How can it go so wrong? I made it through the first 2 episodes but don't think so can watch anymore. The production values are outstanding, the sets are beautiful and there are some very good actors. The horror genre has served throughout the history of cinema as a vehicle for cultural and social commentary, sometimes on subversive or taboo subjects. In this series they hijacked the horror genre and held it hostage to a storyline that completely lacks any subtlety or nuance. It was so ham handed that the actors were reduced to cartoon characters. Who's making this stuff and why are they allowed to?

We can't ignore black suffering. That would be disgusting and wrong. However, we can't keep supporting works that *only* depict black suffering! Black people deserve to have better portrayals. 😒

Anyone watching, I recommend you still watch the show. All the reviewers are saying the same thing, yes, but decide for yourself. If you like the horror genre, you’ll likely enjoy this show. 8/10

This review is garbage. Its a horror anthology series. Of course the main family is going to suffer

MAAAAAAN Yall soft. THEM was real! This show didn't just show the sad life of a black family in the 40's/50's, It showed some trauma for white people too I noticed but Come on. This show is a wake up call in history, we look at school textbooks and think "oh segregation was rough" THIS! is a representation of some real stuff that probably happened to your grandparents and your great grandparents and yall wonder why they so quiet over there in the corner. Never forget your history... If yall can't handle this show go watch some Tyler Perry Madea's big family shit lmaoo

@7:53 “it didn’t even look cool to me anymore” Maybe this is why the True Tone is going over so many ppls heads especially our generation. This film literally showed the totality of what our parent and grandparents dealt with mentally when racism was at its absolute worst. Yes the film was very deep and intense. But guess what, this was our elders reality. Put away “good horror” “a cool film” blah blah. This was our elders livelihoods. It seems like so many people leave this part out. My grandmother talked a lot about how deep spirituality was around that time. Good and bad. She would always tell us she saw demons, she heard and seen spirits, she felt like she was going crazy due to the evils of white people. Their consciousness or (spiritual antennas) were high compared to modern society. They were bombarded spiritually and lived in a level of fear I don’t think any of us can fully comprehend. A lot of what was shown I assure you, our grandparents and even some parents from the Deep South can relate to a film like this. And would probably be offended to see so many ppl wanting to skip over this aspect of racism in those days. I highly suggest If you have grandparents who can share stories about their parents and grandparents. Ask them, talk to them about spirituality and dealing with white people during those days. Ask them if they felt evil surrounding them.

I didn’t find it exploitive at all. I found it captivating and light shined on the black experience on many levels. The alter egos/internal characters speaks to personal suffering that is very difficult to explain. Viewers can really feel that in a meaningful way for the first time. I don’t think it’s for anyone who hasn’t dealt with personal traumas.. can definitely be triggering

Wow, why are we ignoring the second half of the season? Episode 9 was perfect. It goes way deeper than grassroots racism in the 50s, it goes into the specifics, the intricacies of the destruction of the mentality of the black race. How they twisted Leviticus 25 to enslave us, to the curses in Deuteronomy. They literally spoke about the covenant that was made with Gods chosen people (So-called black man), where else has this been addressed? No other show has gone this deep into the origins of the nit and gritty of racism, and why it's evil, etc. So I don't get your "this show is catered to white folks" take at all, I don't see it. Not sure why you would look to a literal horror show for some sense of aspiration? That's why we have movies like Coach Carter, Remember the Titans, Black Panther, Green Mile, Creed, Soul, Quincy, Straight Outta Compton. Not a horror show? What part of Get Out aspired you? Why you are surprised to see "trauma" in a horror show? Shouldn't it be expected even more? Were you looking for a trauma-less horror show? Sure, structurally it could be much better, but as a psychological horror show, it was no less than a 7/10. 9/10 for me personally. I mean, the soundtrack, sound design was superb, the acting is great from Gracie Jean to The Man in the Hat, the story works if you look a tad deeper, the writing was good enough- there were so many memorable lines. It's a good horror show. You can literally make the argument that all these Spike Lee, Jordan Peele movies are exploitative also, how is this show any more or less exploitative than the Blackkklansman or Get Out movie? Your judgments are pretty circular, you only truly judged the first 5 episodes.

