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What if the Nazis won? The inexorable rise of alternative histories on TV – The Guardian
The Plot Against America is the latest what-if series about the rise of fascism to arrive on our screens. But while some are sensitively-made, others risk glorifying disturbing beliefs
Stopping the world and getting off is what TV drama lets us do. Any fiction creates some kind of alternative reality, even if its just our own world with imaginary characters. But right now, the alternative history drama, where we exchange our present for a life in which humanity took a different path, is big. HBOs The Plot Against America, based on Philip Roths novel, is just the latest show to comment on our current political reality by placing us at a hypothetical crossroads.
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