David Simon on ‘The Plot Against America’ and our crisis of democracy

JL;DR SUMMARY David Simon, known for his work on shows like "The Wire" and "The Deuce," reflects on his adaptation of Philip Roth's novel "The Plot Against America," which imagines an alternate history where Charles Lindbergh, a hero and anti-Semite, becomes president and pushes isolationist and anti-Semitic policies. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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