If you haven't read the original book, you can just watch the fun for a layman.
The background of the story should be in the mid-to-late 1950s, when the Korean War ended and the Vietnam War had not yet begun, a period of peace when racism was still prevalent in many small towns and villages.
Three black people, a black boy wants to go to the legendary land of demons to find clues about his father, a black uncle wants to complete a black safety travel manual, and a black beauty who is in urgent need of making some money. With different goals, the three set off from Chicago, a black paradise, and started a thrilling fantasy journey.
He was attacked by white racists, brutally brutalized by white police officers, and met with a multi-eyed monster who was so agile that he could bite off a human head with one bite. . . In the end, the three came to a luxuriously decorated house and met a handsome white man who looked a bit like a vampire and said: Welcome home.
In the first episode, the rhythm of the first half of the episode was slow, and the rhythm of the second half of the episode was accelerated, and it felt like it was about to reach a climax. However, from the experience of watching American dramas for many years, American dramas that reach the climax too early are often weak in follow-up, and I don't know if this drama will go down this old road.
Looking at the reviews, some of them rise to the height of the unfair social environment of the monster metaphor and the prevailing criticism of racism. Does a film and television starring a black man have to have a racist idea? Can't black people have some simple hilarious monster dramas like white people and other races?
What these three black people encountered was the normal social environment of that era, not against the three of them. Any black person or other ethnic group of color might encounter it, but that was all.
Sometimes, thinking too much and trying to find a non-existent ideological height is boring. It's better to be a simple melon-eating audience and watch the excitement.
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