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the13thround

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And they re-created this photo as well.......

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November 17

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Jurnee Smollett is the low key MVP so far. She brought it in every scene. When she ran out of the bathroom diner and said "get y'alls asses up, we gotta get the fuck outta here" and jumped in the driver's seat, I knew she was gonna be fire. Being sexy as hell doesn't hurt either. Can't wait to see what the rest of the season brings!

I noticed that too, I see an Emmy in her future for this!
 

November 17

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Gonna assume Jurnee's character has a different Daddy than her other 2 siblings. They are way darker than her.
Not necessarily Lou Kayge (althought, you are correct in that they are half sisters),however, my family is like that whereas we range in complexions from very dark to very light (same parents). Ironically, my oldest brother has 2 daughters with his wife that would remind you of Ruby Baptiste (the older sister) and Leti Lewis (Jurnee Smollett). Genetics in the black community are truly a roll of the dice when it comes to complexions.
 
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November 17

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The sheriff and deputies are local boys, right? How come they don’t know about not going into those woods?

Good question, I guess they have heard stories, but never actually seen anything. Besides, they're "armed" and arrogant and probably believe they can do anything they want. Think about how certain segments of the population respond to Covid 19 with an attitude of "invincibility."
 

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Never seen a show with this many black intellectuals. Cool. Jurnee is a slimee that needs to get it. Despite somewhat having nasatall. They had to throw in a brief moment of faggotry.
When they threw in that gay shit, I was like, "God damn. Not again."

It's like there's a mandate in TV shows and movies to throw some kind of gay shit in there, especially black people gay shit

But Jurnee Smollett is fine as hell and sexy as fuck. She got a cute little ass on her, but the sexy is enough to overcome noassatall
Gonna assume Jurnee's character has a different Daddy than her other 2 siblings. They are way darker than her.

That's the funny thing about black people. You can have two siblings light as hell, I mean damn near White and two other siblings as dark as Usain Bolt all the while everyone came from the same two parents. I've seen it with my own eyes

Hell, when I was born I was as light has Macaulay Culkin with blue eyes and pink lips. Meanwhile, my father is dark-skinned. My mother is light-skinned, but not that light skinned

I darkened up over time, but you don't see too many black kids born with blue eyes
Man I thought it was dope how they re-created Gordon Parks iconic photo....

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I saw it, but only because somebody posted it on Twitter. Tomorrow I'm going to watch the full thing again. It was just that good.

I followed the writer and showrunner on Twitter. Hearing there inside input was very catching
 
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November 17

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I know Maryland has quite a few sundown towns. Greenbelt and Crofton right outside Washington, DC were sundown towns.
Thanks, I went to school in College Park, and I could never explain why I had a strange feeling when we would go to Greenbelt mall.
 

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HBO did a terrible job at promoting this show. I thought it was just some black drama/love story that takes place in the 60's.


It shows how the police have been a tool of racism against black people, also keep in mind a lot of these white people who use to protest black kids going to school and support racism are still alive and well today.
 

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HBO did a terrible job at promoting this show. I thought it was just some black drama/love story that takes place in the 60's.


It shows how the police have been a tool of racism against black people, also keep in mind a lot of these white people who use to protest black kids going to school and support racism are still alive and well today.



They did a great job lol

That's why it's trending and people checked it out

And now you know it's crazy as fuck
They didn't give the show away
And honestly so far the first episode is the tamest of the ones I saw.
 

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But in horror movies, when running from a monster you are suppose to trip on the ground
They did a great job lol

That's why it's trending and people checked it out

And now you know it's crazy as fuck
They didn't give the show away
And honestly so far the first episode is the tamest of the ones I saw.

Naw, it was just by luck that I even checked it out because I was bored.
 

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that opening sequence...

It was magical

the transition from Saving private Ryan to damn near Invasion form Mars meets John Carter meets 50 era sci fi schlock the seamless mashing of genres

I REALLY was AWED by that.

what did you think?


It showed the power of a good book. How you get lost in the fantasy only to arrive back in a bleak reality.

Jackie Robinson fighting aliens in one minute
In the next you're walking into town because you can't ride on the white truck.

Also
How many shows have a black man enjoying a good book?
 

playahaitian

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It showed the power of a good book. How you get lost in the fantasy only to arrive back in a bleak reality.

Jackie Robinson fighting aliens in one minute
In the next you're walking into town because you can't ride on the white truck.

Also
How many shows have a black man enjoying a good book?

I KNEW YOU WOULD CATCH THAT!!!!!!
 

playahaitian

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It showed the power of a good book. How you get lost in the fantasy only to arrive back in a bleak reality.

Jackie Robinson fighting aliens in one minute
In the next you're walking into town because you can't ride on the white truck.

Also
How many shows have a black man enjoying a good book?

you know what got me about the bus breakdown?

I HONESTLY think there was a LARGE segment of the viewing audience that REALLY could NOT foresee that they would end up walking.

I mean after DECADES and DECADES learning about Rosa Parks and MLK?

I STILL think there are those who see it through a rose colored whitewashed sanitized lens

(maybe even some BLACK viewers had HOPE?)

WE KNEW they were NOT getting in that pick up

and salute to the actor playing the truck driver

man oh man

its aint easy to play racist without saying a WORD

you SAW his face and KNEW

and I LOVED how PROTECTIVE the brother was...

watching the sister, seeing what she was going to do, how they LEFT her to get her OWN bags and how he was so SMART

he KNEW he had to PLAY this situation JUST right as to NOT raise a ruckus...

(which is INTERESTING because a little LATER we see he is already TIRED of the bullsh*t)

and the SMART direction and editing to just CUT to them WALKING with the bags

No explanation needed.

so basically telling the WHITE audience..

THIS is the REALITY

You KNEW this was going to happen

NO NEED for the afternoon special bullsh*t

we not gonna go do some type of segregation porn right NOW.

This was EVERY DAY

and UNDERSTAND how that effects a people.

when this is the DEFAULT.
 
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