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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