Disappointment

At this stage, though, Legacy feels not just of a kind with its predecessor but pigeonholed by its less savory impulses toward xenophobia and political paranoia. Given the concerning, authoritarian views of our current executive branch (and its verbal supporter base), as well as that administration’s tendency to bastardize facts in the name of fear-mongering, one has to wonder whether many Americans can correctly interpret a series like 24: Legacy. It’s a show that should be cartoonish, shallow, and patently littered with stereotypes – but that is also perfectly in line with a falsified world-view many unnervingly powerful figures are attempting to assert as authentic. One could argue that the 24 franchise has always been entertainingly jingoistic propaganda. In greeting Legacy, however, it’s unnerving to consider whether enough people can still easily distinguish it as such. http://www.cutprintfilm.com/tv/tv-reviews/24-legacy/