I had thought this was the whole enchilada, but there are two more seasons, so maybe the muddle got cleared up? I've been a student of Weimar -era art, politics, and (to a lesser extent) literature since the early 80s, so I was initially heartened by the considerable pains taken to accurately recreate the historical scenario.
Unfortunately the mostly robust fictionalization took a fantastical turn in the final episodes of season 2, unveiling a truly ludicrous macguffin which would not have been out of place in a comedy, and ascribing outsized roles to a few minor protagonists, leaving us in the realm of a parallel universe rather than a remotely plausible depiction of real events.
It was all very entertaining, within a certain prestige television template."What hurts the most, is people think I’m gonna get rich selling Mother Canada underwear." |