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[Magical Realist]

Must watch when I get back to Oregon..

https://www.polygon.com/watchmen-hbo-per...OZMdbfb2Gw

[C C]

Must watch when I get back to Oregon.. [...]

Definitely. We watched it years ago.

For a refresher on the past that it's built upon, maybe even see the Zack Snyder film again or the lengthier 2024 animated version, or better yet, the classic (adult) comic book series itself (it is available online in potentially hazardous, non-kosher places).

The only identity-swapping that arguably takes place is Doctor Manhatten. (And given his nature, it shouldn't matter; heck, he became blue after his original ascension to godhood status, so it's hardly a case of a white guy appropriating Black male identity while still remaining blue.)

And entertainment "woke" shouldn't refer to new characters that are _X_ identity from the start. Only to the swapping of traditional, existing characters and real historical figures and applicable population groups (going back to the early days of transgression when Hollywood had white actors playing Indians, Charlie Chan, etc).

Regina King and the rest are completely new, introduced for the first time (excluding another original Watchman like Laurie Blake, played by Jean Smart and thereby retaining original identity). Entertaiment "woke" can also denote radical changes in identity via a personality context, like Jim Phelps being transformed into a villain in the first "Mission: Impossible" movie (for the sake of a cheap twist).

Is there a lot of background sermonizing in the "Watchmen" TV series? Obviously yes, but the comic book series of the 1980s arguably featured its own brand of such for that era, too. Although Alan Moore probably didn't intend for paranoid Rorschach to come across as so "noble" or consistently principled in his own politically incorrect way.

[Syne]

Oklahoma was admitted as a state on November 16, 1907. The newly created state legislature, which had a large Democratic majority, passed racial segregation laws, commonly known as Jim Crow laws, as its first order of business.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_massacre

[C C]

Oklahoma was admitted as a state on November 16, 1907. The newly created state legislature, which had a large Democratic majority, passed racial segregation laws, commonly known as Jim Crow laws, as its first order of business.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_massacre

Yah, it was a hard-core Democrat state until that began eroding with the Reagan era. Still a lingering tradition in some counties with respect to local administrators, though they're now obstinate Democrats who only cater to or appease the national party line when necessary or due to contingent dependency.

The Tulsa of the series looked nothing like actual Tulsa because it was filmed in Georgia and (apparently) even Wales. Lindelof's knowledge of the riot came from an Atlantic article. And even afterward, he apparently remained oblivious to how the city itself has addressed the incident and tried to heal the community over the years.

Moore has rejected association with all adaptations of the Watchmen, even though the animated version seemed very faithful to capturing the original run of thirteen issues (or whatever). So his reaction to Lindelof wasn't unique to the latter: In 2022, Moore claimed Lindelof had sent him a letter that he described as "neurotic rambling", including Lindelof identifying himself as "one of the bastards currently destroying Watchmen". Moore said he replied with a request to not contact him, as he did not wish to be associated with the adaptation.

How something like the Watchmen eventually became connected to Tulsa and the 1921 massacre would have to seem pretty freaking bizarre to Moore, though, had Lindelof ever gotten the chance to inform him of the details.