For context -
Born in Miami, raised in Maryland,
Family from West Virginia.
Media junkie.
Never heard about this.
Not in school. Not in college. Not in grad school.
Not on NPR. Not in the Washington Post.
Not until #LovecraftCountry.
PS: never heard about Tulsa until #Watchmen.
I did indeed learn about sundown towns on #LovecraftCountry, and I fucking read history at Oxford.
I guess they forgot African-American history.
Honestly though, that was the scariest scene in the entire episode. When it got dark the creatures came out, I was kind of like… and?
If you learned about sundown towns from Lovecraft Country or the Tulsa race massacre from Watchmen you know the power of art and you’re learning the price of HBO Max firing executives of color left and right.
It wasn’t just the historical context & spiritual/cosmic elements of #LovecraftCountry that had folks freaking out & not renewed
It was also the passion & BlkLust… it was unsettling to those who’ve only held our desires in contempt or commodity
It wasn’t created for ytgaze
Everytime I see #LovecraftCountry trending I get excited hoping there's news about a Season 2, but then I find out it's just trending because everyone is still just as pissed as I am that HBO canceled it smh. 🤬
Kandake #1… Pre-Orders begin September 3rd.
A spin-off series. Watch as a legend comes to life with a mythos twist. Can a demi-goddess/ warrior queen who once ruled an entire civilization adjust to the new world around her? #lovecraftcountry
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This reignited talk about #lovecraftcountry is bring up some good points. I wanted to love it and I do feel like I ignored hella plot holes cause “black scifi” but let’s be honest yall….
It was lacking a lot. Hopefully in the future, we can have black scifi w/ less trauma