summer fruit in the dead of winter

we didn’t see any shots of lestat’s head in the bowling bag. we saw him burn, but it was portrayed as comical. we did not see bruce as he died, we did not see lestat get torn up by the wolves, we did not watch nicki die. in the majority of the scenes where a white character is injured, the action is cut away, out of frame, out of focus, mostly implied.

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so they basically made a south asian character atone for the sins of white people while failing to address how anti-blackness actually plays out in asian communities (ie: asian complacency when it comes to anti-blackness, competing for who can get closer to whiteness, competing with each other to be picked by white people, colorism etc).

Angry manipulative black woman - Claudia

Another lynching - Louis

Jezebel ( that fucking kiss)- Regina

Magical Negro - Paul. Just poaching themes from Louis's life to add interiority to Lestat cuz y'all scrubbed him clean.

Casual anti black language (Louisiana Fried Chicken, cancerous jackal) - Daniel & Lestat

Creative slurs ( nappy headed slave ) - Claudia

Disposable Black boyfriend - Lemuel

Throw away line about CSA - PIMP Louis

Neglectful unconcerned parent - PIMP louis

Abusive partner and liar - PIMP Louis

Undateable black person (madi being lost in the afterlife, not really a great example, but yeah) - Claudia

Then Louis got branded with Armands initial, BRANDED!! The next episode after being called a slave. Just when I thought the bar couldn't get lower.