Check it out. I saw someone say it’s a live-action sports anime and while I would never watch an anime I assume that’s an accurate description. You’d be shocked how exciting they can make chess look in this show.
I don’t know about that. Look at any other Netflix original that features the USSR and you’ll see the most reductive old school red scare bullshit imaginable.
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Yeah, the old Evil Empire narrative is still popular, but perhaps less so. I could be wrong; I wasn’t alive in the 70s and early 80s, so I don’t know how common sympathetic portrayals were.
