Since early morning I've been watching the Watchmen TV series from this year on HBO. And right off the bat in the first three episodes, I felt conflicted.
On one hand, I enjoyed the compelling story writing, the pace, etc. It is definitely engrossing. On the other hand, it seemed they intentionally chose a black female tough girl protagonist as the lead role. Which would be OK, if it wasn't so forced. In the first few episodes she is the granddaughter of someone that survived the Tulsa race riot, and she is fighting evolved neo-KKK members that lynch in modern days. Hillbillies with planes and artillery guns.
I started to feel like jeez, these people are really cranking up the dial on the racial situation here with this story line. Then the narrative started to pile up on women being in control. The most powerful characters are intentionally women and they play into that with the multiple scenes of men being emasculated while the girls talk business.
I get it, I really do. The narrative now is that whites were wrong, women didn't get to have enough power, etc. By episode 6 there are some very strong anti-white undertones. And I started to think, isn't this what everyone on Twitter says the Jews in the media do? They virtue signal cultural diversity for their own ends, right? At least that's what the right wing memers say. So I hit pause and looked up the director.
Wikipedia said:Lindelof celebrated his Bar Mitzvah in Teaneck, where he attended synagogue for the Sabbath; he has stated, "I was a Jewish white kid growing up in Teaneck, but at the same time, I had African and Filipino and Asian friends and to have that experience all through high school while getting an awesome education was wonderful."
What the fuck?
Still a good show, despite the hyperbole.
