trueanon did in their episode on "can't get you out of my head" was really good and deserved since his last show was basically incoherent. Quite unfortunate because hypernormalization at least put forward a good idea that as society is unable to deal with its issues, there is a sense of nothing actually working and things basically falling apart with an overlying paralytic normality. I thought it was his best work tbh but maybe the topic lent itself more to his style (with the concept of hypernormalization being vague in the first place).
But I think you're probably right about why this show won't be good
Curtis anchors stories on a singular character that propels the narrative which isn't materialist nor is it good history. IMO some of his strongest series/films were All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace from 2011 and Bitter Lake from 2015.
The hatchet job Trueanon did in their episode on "can't get you out of my head" was really good and deserved since his last show was basically incoherent. Quite unfortunate because hypernormalization at least put forward a good idea that as society is unable to deal with its issues, there is a sense of nothing actually working and things basically falling apart with an overlying paralytic normality. I thought it was his best work tbh but maybe the topic lent itself more to his style (with the concept of hypernormalization being vague in the first place).
But I think you're probably right about why this show won't be good
Curtis anchors stories on a singular character that propels the narrative which isn't materialist nor is it good history. IMO some of his strongest series/films were All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace from 2011 and Bitter Lake from 2015.