THEM is about everything and nothing at the same dayum time.....

I actually enjoyed season one. It was absolutely difficult to watch at times, but I don't believe the overall objective of the show is known to the viewers. I understand and agree that we need more positive, uplifting shows about our people. However, it seems to me that the creators of the show are attempting to address the issues that have plagued us, as they see fit. I was left with the impression that they were able to save their family in the end. I feel like the entire idea is to make everyone uncomfortable.. Works for me, but I understand the critics.

In my opinion it is very important to have shows that really show us the reality of the heinous acts done against us it makes us as a people want to learn more about our own history that many of us never really gave thought before.

At times I also grow tired of seeing stories about black people struggling or being mistreated. However this series was a little different. There was a message within some of those VERY difficult to watch scenes. The message was obviously about hatred and racism, but also about pain. In order to manage these issues we have to recognize these things in others , but most importantly we have to recognize it within ourselves! That’s ultimately what the main characters did at the end. It’s easy to recognize it within others but much harder to recognize it within ourselves. Once the characters recognized their own pain and hurt they were ready to come together and face the world. Pain and hatred will likely always be a part of this world but we don’t have to let it in our own hearts. Working on our own hearts is the hardest work to do. There is a lot of work that white people need to do but there is also a lot of work that black people need to do. The stuff we saw in this movie as well as the stuff we are seeing today is SPIRITUAL!!!! Some of the people who are doing crazy things don’t even understand why they are doing it ! The sooner we start “ seeing things for what they really are “, the better we will all be. Hurt people hurt people. How do we break that cycle?

I liked it. There was a lot of symbolism going on that I appreciated as a writer myself. The history that was represented is what i also appreciated. All of the main characters had their own demons to deal with.

when you look past normal flaws of the series like betty's storyline with the milkman and other plot lines that got dropped this series was amazing and delivered the message it was supposed to. if you think it's torture porn just because it shows the torture black people had to go through during those times then you completely missed the point of the series. this is about what our grandparents/great grandparents lived through and it's not just some horror series for us to rate. it's a literally horror documentary and you could probably find several grandparents and great grandparents who can relate to this experience

I’m not white I’m not black , I am Colombian.. and from the start I felt so uncomfortable and so traumatized and I could never imagine how devastating the segregation time was.after the baby scene I took a break not sure if I will finish this. Your absolutely right, the whole “black producer” excuse and it being okay to show that or a pass is still not ok, they did not have to show the baby scene or assault scene..the rest of the racism I think just shows exactly how it was so I think that was eye opening.

8/10. Great analogies. Great content. GREAT STORYTELLING. TRIGGERING, YES. BUT IT ALSO SHOWS HOW WHENE STAY TOGETHER WE ARE THE MOST POWERFUL. Our whole existence is fighting. We fight to live everyday fam. The mom character is very important. To say it's nothing is insane!!!! They all fought and won!

Disclaimer for other commenters: to each their own . This is MY opinion on the series, and I care not if you agree or disagree with me. That said, if you troll...you WILL be trolled.... Now... Trauma porn I agree with. I'm usually the type to insist on finishing a movie or series just because I start it and want to see the ending, even if it's "bad" (i.e. terrible acting). I get what the creator wanted to do...but how much more of this do we really need to see? I feel like Jordan Peele's work executes it's purpose, but this almost feels unnecessary. I'm only 5 episodes in and I cringe at the thought of finishing it.

It’s a dramatization of real past events, I don’t think it’s exploiting anything. Yes it’s a hard watch but some people are just tired of this genre being lame and anything but scary. This series was a refresher for sure.

