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Words fail to accurately express just how weird and gross this show is. Understandable that this show is a work of fiction that is supposed to be hyperbolic, but the show has some of the most unlikable characters with the most wild Sex I've ever witnessed. If Tommy Wiseau directed and scripted a show I imagine it looking like this.

Stephen is the by far my #1 most unlikeable character in any tv show ever. It would make sense for him to act certain ways for self preservation, but he often does things just to be diabolical.

The only character with any redeeming qualities is Bree. I was rooting for Evan as well. If you want to be grossed out and really dislike everyone, this show is up your ally. More like really long soft core porno than a tv show.

I was a huge fan of the book, and I really was excited for this show when I first heard about it. I do like when the book doesn't match a show perfectly, and I could feel the presence of the book throughout the show.

I felt like the overall cinematography and soundtrack were appropriate and very good. The acting was decent with some strong performances and some less-so. I didn't care for the book to show adaptation of Von Rumpel.

I felt like this series should've been extended to 8 episodes to fully incorporate all that the book has within it. I think the point of a mini series over a movie is to be able to accurately portray more information, and I felt like this was very rushed at moments leading to a less than fullfilling ending in my opinion.

Dahomey was a tribe in which enslaved surrounding tribes and sold/fueled the slave trade. This movie is a social justice project to fictionalize the past. We're there actual female warriors who defended the king? Yes. Did they perform well fighting the French? No. While it's not that cut and dry. The French had about 5,000 soldiers and the Dahomey had 10,000. The French had 85 deaths from battle and 205 from disease. The Dahomey had anywhere from 2,000-4,000 killed and 3,000 wounded. That's a 70% casualty rate. Not necessarily the fearsome domination depicted in this movie. Don't claim something based on true events when it's clearly not.