Battling monsters and racism in acclaimed TV series Lovecraft Country

Lovecraft Country stars (from left) Courtney B. Vance, Jonathan Majors and Jurnee Smollett. PHOTO: ST FILE
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LOS ANGELES - The quirky plot of Lovecraft Country - which has scored a perfect 100 per cent on review-aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes - juxtaposes killer monsters with the horrors of racism.

Speaking to The Straits Times and other press in Zoom interviews recently, the creator and stars of the new drama series - produced by film-makers Jordan Peele (Get Out, 2017) and J.J. Abrams (Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker, 2019) - discuss how its otherworldly elements can add to people's understanding of systemic bigotry.

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