Lovecraft Country Is One Of The Greatest Shows Of All Time

Lovecraft Country is one of the greatest shows of all time.

The title needed to be restated.

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It had one season.

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In 10 episodes they developed characters,

and enveloped viewers,

more precisely than shows with 8 seasons.

This show gave history, fantasy, adventure, romance, horror, mystery, drama, science fiction, comedy, war, musical...

Correction - this show gives.

I will not use past tense.

It is a ongoing creation.

The show gives the totality of life.

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And something that expansive

that massive,

that meaningful

was stripped from the people.

The people who were waiting on it.

The ones who didn't know they needed it.

And those who were afraid of it.

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Lovecraft Country intertwined the

Tulsa Massacre, the

savage murder of Emmett Till, the

experimentation on Black bodies by physicians, the

pillaging of Indigenous lands/customs/people, the

Korean War, the

Green Book,

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with

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first love,

internalized homophobia,

emotionally and physically abusive familial dynamics,

self awakening discoveries,

death

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Using magic to deliver victories

that the people who lived through it didn't have

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If you haven't watched the show

and you've read this far

I still haven't spoiled it for you.

My skeletal review won't hinder the experience of seeing it for the first time.

It can't.

Something that finely crafted is beyond dismantlement.

I have watched the show three times and typing this I am tempted to start it again.

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Misha Green did something that has never been done.

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And HBO was afraid.

It wasn't a "toxic set environment" because HBO has no qualms about that when it comes to other shows.

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They saw

a white woman being murdered the same way Emmett Till was

and white people losing the magic they stole

and a Black woman naming herself

and it was 2020

and the world was on fire

and Lovecraft Country empowered and showed a little too much.

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LOVECRAFT COUNTRY IS ONE OF THE GREATEST SHOWS OF ALL TIME.