I thought the Tap Dance Man was scary, well-acted, and a brilliant representation of the lingering rage from slavery and segregation and racism in general. But then they ruined him by having him be just a form of the evil Amish ghost man. Also, his deal with the devil doesn't really make sense if it happened in like the 1860s when the Civil War was going on. He had to keep driving black people insane to stay "immortal" but in the show it's the 1950s, and they say black people moving to the area is a new thing, so what the hell was he doing when the area was only white people? Why hadn't he already been sent to hell for not doing the work?

It started off strong in the first 2 episodes then it started to take a sharp turn into something completely incoherent. The plot was all over the place. It seemed they were more into creating shock value than something of real substance. It had the potential of it being really good but instead it fell way short.

This show is not for the minds of the shallow. There are many lessons and hidden biblical text.

I get this is a review based on your opinion but you try to speak with such authority that makes it seem like it’s the reality. Everything you complained was without reference or without explanation. To me I see people copying Jordan peele as a great success to Jordan for creating signature style for black horror films which then because it’s own genre. People copy each other’s styles all the time because a successful trend will be duplicated. The writing wasn’t air tight but it got the point across that it wanted to focus on. What you took away from this is a very limited and one sided viewpoint that belittles all the great things this series accomplished. I don’t understand what you mean by black suffering. Every hero trope moves has suffering where the protagonist has to overcome. If you mean that you want to see black characters overcome Somethig else than racism I mean... what more relatable,deeper truth is there? But this series wasn’t about overcoming racism or loving your neighbor. It was about those who are blinded by pride, hatred, and pain and what happens when unchecked or not dealt with. The evil white lady betty had trauma’s similar to lucky however Betty projected her pain and hatred toward them because they threatened the only safe space she felt like she had. Which is why she was distributed by the wall paper because it disturbed her “perfect” world. Luckys pain and fears which was dealt with by having to face them as the devil shoves those reminders and false narrative constantly at her recognized what holding on to grief and pain could do to her and her family and overcame that to be the savior of her family she still has left. Physiologically speaking this huge because people hold onto grief of a loved one because they feel if they move on that means that don’t care/love their lost ones anymore. She didn’t play the victim card ever and found her true self once again even stronger ready to face the world as shown in the last scene of the Emory family metaphorically standing against the world. I just think your opinion is valid as to why someone shouldn’t watch the show. And to call it shit and ass is just being disrespectful for no reason especially when you yourself can’t produce/write/or direct anything equal to or better than THEM. But those who don’t do just complain I guess.

I think that even Jordan Peele would had made Henry Emorys character more protecting of his family especially going after the ones who killed his baby and raped his wife. Little Marvin image of black men being strong is not there or he let Lena Waithe or Waife take his his idea of this film into a totally different direction making the black male character weak and unprotective of his family while the black woman and black daughter had to come to his rescue

I like that people think this was the black experience.

I feel like if anyone watched haunting of hill house or bly manor, this is literally the same trauma based theory. I feel like this showcases real issues at the time, some parts were unnecessary but it was a deeply thrilling watch

This show was completely unnecessary! I’m confused on who the audience is suppose to be. Black people don’t not need to be watching this. This show is nothing but trauma, and it’s upsetting because the acting was so good. The actors who played the family did an amazing job. However the story was just sad, upsetting, and just again unnecessary!!

Some Black people just haven’t gotten rid of their victim past they carry it everywhere pulling the rest back in the eyes of the world. You can keep assuming but they are doing just fine in the right places not the famous places that are always in the media like new jersey or los angels or more commonly know new york

I feel like a lot of people take the show out of proportion. I found this to be educational even for how graphic it is. It shows what POC had to really go through and it was hard to watch, but to see them rise up from their demons was amazing. I know it’s traumatic but you have to understand what they’re trying to portray. When you watch the last few episodes it starts to make sense. It made me cry. I hope everyone can find something to understand from the show because it opened my eyes to things I didn’t know were true. Everyone has there own thoughts and opinions about the show, but I highly recommend watching it. It is a big trigger warning though. What they shown was VERY graphic.

