What would the United States look like if the South had won the Civil War? Slavery was still legal and liberals had fled to Canada? This movie, which is set in the present day, is a look at that possibility. The problem with the film is that it should have been a drama and not a comedy. Trying to make a comedy out of something as serious as this simply doesn't work. Author Harry Turtledove has done alternatives realities, including ones about what would have happened if the South had won the Civil War and what would have happened if the Nazis had won the Second World War. However, his are much more serious, which is the right way to approach this subject.
What would the United States look like if the South had won the Civil War? Slavery was still legal and liberals had fled to Canada? This movie, which is set in the present day, is a look at that possibility. The problem with the film is that it should have been a drama and not a comedy. Trying to make a comedy out of something as serious as this simply doesn't work. Author Harry Turtledove has done alternatives realities, including ones about what would have happened if the South had won the Civil War and what would have happened if the Nazis had won the Second World War. However, his are much more serious, which is the right way to approach this subject.
