I was amazed by it! And not in the often ironically deployed way; I had not expected anything like it to exist. The other more racially confrontational dramas I have seen from this era of Hollywood either make the cushioning mistakes alluded to or their well-realized Black characters exist more in a vacuum of whiteness than within a context of their own. There may be other welcome exceptions out there, but The Well is the one I saw first and I want more people to know about it.
For the white writing/directing/producing team to make art about American racism without falling into the traps you mention, and to offer up a happy ending that doesn't let America off the hook or pretend to be a blueprint for the future--wow.
It isn't flawless, but its flaws are just almost none of things you brace yourself for when you hear "mid-century drama about race relations in America."
I will watch it; thank you.
You're welcome! I hope it rewards you as much as it did me.
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I was amazed by it! And not in the often ironically deployed way; I had not expected anything like it to exist. The other more racially confrontational dramas I have seen from this era of Hollywood either make the cushioning mistakes alluded to or their well-realized Black characters exist more in a vacuum of whiteness than within a context of their own. There may be other welcome exceptions out there, but The Well is the one I saw first and I want more people to know about it.
For the white writing/directing/producing team to make art about American racism without falling into the traps you mention, and to offer up a happy ending that doesn't let America off the hook or pretend to be a blueprint for the future--wow.
It isn't flawless, but its flaws are just almost none of things you brace yourself for when you hear "mid-century drama about race relations in America."
I will watch it; thank you.
You're welcome! I hope it rewards you as much as it did me.