I rate this the scariest thing I’ve seen in so long. Definitely got that Kubrick vibe in this show. 10!

LOTS of people in this country, STILL mad we're not on the plantations. Imo, one Reason for the Repetitive Tourture stories/visuals regarding us.

Im so tired of people saying it’s exploitative. We NEED to see this as a race -black people NEED to see this because too often, after ALL our ancestors did for us, in this day and age we continue to insult them, we don’t honor their advice, and we mistreat them. I hope its a wake up call to our community. Our grandparents and great-grandparents went through hell with white people and they have to get old and take that shit from us too. It doesn’t have to be this way. Honor your ancestors by doing family history and genealogy. They are too important to be forgotten. So much unchecked trauma they had to fight through. Also, I hope younger white people see this so they can get a picture that racism was hella real and continue to promote change. That George Floyd incident was HORRIBLE, but it was NOTHING compared to what our ancestors went through. That cat in a bag scene said it all.

I feel like people who havent experienced racism; dislike this show. You cant just sweep history under the rug. If you want black people to be depicted as strong we gotta show the struggles they go through. Unfortunately its racism. So shitting on an idea because you dont like to see black people struggle and make it out; sounds like you got more underlying issues. Grow as a person. Watch The Harder they Fall.

The series " Them" was great, it shows the truth of what happened in the 50s which everyone should be aware of , blacks or whites. Black people were definitely Traumatised living in that kind of environment. If black people wants movie on order, please create your own and invest in your own. If you don't put the money don't criticise.

as far as black trauma has went in tv shows, this show was most def the worst and the fact that it happens in every single episode is ridiculous! when i thought it couldnt get worse, it did smh

I binged this over the last couple of days, it was fucking great. The cast was phenomenal. It was brutal to watch I agree, I hit the fast forward button many times to get through some excruciating scenes. But as a horror fan I loved it, I encourage everyone to make their own decision.

Totally get your view. It's actually becoming a pattern with these types of movies/tv shows. It is depressing. But all in all I liked it. How each character had a demon following them and they all had different attachments to each member of the family. I learned more than what I already knew. I.e blackface, great migration. What I didnt know was about the real estate changing the predominantly white neighborhoods to black and raising interest and forging contracts to say "negro blood." It made me scared, angry, and sad all at the same time.

It reminded me a lot of Toni Morrison's 'Beloved' where Sethe's slave trauma becomes personified in the ghost of her daughter. I think 'Them' was beautifully crafted. I take your point of Black trauma being exploited, but in the whole collection of Black storytelling, this series definitely has a place. The haunting of each character is personal, and the idea that a Black family is being psychologically oppressed on the inside of the house, and physically oppressed from the outside has the desired effect of inescapable claustrophobia, a drowning that takes everything you have to come up for breath. In the haunting horror genre, there are always victimised characters, usually a traumatised or isolated female; 'Them' is no exception to that, so it's not a failure to have black characters who need to overcome, that's every haunting story. We need more Black stories of every genre, that's for sure. There's a lot of catching up to be done.

How many white horror stories have I seen? A Thousand Black horror stories maybe 5 in 44 years. What are we talking about?

We keep coming back to this because this is America this is what most people Experience with the White population in America till this day it’s just dressed up a lil different now in days

This shit really happened

This was NOT drawn out. Are we or did we watch the same thing? It’s a thriller it builds up and it’s not slow burning. It’s just the attention span today is of a gnat. The teacher was spooky as well. The Pastor scenes maybe one episode was drawn out. But the rest. One scene I skipped through was the baby scene. Knowing what they was going to do was traumatizing. Eff that old itch. That was not needed. Just weird. If you want to be pissed of watch that scene. The children are absolutely beautiful. The mom gorgeous. The father’s apathy to protect his family annoyed me. Weak …

I think everything he explained to make it sound bad is why this show is it’s own particular perfect art. The show it self was a build up.

