The Man in the High Castle (TV series) explained
The Man in the High Castle is an American dystopian alternate history television series created for streaming service Amazon Prime Video, depicting a parallel universe where the Axis powers of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan rule the world after their victory in World War II. It was created by Frank Spotnitz and produced by Amazon Studios, Ridley Scott's Scott Free Productions (with Scott serving as executive producer), Headline Pictures, Electric Shepherd Productions, and Big Light Productions.[1] [2] The series is based on Philip K. Dick's 1962 novel of the same name.[1]
The pilot premiered in January 2015, and Amazon ordered a ten-episode season the following month which was released in November. A second season of ten episodes premiered in December 2016, and a third season was released on October 5, 2018. The fourth and final season premiered on November 15, 2019.
Setting
Set in 1962, the series' main setting is a parallel universe where the Axis powers have won World War II in 1946 after Giuseppe Zangara successfully assassinates United States President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933, creating a series of developments that include the Germans dropping an atomic bomb on Washington, D.C. (now renamed "District of Contamination"). The German Reich extends to Europe and Africa and the Empire of Japan comprises Asia, but most of the series is set in the former US and in Germany proper. Adolf Hitler is dictator of most of the world. The Emperor of Japan is ruler of most of the rest of the world. Although the real life Axis included Fascist Italy under the dictatorship of Benito Mussolini, only the Japanese and German factions of the Axis are depicted in this fictional world. There are no Italians in the scenario, nor is Mussolini accounted for, except as an image in one of the mysterious newsreels, with the Führer.
Western North America, now part of the "Japanese Pacific States", is occupied by the technologically less-advanced Shōwa-period Empire of Japan, which has assimilated its formerly American citizens into Japanese culture, although high-class ethnic Japanese are extremely fascinated by pre-War American culture. Japan's Trade and Science ministers work in the Pacific States' capital, San Francisco. The Japanese rulers subject non-Japanese people to discrimination and grant them fewer rights.
Eastern and Midwestern North America is a colony controlled by the Greater Nazi Reich (GNR) under an aging German: [[Führer]] Adolf Hitler. The colony, headed by a "German: [[Reichsmarschall]] of North America", is commonly referred to as "Nazi America" or "the American Reich" and its capital is New York City. The Nazis continue to hunt minorities and euthanize the physically and mentally sick. Fictional developments of 1960s technology such as video phones (History of videotelephony), live surveillance video (CCTV), and supersonic jetliners (as was the real-life SST) that were technologically available in the '60s but never commercially produced are featured in the series.
A Neutral Zone, which encompasses the Rocky Mountains, serves as a buffer zone between the Japanese Pacific States and Nazi America due to Cold War–like tensions between the German and Japanese blocs. Another buffer zone is present in the Urals.
Films collected by the eponymous "Man in the High Castle" are newsreels depicting numerous other Earths, including some where the Allies were victorious, some featuring executed Allied leaders (such as Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin), and some where an American resistance is doing well. The events depicted include both actual history and other possible alternate timelines.
Cast
Main
- Alexa Davalos as Juliana Crain, a young woman from San Francisco who is outwardly happy living under Japanese control. She is an expert in Japanese: [[aikido]] and is friendly with the Japanese people who live in San Francisco. As Juliana learns of The Man in the High Castle and his films, she begins to rebel.
- Rupert Evans as Frank Frink (seasons 1–3), Juliana's boyfriend at the beginning of the series. He works in a factory creating replicas of prewar American pistols, and creates original jewelry and sketches on his own time. Frank's grandfather was Jewish, making him a target of discrimination. When Juliana vanishes just after the police kill her sister, Frank is taken into custody. Soon after, he turns against the state and works with the American Resistance.
- Luke Kleintank as Joe Blake (seasons 1–3), a new recruit to the underground American Resistance who is actually an agent working for the SS, under German: Obergruppenführer John Smith. He transports a reel of the forbidden film The Grasshopper Lies Heavy to the neutral Rocky Mountain States as part of his mission to infiltrate the Resistance. He meets Juliana and quickly falls in love with her, leading to him questioning his allegiance to the Reich.
