Waithe, who executive produced two episodes of Amazon’s series ‘Them,’ is under scrutiny after a Los Angeles Times review of the show noted scenes that depict racist violence.
Following the release of the horror series Them on Amazon on Friday, writer and actress Lena Waithe, who executive-produced two episodes, has faced some backlash on Twitter due to some scenes depicting racist violence. People on Twitter appeared to be reacting to a Los Angeles Times piece about the series, which noted that « the most shocking horror lies in the in its more realistic scenes of racist violence, which are arguably more disturbing than the vivid images in its recent predecessors. » The highlighted portion of the review goes on to point towards a moment depicting the murder of a young Black child and a sexual assault of his mother in the series’ fifth episode, and the ninth episode in which two Black people’s eyes are gouged with hot pokers.
