I quite enjoyed this, it felt quite immersive and gave you a sense of the time period, good locations, costumes etc. Also gave a variety of different perspectives - rich and poor, Catholic and Protestant, pro and anti-British.
Amazing to me though how there's never any attempt at objectivity in these shows, the British always have to be portrayed as thuggish and pointlessly evil. To prop up the identity of these smaller countries. Just like Kesari which I watched a few weeks back about the Sikhs defending British India against Muslim tribesmen - had the British officer calling Indians 'cowards' for no good reason.
And there was the feminist angle. What was the point of the Easter rebellion again? Well it was because men have always told women what to do, and joining the rising meant freedom for women..or some such.
identity politics is truly bizarre.
Amazing to me though how there's never any attempt at objectivity in these shows, the British always have to be portrayed as thuggish and pointlessly evil. To prop up the identity of these smaller countries. Just like Kesari which I watched a few weeks back about the Sikhs defending British India against Muslim tribesmen - had the British officer calling Indians 'cowards' for no good reason.
And there was the feminist angle. What was the point of the Easter rebellion again? Well it was because men have always told women what to do, and joining the rising meant freedom for women..or some such.
identity politics is truly bizarre.