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You'd think being a US President might ensure you're remembered by history, especially if you were assassinated in public. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case for President James A. Garfield, who died just 199 days into his first term, and since remains largely forgotten. Even Death By Lightning , a new Netflix show that aims to put him back him in the spotlight, frames Garfield as a man “the world forgot”, adding further insult to injury by giving his assassin equal billing. Yet Mike Makowsky’s limited series, based on a 2011 novel by Candice Millard, does so in a preposterous, hilarious way that underscores the tragedy of it all.

Tight plotting also helps maintain interest in a show that telegraphs its end from the start, surprisi

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