![]() READ MORE: Why Amazon’s ‘The Man in the High Castle’ Isn’t Afraid to Go Too Far ![]() It’s a very different world, in many respects, one with citizens living in fear of fascist rule, but it’s also a world that has Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit,” playing on a record player near the end of Episode 2. Dick, is built on the concept of an alternate America, one ruled by Germany and Japan after they won World War II. Not because I’m ignorant of American music pre-1962, but because the series, based on the book by Philip K. Because every time I did recognize a song, it was an unexpected shock to the system. ![]() Something I started doing around Episode 2 of Amazon’s “ The Man in the High Castle” was writing down the names of songs I recognized.
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