Valley of the Boom mashes up fact and fantasy of '90s dot-com disaster

Valley of the Boom mashes up fact and fantasy of '90s dot-com disaster

5 years ago
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https://www.cnet.com/news/valley-of-the-boom-review-fact-and-fantasy-1990s-dot-com-disaster/

The six-part series started on National Geographic on Sunday. It's an intriguingly unusual show, telling this true story in a form that owes a lot to the disjointed way we consume information and entertainment online. Like Nat Geo's other big show Mars, Valley of the Boom is half drama and half documentary -- actors act out scenes, interspersed with interviews in which the actual players from the time explain what's going on, what they were thinking and why we should care.

Think of it like The Big Short, with the actual people chiming in.