Simeon Spencer

I've gotten too far into it to stop--but I do wish I'd not started. I agree with what some others say about the show's portrayal of the historicity of racial violence and trauma in black lives and psyches in America. But something about the way this show does it occasionally feels gratuitous. There is little to no room left for "nuance" or "inference" in the narratives, that's for sure! Admittedly, I may feel this way because there is so much happening in the U.S. now that is REAL LIFE black trauma that to offer such as "entertainment," how ever "educational" or historically accurate its depictions, feels like just too much at the moment. And it IS possible for something to be just that--"too much." I guess it comes down to the degree to which an individual is "entertained" by trauma--or perhaps doesn't know about its depraved depths in our nation's violent, racist history and could use a lesson. The "cat in the bag" scene was absolutely too much for me. Fast forwarded through that, but yeah, I'm still watching.