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Is "Death of Stalin" watchable? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by aleshasmiles@lemmygrad.ml to c/asklemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml

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Apparently it is available on Hulu which I happen to have. I wouldn’t go out of my way to watch it, but it would be extremely convenient now. So I don’t think for one second that Hulu would host anything which is even remotely praising of Stalin, but I’m wondering if it is at least tolerable for a socialist viewer. Is there any historical accuracy at all? Does humor and entertainment outweigh the ideological position of capitalist Hollywood at all? Will I just get mad if I watch it, or can I enjoy it in the sense that no western media will ever do justice to the history of the USSR and its ok to laugh a little?

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[–] jabrd@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 1 year ago

It's pretty funny. I wouldn't go in expecting historical accuracy or deep thought about Stalin/the USSR's role in history. It's more a dark comedy about the inanity and at the same time absolute cruelty of inner circle politics at the heights of power. Also Zhukov's great in it