I think that the producers did a good job depicting the 1920s and Prohibition. The things that they incorporated that were really good was showing the alcohol companies keeping their names and changing to a type of soda company. Also they showed bootlegging and Speaksies which was also very true. They also focused on people making their own alcohol which was very popular as well as mafia refrences. The accuracies definetally outweighed the comedies. The parts that were fake were obviously meant for the comedy aspect of the show (i.e. alcohol in bowling balls, punishment for bootlegging being a catapult). It wasn't meant to be taken seriously which made it easier to pick out real information from fake. I really liked the episode and thought it was helpful and funny.
Part 2:
They should add a scene where it showed all of the Speaksies in the area. The episode portrayed it to be as if there was only one place in town that you could illegally get alcohol when in reality there were so many of them everywhere!
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