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What House of the Dragon Has in Common with Oppenheimer | The Backdrop

In this episode of The Backdrop, Darren Mooney takes a look at House of the Dragon and its depiction of power through the lens of other works like Oppenheimer. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SecondWindGroup Second Wind Merch: https://shop.secondwindgroup.com/

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Andrew K

Excellent. The nice thing about a complex story set in a wartorn historical setting spanning several seasons is it can have a large number of allegorical meanings and parallels spread throughout. What i love is many of those allegories the original author/creator likely didn't intend or consciously knew from the outset.

Darren Mooney

Yep. I actually think that’s a good argument for adaptation as an artform. A work means something in its original context, but you take it out of that context, it can mean something different - perhaps even in conversation with the earlier work.