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Peacock’s ‘Ponies’ Features a Badass Jewish Spy and a Moving Holocaust Storyline

JL;DR SUMMARY "Ponies," now streaming on Peacock, is a captivating spy thriller set in 1977 Moscow, focusing on two women who become CIA operatives to unravel the mysterious deaths of their husbands. 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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HolocaustJewish Representation1977PeacockMoscowPoniesCia OperativesEmilia ClarkeSusanna FogelDavid Iserson

Places mentioned

Moscow, Russian Federation
"She works as a secretary in Moscows government offices during the day with Twila."
Belarus
"Manya Caplan (Dame Harriet Mary Walter), is a Holocaust survivor from Belarus, who escaped Europe with her son, Beas father, and settled in America."

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