- DJ Qualls as Ed McCarthy (seasons 1–3), Frank's co-worker and friend. He closely follows politics and cares very much about Juliana and Frank's well-being. It is revealed in season three that Ed is gay.[3]
- Joel de la Fuente as Takeshi Kido, the chief inspector who is the ruthless head of the Japanese: [[Kempeitai]] stationed in San Francisco
- Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Nobusuke Tagomi (seasons 1–3), the Trade Minister of the Pacific States of America. His true loyalties are ambiguous throughout the first season.
- Rufus Sewell as John Smith, an SS German: [[Obergruppenführer]], later promoted to German: [[SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer|Oberst-Gruppenführer]], and then to German: [[Reichsmarschall]] of the colony of North America (near series end becoming Reichsführer of a newly autonomous North American Reich) who is investigating the Resistance in New York. He is a natural-born American who had served in the US Army Signal Corps. He initially lives a comfortable suburban life with a wife and three children but subsequently moves the family to Manhattan.
- Chelah Horsdal as Helen Smith (seasons 2–4; recurring season 1), wife of John Smith and queen bee of the New York Nazi social set. Natural born American before the war, she plays an enormous role in John Smith choosing an allegiance to the Nazis. She later faces a crisis in the consequences to that decision when her own son gives his life for the regime and her whole world collapses.
- Brennan Brown as Robert Childan (seasons 2–4; recurring season 1), an antique store owner who makes secret deals with Frank
- Callum Keith Rennie as Gary Connell (season 2), leader of the West Coast Resistance movement and enforcer for Abendsen[4]
- Bella Heathcote as Nicole Dörmer (seasons 2–3), a young Berlin-born filmmaker who crosses paths with Joe, and moves to the American Reich in the third season[5]
- Michael Gaston as Mark Sampson (season 3; recurring season 1; guest season 2), a Jewish friend of Frank's living in San Francisco, who later relocates to the Neutral Zone.
- Jason O'Mara as Wyatt Price, also known as Liam (season 3–4), an Irishman who is a black market supplier of information to Juliana
- Frances Turner as Bell Mallory (season 4), the leader of the Black Communist Rebellion (BCR) in San Francisco
Recurring
- Aaron Blakely as Erich Raeder (seasons 1–3), an German: [[Sturmbannführer|SS-Sturmbannführer]] working with Smith
- Carsten Norgaard as Rudolph Wegener (season 1), a disillusioned high-ranking Nazi official who trades secrets with Tagomi
- Rick Worthy as Lemuel "Lem" Washington, the owner of the Sunrise Diner in Cañon City and member of the Resistance
- Camille Sullivan as Karen Vecchione (seasons 1–2), a leader of the Pacific States branch of the Resistance
- Lee Shorten as Hiroyuki Yoshida (seasons 1–2), a sergeant and Inspector Kido's right-hand man
- Arnold Chun as Kotomichi, Tagomi's aide-de-camp, who came from the parallel world after his hometown, Nagasaki, was destroyed by an American atomic bomb
- Bernhard Forcher as Hugo Reiss (season 1), the German ambassador to the Japanese Pacific States
- Christine Chatelain as Laura Crothers (season 1), Frank's sister, who is executed as a threat to force a confession from Frank
- Hank Harris as Randall Becker (season 1), a member of the Pacific States branch of the Resistance
- Allan Havey as the Origami Man (season 1), a Sicherheitsdienst (SD) operative sent to Cañon City to eliminate members of the Resistance
- Burn Gorman as the Marshal (season 1), a bounty hunter searching for concentration camp escapees
- Shaun Ross as the Shoe Shine Boy (season 1), a young albino man living in Cañon City
- Rob LaBelle as Carl (season 1), a book store clerk in Cañon City who is revealed to be a concentration camp escapee, David P. Frees
- Geoffrey Blake as Jason Meyer (season 1), a Jewish member of the Resistance
- Daisuke Tsuji as the Crown Prince of Japan (season 1)
- Mayumi Yoshida as the Crown Princess of Japan (seasons 1, 4)
- Amy Okuda as Christine Tanaka (season 1), an office worker working in the Nippon Building
