DGS49
Diamond Member
This highly-acclaimed program is a poignant drama with excellent acting, compelling characters, and more than its fair share of dramatic intensity. There's even a bit of skin for the geezers like me. It has had, among others, Oliver North, serve as advisors to guide the writers on what it was like at the time (early Reagan years).
But I'm old and I can relate to it.
I wonder about people who are too young to remember the reality and intensity of the Cold War. I suspect that people under 40 think the Cold War was something that was more a charade than real, and that was absolutely not the case. There were ideological, political, and actual combat battles around the world pitting the Soviet empire against The West - led by the U.S. and NATO. Hell, NATO's very existence makes no sense without the menace of the USSR lurking in the background.
So what about it? Does this seem realistic to younger adults, or is the show difficult to relate to?
But I'm old and I can relate to it.
I wonder about people who are too young to remember the reality and intensity of the Cold War. I suspect that people under 40 think the Cold War was something that was more a charade than real, and that was absolutely not the case. There were ideological, political, and actual combat battles around the world pitting the Soviet empire against The West - led by the U.S. and NATO. Hell, NATO's very existence makes no sense without the menace of the USSR lurking in the background.
So what about it? Does this seem realistic to younger adults, or is the show difficult to relate to?