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6 hours agoHulu's "Washington Black" is Fueled by Steampunk and Epic Adventure | TV/Streaming | Roger Ebert
"Washington Black came out of a strange confluence of interests—a fascination with a Victorian-era criminal trial centering around the disappearance and supposed resurrection of the wealthy scion Roger Tichborne; an interest in 19th-century scientific conventions, especially the cataloguing and depiction of marine creatures; the realities of plantation life in Barbados; the classic bildungsroman journey from innocence to experience. The research could have gone on forever..."
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