- Neal Bledsoe as SS-Captain Connolly (season 1), an American SS officer serving under John Smith, later revealed to be a spy working for Reinhard Heydrich
- Hiro Kanagawa as Taishi Okamura (seasons 1–2), the leader of a Japanese: [[Yakuza]] based in the Pacific States
- Louis Ozawa Changchien as Paul Kasoura (seasons 1–2), a wealthy lawyer who collects prewar American memorabilia
- Tao Okamoto as Betty Kasoura (season 1), Paul's wife
- Stephen Root as Hawthorne Abendsen / the Man in the High Castle (seasons 2–4), the head of the American antifascist resistance, creating films set in other worlds
- Sebastian Roché as Martin Heusmann (seasons 2–3), Joe's estranged father and a high-ranking German: Reichsminister in the Nazi government[6]
- Cara Mitsuko as Sarah (season 2), a Japanese American Resistance member, Frank's confidante and a survivor of the Manzanar concentration camp
- Tate Donovan as George Dixon (season 2), Trudy's biological father and a member of the resistance in New York City
- Michael Hogan as Hagan (seasons 2–3), an ex-priest and leader in the San Francisco Resistance
- Tzi Ma as General Hidehisa Onoda (season 2), a leading member of the Japanese Army
- Giles Panton as Billy Turner (season 3–4), a Nazi Reich American advertising executive who is working with Nicole Dörmer to "erase" the memories of the former U.S. from the minds of the citizens in the Nazi Reich America
- Ann Magnuson as Caroline Abendsen (season 3–4), the wife of Hawthorne Abendsen
- Laura Mennell as Thelma Harris (season 3), a closeted lesbian gossip column reporter in New York City
- Janet Kidder as Lila Jacobs (season 3), one of the many Jews protected in a Catholic commune in the Neutral Zone
- Jeffrey Nordling as Daniel Ryan (season 3), a Jungian therapist employed to treat Helen Smith's grief following the death of her son Thomas
- Akie Kotabe as Nakamura (season 3), a Japanese-American sergeant of mixed ethnicity who works under Kido as Yoshida's replacement
- Tamlyn Tomita as Tamiko Watanabe (season 3–4), an Okinawan-Hawaiian painter who befriends Tagomi
- Eijiro Ozaki as Inokuchi (season 3–4), an admiral and the head of the Imperial Japanese Navy fleet stationed in the San Francisco Bay
- James Neate as Jack (season 3), a man in the Neutral Zone with whom Ed McCarthy becomes romantically involved
- Sen Mitsuji as Toru Kido (season 4), Inspector Kido's son who suffers from PTSD
- Chika Kanamoto as Yukiko (season 4), Childan's assistant and later wife
- Clé Bennett as Elijah (season 4), Bell Mallory's lover and one of the members of the BCR
- David Harewood as Equiano Hampton (season 4), the leader of the BCR
- Rachel Nichols as Martha (season 4), Helen Smith's "wife-companion" assigned by the Reich to keep an eye on her
- Michael Hagiwara as Okami (season 4), a Yakuza boss operating in the JPS
- Bruce Locke as Yamori (season 4), a hardline Japanese general in favour of continuing the occupation of the JPS
- Eric Lange as Whitcroft (season 4), a general and John Smith's second-in-command
- Marc Rissmann as Wilhelm Goertzmann (season 4), an German: Obergruppenführer from Berlin
- Rich Ting as Iijima (season 4), a Japanese captain
John Smith's family
- Quinn Lord as Thomas Smith, John and Helen's son and the eldest child. A member of the Hitler Youth, it is later revealed that he has inherited a form of muscular dystrophy (facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy) from his father's side of the family. Learning this, he turns himself in to the Reich Sanitation Services and is euthanized. In the fourth season, Lord plays Thomas in an alternate universe where the Axis lost WWII.
- Gracyn Shinyei as Amy Smith, John and Helen's daughter
- Genea Charpentier as Jennifer Smith, John and Helen's daughter
Juliana Crain's family
- Daniel Roebuck as Arnold Walker (seasons 1–2), Juliana's step-father and Trudy's father
- Macall Gordon as Anne Crain Walker (seasons 1–2), Juliana's mother who is still bitter about losing her husband in World War II
- Conor Leslie as Trudy Walker (seasons 1–3), Juliana's half-sister who is shot dead by the Kempeitai. However, she is shown alive at the end of the second season, revealed in the third season to be from an alternate timeline in which it was Juliana who died.
