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Steven Knight

There [in Allied] was depicting London in the war, as well, and doing that in a way where you see something that you don't normally see, which is how hedonistic it was. In reality, that's what was going on. But, all of it worked.

Allied, Hedonistic, London, Reality, War
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East India Company were a huge multinational that had the added impetus that they felt they were spreading Christian civilization around the world - so they were pretty free to do anything they wanted.

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I think the East India Company represents what we would think of as a very modern approach to the world where everything was counted, every penny was counted.

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There was an unbelievable amount of animosity in that war [for America Independence] which people have forgotten, which was still around 50 years later.

America, Animosity, Forgotten, Independence, War, Years

I think certain periods of history don't get dealt with because I think historians, and it's their job, but they look back and look for patterns. They look for sequences and they look for reasons, and certain periods of history don't fit with the general pattern of 1500 to the 20th century, during which there's the creation of the United States. At this time of 1814, two nations who would eventually become close allies were at war with each other, so it doesn't quite fit.

1500, Creation, Jobs, Think, Thinking, War

I've spent three hours with Snoop Dogg, talking about how he loved [Peaky Blinders series]. And David Bowie loved it. The late Leonard Cohen was a fan. It struck a chord with various people that I didn't think it would.

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