Black Horror Excellence: Lovecraft Country Season 1 Review

Lovecraft Country is haunting perfection. A masterpiece that thrusts you into the bone-deep stages of fear but that you cannot and (should not) look away. From one episode to the next you are put off yet sucked in at the same time. You’ll have so many questions but not want to ask even one. You’ll want the show to make itself known to you as the lore unfolds, you’ll want to take notes, want to uncover the mysteries with the cast, and mourn them as well. It’s an easy binge that sits with you long after. As a person of color, it will spur a conversation in your body centuries old. No worries though, this review will be * spoiler-free * and wouldn’t even know how to give more than the tip of this iceberg. The Mirage: Whitey on the Moon As mentioned in our review of the pilot episode, our characters are traveling a long way to find the father of protagonist Atticus Freeman, played by Jonathan Majors (David, Da Five Bloods). To correct my previous statement, not driving through the deep south –  but traversing the midwest toward the northeast from Chicago to Massachusetts. It was so easy to mistake this bigoted and racist ride to New England for one below the Mason-Dixon. We sometimes forget the spread of racism and it’s blanket over the entire country. There is an instinct to characterize racism as southern, but it’s everywhere.   Image Courtesy of Sci-Fi Wire Once introduced to the monsters that are men, the beasts do not stop but wear different skin altogeth…