Nobusuke Tagomi's family
- Yukari Komatsu as Michiko Tagomi (season 2), Nobusuke's wife
- Eddie Shin as Noriaki Tagomi (season 2), Nobusuke and Michiko's son
Historical characters
- Wolf Muser as Adolf Hitler (seasons 1–2), the leader of the Greater Nazi Reich
- Ray Proscia as Reinhard Heydrich (seasons 1–2), an German: [[SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer]]
- Keone Young as Shunroku Hata (season 1), a field marshal
- Kenneth Tigar as Heinrich Himmler (seasons 2–4), an German: [[Reichsführer-SS|SS-Reichsführer]] and later the new German: Führer
- Lisa Paxton as Eva Braun (season 2), Hitler's wife, at his side on his deathbed
- David Furr as George Lincoln Rockwell (season 3), the German: [[Reichsmarschall]] of German-controlled America, plotting against John Smith
- William Forsythe as J. Edgar Hoover (seasons 3–4), the director of the American Reich Bureau of Investigation (the Nazi counterpart of the real-life FBI), co-plotting with Rockwell
- John Hans Tester as Josef Mengele (seasons 3–4), the head of studies about trans-universe travel, realizing an enormous traveling machine
- Gwynyth Walsh as Margarete Himmler (season 4), Himmler's wife and the head of the Reich Red Cross
- Timothy V. Murphy as Adolf Eichmann (season 4), an SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer
- Hiromoto Ida as Hirohito (season 4), the Japanese emperor
Episodes
Season 4 (2019)
Production
Development
In 2010, it was announced that the BBC would co-produce a four-part TV adaptation of The Man in the High Castle for BBC One together with Headline Pictures, FremantleMedia Enterprises and Scott Free Films. Director Ridley Scott was to act as executive producer of the adaptation by Howard Brenton.[7] On February 11, 2013, Variety reported that Syfy was producing the book as a four-part miniseries, with Frank Spotnitz and Scott as executive producers, co-produced with Scott Free Productions, Headline Pictures and Electric Shepherd Prods.[8]
On October 1, 2014, Amazon Studios began filming the pilot episode for a potential television drama to be broadcast on their Prime web video streaming service.[9] Adapted by Spotnitz, the project was produced for Amazon by Scott, David Zucker and Jordan Sheehan for Scott Free, Stewart Mackinnon and Christian Baute for Headline Pictures, Isa Hackett and Kalen Egan for Electric Shepherd and Spotnitz's Big Light Productions. The pilot was released by Amazon Studios on January 15, 2015.[10] Amazon Studios' production process is somewhat different from those of other conventional television channels in that they produce pilot episodes of a number of different prospective programs, then release them and gather data on their success. The most promising shows are then picked up as regular series. On February 18, 2015, Amazon announced that The Man in the High Castle was green-lit along with four other series, and a full season would be produced.[11]
The pilot, which premiered in January 2015, was Amazon's "most-watched since the original series development program began". The next month, Amazon ordered a ten-episode season, which was released in November to positive reviews.[12] [13] [14] A second season of ten episodes premiered in December 2016, and a third season was announced a few weeks later.[15] [16] [17] Amazon announced in January 2017 that they were bringing on new executive producer and showrunner Eric Overmyer for the third season to replace Spotnitz, who had departed from the show during the second season.[18] Season three was released on October 5, 2018. In July 2018, it was announced at San Diego Comic-Con that the series had been renewed for a fourth season,[19] which was confirmed in February 2019 to be the last one of the series.[20] Daniel Percival and David Scarpa took over as showrunners for the final season.[21]
Filming
Principal filming for the pilot took place in Seattle, with the city standing in for San Francisco and locations in New York City. Filming also took place in Roslyn, Washington, with the town standing in for Canon City and other Neutral Zone locations. Sites used in Seattle include the Seattle Center Monorail, the Paramount Theatre, a newspaper office in the Pike Place Market area, as well as various buildings in the city's Capitol Hill, International District, and Georgetown neighborhoods. In Roslyn, the production used external shots of the Roslyn Cafe, along with several local businesses and scenery.[22] [23]
For the series, filming took place in Vancouver, British Columbia. Specific filming locations included West Georgia Street in the city's downtown core, and the promenade of the Coast Capital Savings building in April 2015.[24] In May and June 2015, filming also took place at the University of British Columbia.[25] Exterior shots of Hohenwerfen Castle in Werfen, Austria, were filmed in September 2015 for the tenth episode of the first season.[26] The interior scene where Hitler and Rudolph Wegener meet was shot on the ground floor of the Bell Tower.
