David Simon and Ed Burns’s six-part adaptation of Phillip Roth’s 2004 novel is as real as possible, both in its 1940s New Jersey setting and its emotional stakes.
The Plot Against America, which premieres Monday (March 16) on HBO Canada and Crave, isn’t interested in that. If these projects have one thing in common, it’s that they enable a weird sort of retro play-acting – Amazon’s The Man In The High Castle, with its digitally realized Riefenstahl vistas and elaborately tailored wardrobes, is constantly reminding us that its alternate America is just a thought experiment, a what-if exercise. (It’s a tonal disconnect the show never really resolves.) And then there’s the weird stylistic mashup of Amazon’s recent Hunters, with its Tarantino-inspired take on a band of Nazi hunters stalking sneering Fourth Reich wannabes in 1977 New York, while flashing back to grim and brutal scenes of the actual, factual Holocaust. Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds and Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood both spend a couple of hours establishing a certain level of historical veracity before veering into directorial wish fulfillment by rewriting the history in which they’re set. Rating: NNNNĪlternate histories are tricky things.
Premieres Monday (March 16) at 9 pm on HBO Canada and streaming on Crave+.
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