re: Shogun - Official Series Discussion Thread **Spoilers**

Finally got it's first "Rotten" review.

From The Indian Express:

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Shogun review: An adaptation of James Clavell's epic historical novel set in feudal Japan, the 10-episode miniseries offers lavish visuals but an overstuffed plot.

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Breathtaking to behold, but at the same time, almost too unwieldy to comprehend, FX’s Shogun is an inconsistent affair whose downsides ultimately outweigh its achievements.

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there’s something not quite right about asking the audience to latch onto the sole white man in a story set entirely in feudal Japan.

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your conditioning as a viewer of Western storytelling means that you’re automatically drawn towards Blackthorne, not in the least because Shogun itself appears to circle back to him periodically. We enter this world through his perspective, like a parrot perched on his shoulder. And for all the ‘barbarian’ talk — he’s perceived as little more than vermin initially — the Japanese point-of-view always feels secondary. Shogun isn’t the perspective-shift that it could have been, it’s merely a perspective dilution.

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Shogun is now at 99% with 72 reviews