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Those personal stories sometimes give us a connection with the characters

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Road Warrior

In Reply to: RE: Like many movies, based on historic events... posted by Victor Khomenko on May 28, 2021 at 06:35:41

that would otherwise be lacking were the narrative just a clinical representation of events, no? I do agree that personal stories are sometimes overemphasized but, based on 2 epis, I haven't seen that, yet. 2 more on tap for later today before roundball takes precedence.
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"E Burres Stigano?"

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I am not against personal stories - Victor Khomenko 11:55:09 05/28/21 (3)
But the caliber of such stories better be at the same level with the main one. In some episodes you feel like those sub-stories were written by the junior writer team. As I mentioned that to my wife, her replay was that she also noticed that.

The main drive, however, is powerful and relentless... there is probably not much I don't know about the Holocaust, but the sheer scope of this presentation is something you don't normally encounter. And the fact I am familiar with the French story does not reduce the pain.
- Case in point, in an otherwise excellent(!!) series, Mare of Eastown, the main character's daughter - Road Warrior 20:04:40 05/28/21 (0)
  has a love interest that gets several minutes of airtime/episode that is utterly unrelated to the plot and does not, in any way, shape, or form, further the plot. I fast forward thru any scenes in which she appears. And don't get me started on the "Dana" subplot in Season 3 of Homeland.
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  "E Burres Stigano?"
- Ever watch; 'Arch of Triumph' (1948)? - ArdRi 19:29:00 05/28/21 (1)
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgF-sV9ITuA
  
  Not French but in France and with a great Frenchman, Charles Boyer. A personal story with the backdrop of Germany looming over the horizon and life as a refugee without a country.
  - Long, long ago... - Victor Khomenko 05:00:36 05/29/21 (0)
    We have our Criterion down for now (TV damaged by lightning), will look when it gets working again.

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