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minus-squareMentalEdgelinkfedilinkEnglish65•edit-25 months 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@RenacleslinkEnglish26•5 months agoI really wish they made that clear though, the show tries very hard to make you believe that’s the real story.
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.