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Alternate History

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Alternate History

with MaxBex

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If you could change history, what would you change? Max takes a look at alternate history TV series. What does "alternate history" mean, what are some good examples, and how is this type of storytelling used to explain the real world?

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Full Video Duration: 13 minutes
Aired: over 3 years ago

What if?

alternate histories

What if?

alternate histories

oppression

The Handmaid's Tale

Women are treated as property in an infertility crisis.

Women are treated as property in an infertility crisis.

Noughts + Crosses

It imagines a Europe which was colonized by Africa.

Noughts + Crosses

It imagines a Europe which was colonized by Africa.

positions of power

Hollywood

What would happen if the Hollywood's marginalization of minorities was addressed in its golden age?

Hollywood

marginalization

The Plot Against America

It follows an alternate past in which the US became a xenophobic fascist state led by a populist leader.

The Plot Against America

xenophobic and fascist

The Plot Against America

alternate histories

The Handmaid's Tale

Noughts + Crosses

Hollywood

The Plot Against America

oppression

positions of power

marginalization

xenophobic and fascist

What if?

alternate histories

What if?

alternate histories

oppression

The Handmaid's Tale

Women are treated as property in an infertility crisis.

Women are treated as property in an infertility crisis.

Noughts + Crosses

It imagines a Europe which was colonized by Africa.

Noughts + Crosses

It imagines a Europe which was colonized by Africa.

positions of power

Hollywood

What would happen if the Hollywood's marginalization of minorities was addressed in its golden age?

Hollywood

marginalization

The Plot Against America

It follows an alternate past in which the US became a xenophobic fascist state led by a populist leader.

The Plot Against America

xenophobic and fascist

The Plot Against America

alternate histories

The Handmaid's Tale

Noughts + Crosses

Hollywood

The Plot Against America

oppression

positions of power

marginalization

xenophobic and fascist

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