![]() ![]() Everyone I've mentioned the show to has thought, from the title, that it must either be about football or a survivalist.īut no, Patriot is not about football (except perhaps metaphorically), and though its main character, John, is something of a survivalist, he's not such in the typical contemporary sense of that word. My own reasons for ignoring Patriot for so long are probably common: I didn't encounter much publicity for it, and the title didn't make me think it would be anything I would ever be interested in. In a media environment oversaturated with choices, it's easy for shows to fall between the cracks of our attention. ![]() (Amazon, like other services, doesn't release viewing numbers, so we can only use anecdotal evidence to guess about popularity or lack of it.) Season 1 got noticed here and there, Season 2 less so. Patriot does not seem to have gathered many viewers, at least not among people I know or critics I read. This state of mind probably contributed to my appreciation of Patriot, as its mood fit so well with my own moment. Because of work and life, I haven't been able to read any fiction more than the occasional short story for a month or so now - my brain is pulled in too many other directions for me to hold a novel's details in mind - and few movies or tv shows have felt like anything other than loud wallpaper. I want to say a few words in praise of the Amazon Prime show Patriot, which I never would have watched without a friend saying how strange, surprising, and affecting it is. ![]()
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