Guys just watch the show, reviewers are just too technical but u dont have to be, enjoy the story.

Breathe easy bro. It's brilliant. 100. It's not a cartoon

Don't you think people have to see how much WE have suffered? If u think n feel that's exploitative then hey they have to do MORE. only through seeing suffering, they may find compassion. Even though I could say so much more, that's all.

I stopped at the rape and baby murdering scene, sorry for the spoiler, but I don’t think it does spoil it. If your not sure as a black person how to take this show when you watch the first, second and third episodes, that scene makes it definitive. I switched off.

THEM was actually really good. Specially after just finishing my sociology class. America wants everything sugar coated. This was necessary to discuss what it truly was back then

Here's a list of MOVIES/TV SHOWS with good REPRESENTATION of black people. Without drug, gang, violence, stress/struggle, or even trauma. And please let me know if you like any of them. 1. Really love? (Movie) 2. Waves (Movie) 3. Mississippi Masala (Movie) 4. Abbot Elementary (Tv Show) 5. The Last Black Man In San Francisco (Movie) 6. Akeelah and the Bee (Movie) 7. Pride (Movie) 8. Moonlight (Movie) 9. Malcolm and Marie (Movie) 10. Our family wedding (movie) 11. Sex Education (Tv Show) 12. The boy who harnessed the wind (Movie) 13. Grand Army (Tv Show) 14. Marshall (Movie) 15. Grandma's House (Movie) 16. Drumline (Movie) 17. The Sea Beast (Movie) 18. Brown Sugar (Movie) 19. Namste Wahala (Movie) 20. Mr. Malcolm's List (Movie) 21. LE PRINCE OUBLIÉ (Movie)

I would love to see a horror movie about black majic or voodoo

There is way less racism now, being Puerto Rican in Minnesota in the 90s I was called the “N” word by a couple white guys when I was a teen aged having a brown complexion. I was chased by them after flicking them off. My mother was white and the father was dark complexion Puerto Rican. In school was picked on and never got in trouble but I also didn’t take no crap from the kids. And then they backed off me.

Is it really that bad?

You really hit a key point about Them and other media. A lot of times it's BORING! It's the same stories over and over again! There area INFINITE stories out there to tell but instead we're getting the same ones over and over and over again. Why? Because it's cheap, safe, and does not require talent, risk, or hard work. I mean come on! Give us something NEW!

Saw episode 5 and im just trying to recover

Excellent show. Enjoyed it immensely.

I agree. I'm not sure I can even finish it. I made through the first 2 episodes.

How much introspection do you expect from a horror series?

Idk how your conclusion in the intro is logical when successful black film makers are doing amazing work and are being recognized by the whole country but go off.

I get what you mean about her having nothing to do, and her past, but what more would you want? Yes was perhaps a bit thin, but that trauma is going to massively shape and affect her for a substantial time, we saw she was a mother but clearly, got ish to.manage. pretentious cinematography? It was excellent , being too picky. But is like a consolidation dose of trauma. The director said he wanted audience to feel it. But yes nothing grows its based over a short period though. Long what? Flew by but I feel dropped it at 9 and 10. Shouldve been 9 with extended final ep. Some fair opinions though. Totally get em. Felt the same to a point but overall thought it was good and needed. Watch the director intro. Well put hes a horror fan so thats what he's gonna make . Those twins were scarier tho. I get what you mean tho this is like a sequal to us , and lovecraft but after green book and the other films u mentioned , I get your point, but I thought LC was great ,up to the end .. this was a good show tho even with the Sensationalism, which is a fair point, but visual medium is powerful for the masses that don't read enough. Peace .

