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minus-squareMentalEdgelinkfedilinkEnglish65•edit-211 days agoIf we’re talking about the HBO show, then calling it a documentary is just straight up wrong in the first place. It’s a “based on real events” TV drama that never claimed to be a rigorous retelling of the catastrophe. There are a ton of immediate differences to reality that anyone even vaguely familiar with soviet history would notice.
minus-square@Renacles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish26•11 days agoI really wish they made that clear though, the show tries very hard to make you believe that’s the real story.
minus-square@mynameisigglepiggle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•11 days agoI counted 3.6 on one hand
If we’re talking about the HBO show, then calling it a documentary is just straight up wrong in the first place.
It’s a “based on real events” TV drama that never claimed to be a rigorous retelling of the catastrophe.
There are a ton of immediate differences to reality that anyone even vaguely familiar with soviet history would notice.
I really wish they made that clear though, the show tries very hard to make you believe that’s the real story.
I counted 3.6 on one hand
3.6. Not great, not terrible.