As a wannabe cinephile, I look at this movie outside of the social effect and motivation and more so just for the entertainment value, I try not to look at my entertainment under the lens of how it affects and addresses my community. I make an exception for movie about slavery because I refuse to watch another movie…

Overall, personally, I was disappointed. It feels to me that racial issues are used as window dressing without any actual points about them being made. Also, a large part of what made Candyman so frightening in the original was his ability to seduce. That characteristic is sorely lacking in the new film.

I do not like horror. I think life as it comes at us as blacks folks is scary enough. I saw the trailer and had to watch. I love JS and JM so I really had to watch. This has been soul giving and just what I needed. Every part of it is so well done— the historical accuracy, the costumes, the sets, the incredible acting,…

I’ve been traveling so I haven’t gotten to watch the last two episodes, but I wanted to thank you for writing these in-depth and extremely informative reviews. You clearly put a ton of heart and work into them, and it made me enjoy the show so much more to have some of the details and themes laid bare that I might…

This was a powerful show with a powerful ending and I enjoyed every second of it. 

This show was good. I will say though, if HBO decides to pull the plug, this season closed well. Leaves me wanting more, does not require more to be complete.  The very best of endings.

Montrose is really the latest in a long line of bad guys who get a relatively good ending. Even after seeing his father bash him, I resented him—and I am a gay male. That he perpetuated the cycle of beating whatever qualities he did not like out of his own son, Tic, rather than raising him without that physical…

Brilliant analysis. Phew! Thank you. I too get blown away by the low brow critiques of many, and the lack of acknowledgement for Misha Green. I do not understand why HBO has not done more to promote the show. Your weekly critiques are a must read for getting the full gist of each episode. I think the emotional,…

I will miss the show for a few selective reasons:

That’s probably the biggest negative in this show. Even so, Montrose watching his son died and carrying his body can also be seen as karmic justice for what he did. Montrose would have to carry this with him for rest of his life and throw himself to the wellbeing of his grandson.

...And then, made me angry and a little sad again too.  Can’t believe it still hasn’t been renewed.

OMG This so totally cheered me up!

FIRST: GIVE MISHA HER FLOWERS:

I propose that, in keeping with the undercurrents of the show’s world-building, magic is linked to the ancestral line, and is accessible through the knowledge and understanding of the Adamic language as combined with ritual, sacrifice, and intent.

If one accepts that all humanity finds its origins in Africa, is it…

I think I love your re-caps even more than the series. This is some enlightening and enjoyable reading.

Misha’s accomplishments being underhyped remind me of online discourse earlier this year that asserted the new Candyman movie as Nia DeCosta’s Candyman, as opposed to “Jordan Peele’s Candyman” as it was depicted in promotional material. Like, what does a black woman have to do to get some frickin recognition around…

So Montrose not only gets away with murder and child abuse, he gets a redemption and a do-over with ‘Tic’s child and with Tic’s blessing?

Very well said!

I think some of that is clear in the structure of the magic in LC.

It’s that “fear of entropy / power over life and death” language that is so antithetical to any spiritual truth or non-oppression based living that gives it away. And the purity of Hippolyta’s experience shows an alternative path to “naming magic.”

The…