I kind of want to watch this to see how bad it is but I don’t think my spirit can handle it

the production was amazing but other than that it was just to many different things going on. great acting tho

1000% agree Tap Dance Man from the inherent representation to the visual just Wow. Right there with Pennywise. They could’ve done a movie on him and a broader audience would’ve been scarred for life. Maybe Season 2 but this is such a hard watch, Im not sure if Im up for a return to 1960s East Compton ever again…

I’m on episode 6, just finished 5 and ionno daw I might be done with it

How does this appeal to white audience? U were going good but then u went off track. Firstly, it being boring, and saying it wasnt executed properly. I think it did exactly what it meant to do and traumatize us.

TLDR: Well I liked this 'white guilt' series. Still could've been better w/o the need of supernatural elements, but glad for the variety and jobs created to make this production possible. In terms of cinema, yes, minority groups overcoming adversity from the hands of oppressive majority groups is a common theme. But a black family, much less a group of black people, being oppressed within a societal & LITERAL spiritual context is maybe where some viewers could be thrown off. Was honestly expecting a historical nonfiction from the intro paragraph in ep1. On a minor point, some of the side characters' significance were either left unanswered w/o unveiling toward anything bigger or just cut off entirely (and sometimes unintentionally[?] funny - wasn't expecting comedy in this series). Maybe turning this oppression's aesthetic into a TV series is a bit much/lengthy for some viewers. The societal bigotry was spot-on, I mean it's a 1950's all-white suburbs getting a black family (easily worth a few films of material), but then the 'hauntings' came in. (Minor spoiler) Each member had a unique-styled haunting related to their personal troubles (micro-view), which I speculate as the inner worst thoughts of what a minority group would feel/think when confronting oppression (macro-view). Personally the oldest daughter's experience is the most sad (teenager fitting in AND as a minority among a hateful majority), the mother's is the most psychologically tragic, but the Dad's experience kept me on edge. Tap Dance Man is one of the more terrifying villains I've watched in a while. SPECULATION: 'White guilt' gets a lot of eyeballs, ticket sales, and award wins ON TOP of providing a 'message' that oppression is bad, as I imagine there're still too many people that do exist in the world that DON'T integrate this message. It's exhausting for those that know but illuminating for those that don't. And I'm sure it's doubly exhausting to see black cast members being 'type casted' for certain genres of filming. However, personally curious if there're any correlation studies to the number of 'white guilt' cinema that exist vs the rate of crime per capita involving whites on minorities.

I was 100% for this show. …And then the last two episodes happened. What started with thunder ended in a wet fart. Truly a shame, especially for all of the awfulness that the characters went through and by extension the suffering the audience had to endure right along with them. Brilliant writing and acting giving way to cliche tropes about curses and story lines that were completely abandoned in service of such. Damn shame.

I don’t agree with this review, this show was moving and I thoroughly enjoyed it and highly recommend it

It makes me scary and I’m just freaked out

I want more ghosties. New horror like to go to psychology torment. I love the evil cheerleader. I wish more hauntings in the home

So it’s like Seinfeld (about nothing) except not a comedy? 🤣

They literally could had made the plot of Them as a black family in a modern world move in a nice house and have to face supernatural evils that trying to corrupt & kill the family. (With no racism theme at all) Just a normal black family facing evil ghost. Now that's what I wants. Not everything black horror has to deal with racism and always making white people the big bad wolf and every black horror movie. They need to stop that shit. Secondly I liked Jordan Pelee Us as a entertaining movie but as a writing standpoint it was terrible and he rush his script.

I’m sorry but I disagree, I definitely get what your saying about white Hollywood forcing black creators in a corner but i feel like a lot of people really don’t understand the past experiences of black people. But I think it’s fitting for these shows and movies to show what happened to us as a people. It’s also empowering for us because a huge mainstream audience sees the cinematography, acting and over talent in these projects thereby getting more black people in the world spotlight. I also think that the so called “black trauma” genre is way better than Madea spinoffs

I’m sorry you had to go through this

The show was amazing! There is a lot of history behind it. I highly recommend the show.

