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they get a rap for being a time of lameness and malaise and the like, it was actually a really bizarre and weird time for this country. so i really tried to dive into that. e eve knievel, elvis, ufos, the rise of tabloid journalism, the son of sam serial killer in new york and tried to tell this amazing story in the context of this really weird legitimate stuff that was actually happening. >> you look at the '70s, what parallels do you see what was happening then and in our world today? >> a lot, frankly. first of all, you had tremendous mistrust of government. disillusion. with the people in power. following watergate and the vietnam war. you see a lot of parallels to the lack of faith and confidence people have today. the rise of tabloid journalism that started in 1977. i have lucy joins up with a rupert murdochesque character.