New HBO series from Misha Green, J.J. Abrams and Jordan Peele brings monsters of the literal and figurative kind to the Jim Crow era.
Ruff said he came up with the original idea for"Lovecraft Country" back in 2007 for an unsuccessful pitch for a television series, intending it to be a show revolving around the paranormal investigations of a Black family putting together a fictional version of"The Green Book," a real-life travel guide for Black Americans featuring safe motels and restaurants that would serve people with their skin color.
"If I made up a sundown town, that you can’t be in this town after dark, and there were signs all over the U.S. that said, 'Don’t let the sun set on you here,' people would be like, 'OK, yeah, we’ll buy into it so we can see ,'" Green said."So, that to me is what makes doing history so fine, is when unpacking things from our past that influence our present."
"One hand, he's this incredibly influential, talented cosmic horror writer who had a real effect on the genre because he was there at the dawn of modern horror and science fiction," Ruff said."At the same time, he [was an] unreconstructed white supremacist who was very sincere in his beliefs that other races were inferior."
"I feel like I was giving H.P. Lovecraft the finger every time I walked on the set," said Aunjanue Ellis, who plays Atticus' aunt.That has been a successful recipe in recent years.
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