I have family that was a part of the integration of Compton during the late 50s early 60s. From what I've learned from my elders the level of black a phobia may have been as bad or worse than portrayed. It was known all through the 50s 60s and even early 70s it was known by black families that you DID NOT cross Rosecrans or what they called the Tracks. Which is how they use to separate the races in small towns and cities like Compton. I was told that white youths banned together in the city of Compton and made race street gangs. The most notable of which was known as the Spook Hunters who in my opinion were the catalyst for The Black anti race gangs such as the Oaks Park Business Men and the Piru Street boys who later morphed and devolved into who we know now as the BLOODS AND CRIPS. White terrorism was realer than real, the spook hunters who wore sattin club jackets with the words SPOOK HUNTERS on the back with a picture of a black baby with a noose around its neck, crossed the tracks with impunity commiting assaults, drive by shootings in some cases and fire bombing black homes. Not like the black youths didn't try to fight back or retaliate.the truly terrifying thing was when attempting to cross the tracks to get some form of justice or get back 99% of the time they'd be met by Compton PD who knew they were coming because they were complicit in the earlier attacks. Those black youth would be ripped from their vehicles and in many cases beat within an inch of being crippled or even dead! What's even more terrifying is my uncle knew a lot of these kids growing up and would later meet them again in life as members of Compton and L.A.P.D. he said white flight was so real and extreme to the point where when the wyts knew they couldn't terrorize the blacks who could afford homes in Compton from moving from Watts and L.A. that they just left what seemed like overnight. They would move at night and you would wake up to a boarded up he house next door. Hundreds of houses were just abandoned and left boarded up all through the city rather than live in proximity to black folks. This series added the element of mental illness or gaslighting to a scenario which was very real for many pioneers of those wyt enclaves of cities like Compton or Levitt town, there's a documentary or news special from the period all about this on KZfaq where wyts express their anger at having blacks as neighbors saying their property values would fall, and they don't live like us. Etc.. It was a horrific thing to live through for some people. So for you to just dismiss fact based trauma of a people in favor of Black Panther a fictional character from a fictional country created by someone with no connection to the people places or the things that make him him I find puzzling. Then to bring up actual super heroes like Marcus Garvey, and Fred Hampton roll your eyes and dismiss the fact that they deserve their stories to be immortalized for black youth to learn about just how wicked murderous and evil the place they call home has been, and still is, that's just black suffer porn for you!? How bout what these films usually have in common is the triumph of the black spirit, to not live on our knees but die on our feet if need be? I can see by your choice of t shirt and art you have in your background you spend a lot of time in fantasy land. Not even black fantasy land though, you'd rather spend ours enjoying another man's imagination. Well kuddos to you for that. Let the rest of us who are interested in learning real history, so we can learn the warning signs and not repeat it. All blacks are not a monolith as blk conservatives love to say, and I say All skin folk, ain't kin folk!!! I understand the want or need to have some escapism these days, but I'd like my escapism based on reality as much as possible.

I'm four episodes in and am going to quit after seeing a few of these commentaries. The acting and cinematography are great, but the rest is a hot mess and derivative. I liked your take on black suffering becoming an overused film genre. It seems like Hollywood can only handle one black film genre at a time. We went from blaxplotation movies of the seventies to gagsta in da hood films to this. Once a film with a black cast becomes popular, you only see that kind of movie for the next decade. Them is just a poor imitation of a Jordan Peele film or Lovecraft Country. There needs to besome variety. And, there needs to be a move towards casting black actors in roles that default to white. For example, when I read the book The Martian, I realized Mark Whatney's appearance was never. This would have been a perfect oppotunity to cast a black actor. Instead, we got Matt Damon. Just quit with the default lead being a white guy.

It was very anthropological.

It's Antebellum all over again.

