Is Amazon’s ‘Them’ Too Violent for Us to Watch?
When racialized horror gets too deep, some viewers tune in while others tune out
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6 min readApr 12, 2021
Amazon’s Them (officially Them: Covenant) is out, and let’s just say Twitter has largely not been here for it. Over the weekend, the series trended heavily. Executive producer Lena Waithe was dragged relentlessly as many erroneously pegged her as the…