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Lovecraft Country

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Episode one of Lovecraft Country lets viewers know for sure that the question of reality and truth is at the heart of the series. In reality, H. P. Lovecraft was an overt White Supremacist. The series turns this on its head and gives a new generation a ring-side seat to revisiting history from the reality overlooked by textbooks.

Reality is slippery. Truth can be hidden. What does it take to uncover the truth, share your reality, and make the world better for the next generation?

“It would seem to me that the proposition before the house is a question hideously loaded, and that one’s response to that question, or reaction to that question, has to depend on the effect of where you find yourself in the world, what your sense of reality is,” James Baldwin spoke during a 1965 debate with William F. Buckley.

We’re talking about the whole season of Lovecraft Country on this episode of Reel Review. Host Jonathan Schwartz is joined by Alex Ago, Ange-Marie Hancock Alfaro, and Aubrey Hicks to discuss the horror, the scifi, the Easter eggs, the way genre can get at the heart of social issues, and more.

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