American Gods will end up being one of the most politically relevant scripted TV series of 2017, though that wasn't necessarily showrunners Bryan Fuller and Michael Green's intent when they started adapting the Neil Gaiman novel.
"It feels like the show that we set out to make was much more entertainment and much less politicking than the show that is going to be released to the audiences," Fuller told me when I sat down with him and Green to discuss the upcoming new Starz series, which debuts on April 30th. The fantasy drama, which tells the story of a man unwittingly caught in a war between the old and new gods of America, deals with big themes like immigration. Those themes have earned new context given the political climate shift in America over the past year.
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"It feels like the show that we set out to make was much more entertainment and much less politicking than the show that is going to be released to the audiences," Fuller told me when I sat down with him and Green to discuss the upcoming new Starz series, which debuts on April 30th. The fantasy drama, which tells the story of a man unwittingly caught in a war between the old and new gods of America, deals with big themes like immigration. Those themes have earned new context given the political climate shift in America over the past year.
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