Check it out. I saw someone say it's a live-action sports anime and while I would never watch an anime I assume that's an accurate description. You'd be shocked how exciting they can make chess look in this show.

  • jack [he/him, comrade/them]
    hexagon
    ·
    4 years ago

    I don't know about that. Look at any other Netflix original that features the USSR and you'll see the most reductive old school red scare bullshit imaginable.

    • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Yeah, the old Evil Empire narrative is still popular, but perhaps less so. I could be wrong; I wasn't alive in the 70s and early 80s, so I don't know how common sympathetic portrayals were.

      • jack [he/him, comrade/them]
        hexagon
        ·
        4 years ago

        I don't know if there were any, but Season 3 of Stranger Things is about as sympathetic to the USSR as Rocky IV.