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This PValley/Lovecraft Country discourse is interesting because it& #39;s obvious that Starz, as a network, has very little interest in spending money advertising its black shows (odd, especially after Power was such a hit)
vs HBO, which realized a few years ago that capturing the attention of appealing to a select group of black tastemakers and prestige tv critics was enough to propel a mediocre show to popularity
And HBO has gotten good at this model of tv making: you come out the box with pre-made hashtags, you have an official account that pre-GIFs all the giffable moments, you have your show touch on contentious timeline debates. it& #39;s fandom in a box (and it sucks!)
just think about how few of the people telling you how Important Lovecraft Country is ever had a thing to say about Power - another show with a majority black cast, a black female showrunner, etc.
Courtney Kemp said it herself, she doesn& #39;t write for the timeline. Vs the LC country writer who said on their very own podcast "We just need to get black twitter and the critics"
and I think the difference between making a show for a black audience and making a show for black twitter is really obvious if you watch those two programs and see how it treats its black characters
Power is a crime story story and crime stories are ultimately about the human condition - power, family, respect, love, greed. all that.
LC uses its characters to deal with black twitter& #39;s neuroses
LC uses its characters to deal with black twitter& #39;s neuroses
