In this episode BGB talks about the new hit HBO series, Lovecraft Country. We talk about the beautiful blackness of this show, how HBO be holding us down, Highly Black & Outstanding, the genre-blending, black horror, horror noire, Jordan Peele, Misha Green, Underground, how horror has changed for black people, J.J. Abrams, the amazing characters & cast, initial reactions, H.P. Lovecraft, Matt Ruff’s novel Lovecraft Country, racism as a form of horror, Get Out, Us, knowing your limits, monsters, witchcraft, magic, etc, sundown towns & this sundown show, how this show isn’t for Fee B, Charm City Kings, black history, the amazing visual effects, boom roasted, Candace & Atticus, the outstanding Letitia “MF-ing” Lewis, having a very visual imagination, Jonathan Majors, Jurnee Smollett, Aunjunae Ellis, Wunmi Mosaku, Michael K. Williams, Courtney B. Vance and all of the star studded cast members, the various levels of horror in this show, sisterhood, colorism, gender norms, Baltimore in its heyday, white men being scarier than monsters, the insidiousness of racism, the brilliance of this show and soo much more
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