A critic's notebook on the opening episodes: the prestige gloss holds for a few seconds, then it becomes plain that high-end slop is still slop.
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On This Day... 1776
Series · 2026 · 1 hr 30 min · Primordial Soup, Darren Aronofsky, Lucas Sussman, Jordan Dykstra, TIME Studios
Rebellion becomes resolve. In response to King George III's declaration of rebellion, George Washington raises a new flag over Prospect Hill on January 1, 1776, unifying the identity of those in defiance.
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Watched the first two episodes and found them ugly and unsettling: faces that shift from shot to shot, figures shown from behind to hide them, and a once-lauded director drowning in slop.
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