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It Does Happen Here in HBO’s ‘The Plot Against America’
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It Does Happen Here in HBO’s ‘The Plot Against America’

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 / 16 March 2020

The organic growth of everyday American fascism and the understanding that pogroms are not a uniquely European phenomenon is rendered in stark and terrifying detail in David Simon's adaptation of Philip Roth's alternate historical novel, The Plot Against America.

Carsten Norgaard: The Mystery Man in ‘The Man in the High Castle’
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Carsten Norgaard: The Mystery Man in ‘The Man in the High Castle’

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 / 26 January 2016

It's tough playing a Nazi with a conscience, but veteran actor Carsten Norgaard not only lives up to the challenge presented in Amazon's The Man in the High Castle, but stretches beyond what's expected of him.

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Grand Theft HBO

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 / 18 September 2013
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In Defense of the Influence of ‘Difficult Men’

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 / 18 September 2013
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In Defense of Binge-Watching Television

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 / 27 February 2013
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Elective Affinities at the 2012 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

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 / 10 May 2012
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In Defense of David Simon and the Legacy of ‘The Wire’

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 / 3 May 2012
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Drawn Together: Cornell’s “Demon Knights” and the Ideal of Camelot

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 / 16 September 2011
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‘The Wire’ As American Noir

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 / 7 September 2010