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HBO Defends ‘Game of Thrones’ Creators’ Slavery Alt-History Drama ‘Confederate’

‘Hindsight Is 20/20’

HBO’s president explains why he was blindsided by the backlash against ‘Confederate,’ which imagines a U.S. in which slavery never ended, asking to trust in the show’s creators.

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