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Kind of Blue

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14. I thought HBO's Watchmen did a good job in the mix of horror/racism genre.
Tue Sep 1, 2020, 03:13 PM
Sep 2020

But I enjoy the extra bonus of thinking that the violently racist Lovecraft is spinning in his grave.

On the Creation of Ni**ers (1912)
by H. P. Lovecraft

When, long ago, the gods created Earth
In Jove’s fair image Man was shaped at birth.
The beasts for lesser parts were next designed;
Yet were they too remote from humankind.
To fill the gap, and join the rest to Man,
Th’Olympian host conceiv’d a clever plan.
A beast they wrought, in semi-human figure,
Filled it with vice, and called the thing a Ni**er.

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My husband and I are watching it. Behind the Aegis Sep 2020 #1
Yes JustAnotherGen Sep 2020 #2
No. murielm99 Sep 2020 #3
I'm thinking about taking a look at it. Aristus Sep 2020 #4
If feels Lovecraftian to me. Ilsa Sep 2020 #7
Seems very Lovecraftian to me. I like it. rickyhall Sep 2020 #12
Loving it. sweetloukillbot Sep 2020 #5
Are they H.P. Lovecraft stories set to the modern day or Lovecraft-like stories? yonder Sep 2020 #6
I woudn't want to see a Lovecraft story set in modern-day America. Aristus Sep 2020 #8
"....eerie, remote, isolated, rotting little towns", populated by eerie, isolated, rotting people. yonder Sep 2020 #11
I had just posted that when I remembered a little place where I stayed while doing my hospitalist Aristus Sep 2020 #13
How was the food? yonder Sep 2020 #15
There was a Mexican place and an Italian place. Both passable, nothing more. Aristus Sep 2020 #16
There is a book called Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff that is the basis Ilsa Sep 2020 #9
Thanks for the info. yonder Sep 2020 #10
I thought HBO's Watchmen did a good job in the mix of horror/racism genre. Kind of Blue Sep 2020 #14
I knew he was a racist, but what a godawful poem!! I am enjoying the show Nay Sep 2020 #17
Yes, indeed the story has been good and I didn't know it was a book! Kind of Blue Sep 2020 #18
Wonderful JustAnotherGen Sep 2020 #21
Yes, indeed! When I saw the teasers and found Jordan Peele is one of the producers, well, you know. Kind of Blue Sep 2020 #22
Yes! I am really enjoying it. femmocrat Sep 2020 #19
Episode 4 JustAnotherGen Sep 2020 #20
Good rundown of The Hidden Black History of Lovecraft Country Kind of Blue Sep 2020 #23
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