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Lovecraft Country: Sundown (2020)
One of the better first episodes of a series I have seen.
I'm not black and I'm also not visiting a haunted, abandoned mine in the middle of nowhere. You don't have to be in the exact same situation as the main characters to be absorbed in the fear they are experiencing. I didn't know about sundown towns/counties and I can see how horrifying that situation must be to the people in it. I thought it was great. I'm not sure how people gave one star for this. It wasn't incorrectly marketed like Shyamalan's 'The Village'.
Jurnee Smollett is talented and gorgeous (too bad her brother is a terrible person). Courtney B. Vance is good to see again and better than I remember him in Criminal Intent. The rest of the cast put in solid performances - typical of a Class A HBO production.
I can't stand sensationalist "news" like MSNBC or CNN, but I thought the first episode did a great job walking a tightrope without being too preachy or over-the-top. This has been typical of projects that Jordan Peel is involved in. I thought the military service commentary was on point: the main character is clearly proud to have served - but in turmoil with the complicated nature of that service and his place in society. This show did not spit our (America's) past, but gave a snapshot into what was, and told an interesting story.
"Don't read into it, just stating the facts."
9/10 - It was one of the best first series episodes I have seen on television in a while. Hope this will be as entertaining as Westworld's first season. The starting dream sequence gets a pass because it's a dream sequence, but the creatures throughout were silly looking. Didn't need to see them yet. Some premature exposure all over the screen.
Not sure why anyone would think it was making all white people look bad. I'm a proud WASP, this show did not make me feel bad about being white. It did make me wonder how we were so very segregated 100 years after slavery ended. That kid serving in the diner was afraid of the power structure in that town - what's his life going to be like after that crash?