13403878, the racism in the show is representing Lovecrafts... Posted by rdhull, Thu Sep-17-20 10:08 AM
>1) it is presenting racism in America and wrapping >Lovecraftian horror around it. That is all that one can say >it's doing from a surface look. You can go deeper than that >and arrive at other things, but on the surface it's just that. > > >2) Most people only see things at a surface level. Kudos to >okp for being woke, but most people surface. > >3) A tounge in cheek mocking of Lovecraft's racism is not >dealing with the effects of that racism. Neither is a big neon >sign. And my point is that the effects of his racism in >particular are the deep seeded shit that has been pervasive in >the white consciousness for over a hundred years and literally >a part of why we're still dealing with this shit today. > >4) If a show cannot deal with that head on then perhaps it's >not the show we need on this topic. > >Again I think the show on its own is fine, but as a commentary >on Lovecraft it's nowhere near enough. > >█▆▇▅▇█▇▆▄▁▃ >Big PEMFin H & z's >"I ain't no entertainer, and ain't trying to be one. I am 1 >thing, a musician." � Miles > >"When the music stops he falls back in the abyss."
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