Release
The first and second episodes were screened at a special Comic-Con event. The season premiered on November 20, 2015.[27] [28] The second season was released on December 16, 2016.[29] The third season was released on October 5, 2018. The fourth season was released on November 15, 2019.[30]
Reception
The pilot was Amazon's "most-watched since the original series development program began". The first season received critical acclaim. Rotten Tomatoes gives it an approval rating of 95% based on reviews from 62 critics, with an average rating of 7.5 out of 10. The site's critical consensus states, "By executive producer Ridley Scott, The Man in the High Castle is unlike anything else on TV, with an immediately engrossing plot driven by quickly developed characters in a fully realized post-WWII dystopia." Metacritic gives the first season a score of 77 out of 100, based on reviews from 30 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Meredith Woerner from io9 wrote, "I can honestly say I loved this pilot. It's an impressive, streamlined undertaking of a fairly complicated and very beloved novel."[31] Matt Fowler from IGN gave it 9.2 out of 10 and described the series as "a superb, frightening experience filled with unexpected twists and (some sci-fi) turns".[32] Brian Moylan of The Guardian was positive and praised the convincing depiction as well as the complex and gripping plot.[33] The Los Angeles Times described the pilot as "provocative" and "smartly adapted by The X-Files' Frank Spotnitz". The Daily Telegraph said it was "absorbing", and Wired called it "must-see viewing". Entertainment Weekly said it was "engrossing" and "a triumph in world-building", cheering, "The Man in the High Castle is king." After the season, Rolling Stone included it on a list of the 40 best science fiction television shows of all time.[34] Amazon subsequently announced it was the service's most-streamed original series and had been renewed for a second season.[35] [36]
The second season received mixed reviews. Rotten Tomatoes gives it an approval rating of 64%, based on reviews from 25 critics with an average rating of 7 out of 10. The site's critical consensus states, "Although its plot is admittedly unwieldy, The Man in the High Castles second season expands its fascinating premise in powerful new directions, bolstered by stunning visuals, strong performances, and intriguing new possibilities." Metacritic gave season 2 a score of 62 out of 100, based on reviews from ten critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
The third season was met with positive reviews. Rotten Tomatoes gives it an approval rating of 86%, based on reviews from 21 critics with an average rating of 7.4 out of 10. The site's critical consensus states, "The crafty addition of minor sci-fi elements and a terrific William Forsythe to the show's already engrossing narrative make The Man in the High Castles third season another worthy binge." Metacritic gives season 3 a score of 70 out of 100, based on reviews from five critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
The fourth season received positive reviews. Rotten Tomatoes gives it an approval rating of 92%, based on reviews from 13 critics with an average rating of 7.2 out of 10. The site's critical consensus states, "The Man in the High Castle finds something close to closure, wrapping up major threads to bring everything full circle in sufficiently dramatic fashion."
