HBO assholery

[irisblue]

Don't Give HBO's 'Confederate' the Benefit of the Doubt - The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/08/no-confederate/535512/


I did not know I was waiting on his commentary till now.

[wryter2000]

1. No benefit of the doubt here

Repulsive, no matter how artistically done. I hope they lose a bundle on it.

[irisblue]

2. Mr. Coates nailed it down & tight & true.

[procon]

3. What would the world have looked like if the South had won?

Well, that sure sounds like must-watch TV watching.

[irisblue]

4. Maybe like trumps' rally in WV yesterday?

[heaven05]

5. just a continuation

of generations long racist ameriKKKan assholery.....more and more we will see a shift to the racist right that ameriKKKa has always kept under cover until the right moment to reveal it's true nature arose....need i say more?

[JHan]

6. I like alternative story lines, I like challenging concepts...

not a word of the script has been written yet but I really have to ask - was it too much of a stretch to imagine a story line that would have REALLY BEEN SOMETHING where black people got their 40 acres and a mule? Where there was no Jim Crow, no segregation, blacks are prosperous and there's no wealth gap between us and whites??

Too much to ask?

The concept of "Confederate" is expected and typical, and a failure of imagination, but we'll see.

[ismnotwasm]

7. I'll bet you a million dollars

It will have an interracial owner/slave "love story" as one of the main story lines. Might mix it up and go all Mandingo style --since they're no doubt trying to be edgy.