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H.P. Lovecraft was a virulent racist. How HBO’s new series ‘Lovecraft Country’ confronts the author’s legacy: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-08-13/lovecraft-country-hbo-hp-lovecraft-racism-explained
The series boasts executive producers including @JordanPeele and @jjabrams and it has brought renewed attention to the problematic legacy of Lovecraft.
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-08-13/lovecraft-country-hbo-hp-lovecraft-racism-explained
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-08-13/lovecraft-country-hbo-hp-lovecraft-racism-explained
Lovecraft was one of the most influential genre writers of the 20th century — as well as a racist, white supremacist and anti-Semite whose dread-soaked writing is animated by fear of the Other.
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-08-13/lovecraft-country-hbo-hp-lovecraft-racism-explained
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-08-13/lovecraft-country-hbo-hp-lovecraft-racism-explained
Even as Lovecraftian imagery pervades contemporary pop culture, the science fiction and horror community continue to debate how to acknowledge Lovecraft’s contributions without reinforcing his racist worldview. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-08-13/lovecraft-country-hbo-hp-lovecraft-racism-explained
In “Lovecraft Country,” The racism of the author is well-known; indeed, it’s a point the characters explicitly discuss. And the mere fact that the series’ heroes are all Black is in itself a riposte to Lovecraft, spitting in his otherwise admired eye. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-08-06/lovecraft-country-review-hbo
