And they re-created this photo as well.......
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That's right!
The sheriff and deputies are local boys, right? How come they don’t know about not going into those woods?
Jordan Peele man......this was like that
I saw that one and the other one with the unemployment line. Two iconic photosMan I thought it was dope how they re-created Gordon Parks iconic photo....
Midwest had a lot of sundown towns
I noticed that too, I see an Emmy in her future for this!
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MISHA GREEN
she is the architect behind this show. She was behind that good show the underground that got canceled because it was too raw and too real.
HAS
everywhere HAS sundown towns including where I am...california.
those people these past couple of months didn't hang themselves from trees at the town square
Not necessarily Lou Kayge (althought, you are correct in that they are half sisters),however, my family is like that whereas we range in complexions from very dark to very light (same parents). Ironically, my oldest brother has 2 daughters with his wife that would remind you of Ruby Baptiste (the older sister) and Leti Lewis (Jurnee Smollett). Genetics in the black community are truly a roll of the dice when it comes to complexions.
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Good question, I guess they have heard stories, but never actually seen anything. Besides, they're "armed" and arrogant and probably believe they can do anything they want. Think about how certain segments of the population respond to Covid 19 with an attitude of "invincibility."
When they threw in that gay shit, I was like, "God damn. Not again."
It's like there's a mandate in TV shows and movies to throw some kind of gay shit in there, especially black people gay shit
But Jurnee Smollett is fine as hell and sexy as fuck. She got a cute little ass on her, but the sexy is enough to overcome noassatall
That's the funny thing about black people. You can have two siblings light as hell, I mean damn near White and two other siblings as dark as Usain Bolt all the while everyone came from the same two parents. I've seen it with my own eyes
Hell, when I was born I was as light has Macaulay Culkin with blue eyes and pink lips. Meanwhile, my father is dark-skinned. My mother is light-skinned, but not that light skinned
I darkened up over time, but you don't see too many black kids born with blue eyes
Man I thought it was dope how they re-created Gordon Parks iconic photo....
I saw it, but only because somebody posted it on Twitter. Tomorrow I'm going to watch the full thing again. It was just that good.
I followed the writer and showrunner on Twitter. Hearing there inside input was very catching
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I know Maryland has quite a few sundown towns. Greenbelt and Crofton right outside Washington, DC were sundown towns.
Thanks, I went to school in College Park, and I could never explain why I had a strange feeling when we would go to Greenbelt mall.
interesting point. maybe they do, just with their lights on?
HBO did a terrible job at promoting this show. I thought it was just some black drama/love story that takes place in the 60's.
It shows how the police have been a tool of racism against black people, also keep in mind a lot of these white people who use to protest black kids going to school and support racism are still alive and well today.
It shows how the police have been a tool of racism against black people, also keep in mind a lot of these white people who use to protest black kids going to school and support racism are still alive and well today.
Now I miss SyFy's Superstition with Melvin Van Peeples
Wtf? How i miss this
Not necessarily
Happens very often
One lightskinned one darkskin
Same mother same father
They did a great job lol
That's why it's trending and people checked it out
And now you know it's crazy as fuck
They didn't give the show away
And honestly so far the first episode is the tamest of the ones I saw.
let me know when you wanna go in on this first episode
Ready
that opening sequence...
It was magical
the transition from Saving private Ryan to damn near Invasion form Mars meets John Carter meets 50 era sci fi schlock the seamless mashing of genres
I REALLY was AWED by that.
what did you think?
But in horror movies, when running from a monster you are suppose to trip on the ground
Naw, it was just by luck that I even checked it out because I was bored.
Naw, it was just by luck that I even checked it out because I was bored.
It showed the power of a good book. How you get lost in the fantasy only to arrive back in a bleak reality.
Jackie Robinson fighting aliens in one minute
In the next you're walking into town because you can't ride on the white truck.
Also
How many shows have a black man enjoying a good book?
I KNEW YOU WOULD CATCH THAT!!!!!!
Of course
They're all "nerds" into sci Fi
you know what got me about the bus breakdown?
I HONESTLY think there was a LARGE segment of the viewing audience that REALLY could NOT foresee that they would end up walking.
I mean after DECADES and DECADES learning about Rosa Parks and MLK?
I STILL think there are those who see it through a rose colored whitewashed sanitized lens
(maybe even some BLACK viewers had HOPE?)
WE KNEW they were NOT getting in that pick up
and salute to the actor playing the truck driver
man oh man
its aint easy to play racist without saying a WORD
you SAW his face and KNEW
and I LOVED how PROTECTIVE the brother was...
watching the sister, seeing what she was going to do, how they LEFT her to get her OWN bags and how he was so SMART
he KNEW he had to PLAY this situation JUST right as to NOT raise a ruckus...
(which is INTERESTING because a little LATER we see he is already TIRED of the bullsh*t)
and the SMART direction and editing to just CUT to them WALKING with the bags
No explanation needed.
so basically telling the WHITE audience..
THIS is the REALITY
You KNEW this was going to happen
NO NEED for the afternoon special bullsh*t
we not gonna go do some type of segregation porn right NOW.
This was EVERY DAY
and UNDERSTAND how that effects a people.
when this is the DEFAULT.