Ngl, this show reminded me of Tales from the Hood 2, which is one of the worst films of all time imo. I might sound terrible for saying this, but I’m sick of these stories. They’re just mostly the same bs over and over again. Besides Candyman, Tales from the Hood, and Get Out, I just can’t with this sub genre.

"Whatchu gone dooooo!" 😂

I got here from a FB group I respect. I was afraid that this series was exactly that. Thanks for the video (P.S. Gal Gadot is a racist, get her off your wall)

I liked it and understood its historical poignance and horror/ paranormal goals. 🤷🏾‍♀️ I liked it. And the music! Ok! That is a whole discussion, in and of itself. 💜🙏🏾

Maybe you should ask the black man who wrote and created it ,why he wrote and created it

Im kinda confused, why would a white audience like a show, there literally every single white person is a racist monster? I know I personally dont like it and am sick of it. i want more things like Blade. But you are on pint when you talk about how this kind of content seems to be the only thing coming out, with a focus on black characters. If feels like the modern re-imagining of blacksploitation.

I'm watching your review while season 1 is playing. It's a one trick pony with the racism and try hard with the horror.

I thought it was going to be a story about the horrors of racism, I thought it was going to be something you showed to people to remind them of the realities of what their grandparents did. I then realised it had monsters. I'd didn't make sense to me as to why a supernatural element was needed. Surely the horror should be about the racism. I hadn't even thought that it was essentially black trauma as entertainment until I want looking for reviews like rn.

Omg, I was watching what felt like at least three episodes. It turned out to be one. Just one! Ugh

10/10 for this series

I don't see no Black Panther poster 👀

IF THIS AINT FACTS!! Hard to watch, had to pause severally

Says the guy with all white movie posters behind him...the show was great on every level when you seen the previews you knew what it was so why watch it or you watched just to bash it anything for the likes🤦🏾‍♂️

I disagree. All characters were strong especially the mother. This series talk about a lot of suffrage and mental deterioration that African Americans dealt with when coming into a new society. Very symbolic and clever. Real life terror vs supernatural is a pretty interesting concept. All characters were dynamic. Though their differences were superficial inside they were similar. First most white people feel safe around others like themselves but the show teaches that non genuine bond isn’t set in stone. The show educated those who were unaware Compton previous demographic. Evil was the primary concept but in a way where it actually blurred. Pretty much the main characters need to overcome their witnesses to overcome the darkness to see their potential. This did provide though over top what black families face through the entire country. You say Hollywood loves black suffering but there is a thug movie out consistently. Black panther may have had a black writer but it was pushed by white producers.

This was a good show. I really don't know what you are talking about when you say exploitative. It was a symbolic movie, that showed the very real struggles black people go through in society. To say this movie isn't good, means you have failed to see what this movie is really about. Lucky, the mother, was not only the protagonist of the movie, but she was actually the hero. Way stronger than all of her family members; whereby each of them do have very serious demons they are battling, her own fight encompassed all of their traumas, because the husband failed to protect them, she had to become the husband, the savior, who ends up saving all of them, and becoming the archetypical strong black woman. The show was good. I think you just aren't artistic enough

I just finished this series today . What’s crazy is that I had to deal with racism this morning and almost went angry black women crazy on they ass. This series was amazing but Im angry as a black women that my culture had to and still endures this racism bull shit🤬 I hate it I HATE IT. Humanity ain’t shit and still ain’t shit.

Watch more television and movies not all we do is suffer that was a horrible shit take on a horror series, what were they supposed to be singing holding hands and woodsaaaa?

The show is very well made.

Man, This show is an easy 9 out of 10. It's 70's TV, Hitchcock, Kubrick, and a lot of stuff that's all its own. It took balls of steel to pull off this production. Great acting. The black face ghost is creepy as shit and unlike anything I've ever seen.

Show was amazing. Well deserved season 2 on the way. lol after the first 30 seconds. Didn’t watch another second.

This series was excellent 👏🏾 idk what you seen

Bullshitt. It’s a great show

0:39 disagree what about Black panther?