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HBO assholery (Original Post) irisblue Aug 2017 OP
No benefit of the doubt here wryter2000 Aug 2017 #1
Mr. Coates nailed it down & tight & true. irisblue Aug 2017 #2
What would the world have looked like if the South had won? procon Aug 2017 #3
Maybe like trumps' rally in WV yesterday? irisblue Aug 2017 #4
just a continuation heaven05 Aug 2017 #5
I like alternative story lines, I like challenging concepts... JHan Aug 2017 #6
I'll bet you a million dollars ismnotwasm Aug 2017 #7

wryter2000

(47,588 posts)
1. No benefit of the doubt here
Fri Aug 4, 2017, 04:20 PM
Aug 2017

Repulsive, no matter how artistically done. I hope they lose a bundle on it.

procon

(15,805 posts)
3. What would the world have looked like if the South had won?
Fri Aug 4, 2017, 04:33 PM
Aug 2017

Well, that sure sounds like must-watch TV watching.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
5. just a continuation
Fri Aug 4, 2017, 07:32 PM
Aug 2017

of generations long racist ameriKKKan assholery.....more and more we will see a shift to the racist right that ameriKKKa has always kept under cover until the right moment to reveal it's true nature arose....need i say more?

JHan

(10,173 posts)
6. I like alternative story lines, I like challenging concepts...
Fri Aug 4, 2017, 08:01 PM
Aug 2017

not a word of the script has been written yet but I really have to ask - was it too much of a stretch to imagine a story line that would have REALLY BEEN SOMETHING where black people got their 40 acres and a mule? Where there was no Jim Crow, no segregation, blacks are prosperous and there's no wealth gap between us and whites??

Too much to ask?

The concept of "Confederate" is expected and typical, and a failure of imagination, but we'll see.

ismnotwasm

(42,478 posts)
7. I'll bet you a million dollars
Sat Aug 5, 2017, 08:01 PM
Aug 2017

It will have an interracial owner/slave "love story" as one of the main story lines. Might mix it up and go all Mandingo style --since they're no doubt trying to be edgy.

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