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Review: HBO’s Newest Satire ‘The Brink’ Hits Close to Home

June 27, 2015 By WHC Insider

Brink

In a review of HBO’s new series “The Brink,” Nukes of Hazard Blog explores the “frighteningly realistic” nature of the pilot episode.

“The show kicks off with a nightmarish scenario in which the fraying threads of Pakistani political control officially unravel, leaving the country’s hundred-some nuclear warheads dangerously unsupervised.”

“The writers of Brink cooked up an entertaining story, but the best—and perhaps most disturbing—part about any satire is that somewhere buried beneath all the hilarity, there’s always a shred of truth.”

Read the full review at nukesofhazzardblog.com: HBO’s Newest Satire Brink Hits Close to Home

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