The Audacity.

The Audacity.

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The Audacity.
The Audacity.
Reality is Horror Enough

Reality is Horror Enough

On black trauma, Daunte Wright, and creativity

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Roxane Gay
Apr 13, 2021
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Them, a new series streaming from Amazon is the latest entry into the black horror genre. I haven’t watched the show because reality is horror enough, but I have read reviews of the show and followed some of the discourse. The series seems problematic in that it is predicated on black trauma and black suffering that veers into gratuitous territory. I mu…

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