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Sure Seems Like One Of Watchmen’s KKK Villains Is Donald Trump’s Father
This week’s episode of Watchmen told the story of Hooded Justice, the first American masked vigilante. It detailed how he ushered in an era of superheroes by dedicating himself to an ongoing crusade to rid New York City of the Cyclops, an organisation of KKK members plotting to sow chaos amongst the city’s black population.…
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Watchmen Revealed The Big Lie That Changed The World And Destroyed A Man
Watchmen’s cast of masked cops playing at being superheroes were all shaped by different traumas that bowled them over at points in their lives when they were most vulnerable. The show’s spent a significant amount of time unpacking what it is that makes Angela Abar tick, but this week’s episode “Little Fear of Lightning” takes…
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Watchmen’s Tom Mison Makes A Fascinating Parallel Between The Show And The Comic
We’re only two episodes in, but there’s already a lot going on in Watchmen in the moments between Regina King kicking arse to sick music. But perhaps one of the most fascinating things is whatever the hell Jeremy Irons is getting up to in that manor of his—and one of his accomplices in that weirdness,…
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HBO’s Watchmen Wants To Dig Into The Heart Of American Racism By Making You Like Cops
The first 15 minutes or so of Damon Lindelof’s Watchmen are some of the most agonizing moments of television this year. They squarely focus on the brutalization of multiple black Americans during the infamous Tulsa race riots ” a day when mobs of crazed white people descended upon, attacked, and murdered black Oklahomans because they…