I'm very confused about what the point was for this mini-series. In it's attempts to bend over backward to be fair they cast the government, once again, as the bad guy.
The trial isn't historically accurate. It had more defendants and it ended far more favorably for the majority of them. The Tim McVeigh/Neo-Nazi story-line is presented as if the U. S. government was begging for Oklahoma City to happen. It was not.
What happened in Mt. Carmel was a tragic series of accidents with David Koresh's self-fulfilling martyr complex dooming the Branch Davidians. What McVeigh did was a unconscionable act of terrorism and mass murder.
The U. S. government is presented as weak, petty, mean spirited and clueless. I could easily see this series being played in Proud Boys and other fascist militia functions as a recruiting film.
The first mini-series did a far better job of pointing out the faults on both sides. Waco was a tragic accident. It was never justification for domestic terrorism or the rise of neo-Nazism.
There can never be 'middle ground' between a democracy and fascism. This series was poorly conceived and executed and sends the totally wrong message at a very dangerous time.
The trial isn't historically accurate. It had more defendants and it ended far more favorably for the majority of them. The Tim McVeigh/Neo-Nazi story-line is presented as if the U. S. government was begging for Oklahoma City to happen. It was not.
What happened in Mt. Carmel was a tragic series of accidents with David Koresh's self-fulfilling martyr complex dooming the Branch Davidians. What McVeigh did was a unconscionable act of terrorism and mass murder.
The U. S. government is presented as weak, petty, mean spirited and clueless. I could easily see this series being played in Proud Boys and other fascist militia functions as a recruiting film.
The first mini-series did a far better job of pointing out the faults on both sides. Waco was a tragic accident. It was never justification for domestic terrorism or the rise of neo-Nazism.
There can never be 'middle ground' between a democracy and fascism. This series was poorly conceived and executed and sends the totally wrong message at a very dangerous time.