Accolades
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2015 | IGN Awards[37] | Best New TV Series | The Man in the High Castle | |
South by Southwest Awards | Excellence in Title Design | Patrick Clair | |
2016 | American Society of Cinematographers Awards[38] | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Television Movie, Mini-Series or Pilot | James Hawkinson (Episode: "The New World") | |
Creative Arts Emmy Awards[39] | Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series | James Hawkinson (Episode: "The New World") | |
Outstanding Main Title Design | Patrick Clair, Paul Kim, Jose Limon, Raoul Marks | |
Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More) | Drew Boughton, Linda King, Brenda Meyers-Ballard (Episode: "The New World") | |
Outstanding Special Visual Effects | Lawson Deming, Cory Jamieson, Casi Blume, Nick Chamberlain, David Andrade, Bill Parker, Justin Fox, Danielle Malambri (Episode: "The New World") | |
Critics' Choice Television Awards[40] | Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Rufus Sewell | |
Monte-Carlo Television Festival[41] | Best TV Series Drama | The Man in the High Castle | |
Saturn Awards[42] | Best New Media Television Series | The Man in the High Castle | |
USC Scripter Awards[43] | Best Television Script | Frank Spotnitz and Philip K. Dick | |
Visual Effects Society Awards[44] | Outstanding Created Environment in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project | Casi Blume, David Andrade, Nick Chamberlain, Lawson Deming | |
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode | Lawson Deming, Cory Jamieson, Casi Blume, Nick Chamberlain | |
Young Artist Awards[45] | Best Performance in a TV Series—Recurring Young Actor (14–21) | Quinn Lord | |
2017 | Artios Awards[46] | Television Pilot And First Season—Drama | Denise Chamian, Liz Ludwitzke, Candice Elzinga, Patti Kalles | |
Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour) | James Hawkinson (Episode: "Fallout") | |
Outstanding Original Creative Achievement in Interactive Media within a Scripted Program | "Resistance Radio" | |
Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period Program (One Hour or More) | Drew Boughton, Jon Lancaster, Dawn Swiderski (Episode: "The Tiger's Cave") | |
Outstanding Special Visual Effects | Lawson Deming, Cory Jamieson, Casi Blume, Nick Chamberlain, Justin Fox, Bill Parker, David Andrade, Danielle Malambri (Episode: "Jahr Null") | |
Costume Designers Guild Awards[47] | Outstanding Fantasy Television Series | J.R. Hawbaker | |
Leo Awards[48] | Best Guest Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series | Kurt Evans | |
Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series | Chelah Horsdal | |
Location Managers Guild Awards[49] | Outstanding Locations in a Period TV Series | Nicole Chartrand, Robert Murdoch | |
Saturn Awards[50] | Best New Media Television Series | The Man in the High Castle | |
2019 | Location Managers Guild Awards[51] [52] | Outstanding Locations in Period Television | Nicole Chartrand, Braden Jennings | |
Satellite Awards[53] | Best Genre Series | The Man in the High Castle | |
Visual Effects Society Awards[54] | Outstanding Created Environment in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project | Casi Blume, Michael Eng, Ben McDougal, Sean Myers ("Reichsmarschall Ceremony") | |
Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project | Saber Jlassi, Igor Zanic, Chris Parks, Nick Chamberlain ("Statue of Liberty Destruction") | |
2020 |
Leo Awards |
Best Lead Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series | Chelah Horsdal | |
Visual Effects Society Awards[55] | Outstanding Model in a Photoreal or Animated Project | Casi Blume, Ben McDougal, Chris Kuhn, Neil Taylor ("Rocket Train") | | |
Advertising controversy
As part of an advertising campaign for the season one release, an entire New York City Subway car was covered with Nazi and Imperial Japanese imagery, as seen in the show, including multiple US flags with the Imperial Eagle symbol in place of the 50 stars (a change from the swastika used on the flag in the show), and multiple flags of the fictional Pacific States.[56] In response to criticism from "state lawmakers and city leaders", the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) released a statement saying that there were no grounds to reject the ads because the neutral content subway ad standards prohibit only advertising that is a political advertisement or disparages an individual or group. MTA spokesperson Kevin Ortiz stated, "The MTA is a government agency and can't accept or reject ads based on how we feel about them; we have to follow the standards approved by our board. Please note they're commercial ads." Spokesperson Adam Lisberg said, "This advertising, whether you find it distasteful or not, obviously they're not advertising Nazism; they're advertising a TV show."[57]
After complaints from New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, initial reports indicated that Amazon pulled the advertisement from the subway. It was later announced that it was the MTA, not Amazon, that pulled the ad because of pressure from Cuomo.
See also
Notes and References
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