Pachinko, Winning Time, and stacked casts
Fictional and dramatized adaptations of real events, plus Barbie and Oppenheimer casting announcements
We discuss Pachinko and Winning Time, two different approaches to retelling history.
02:32 Pachinko, streaming on Apple TV+, is an eminently watchable drama, but much of its spirit has been lost in the translation from book to screen.
26:00 HBO's Winning Time is a self-assured, stylish delight of a show, if you can make it through the scene-setting first few episodes.
43:05 Plus, culture notes about the Barbie and Oppenheimer casts, which are real who's whos of notable names.
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Music: REEKAH
Artwork and design: Sara Macias and Andrew Liu