, a timely blend of superheroes and political satire that confronts US racism, say they are proud to have spotlighted the nation's historic traumas and modern-day injustices – as fans hope for a possible follow-up.at this year's television equivalent of the Oscars, making it Sunday's top honoree.
"When the show premiered back in October, that night the word 'Watchmen' was not trending on Twitter, but 'Black Wall Street' and 'Tulsa massacre' were," creator Damon Lindelof told journalists after his Emmy wins. In this universe, superheroes are real, but many have turned out to be sociopathic far-right outlaws.
One remarkable episode sees a young black New York cop struggle with blatant racism, surviving a near-lynching and confronting a secret Ku Klux Klan-style society operating within the metropolis's police ranks. For best actress winner Regina King, who wore a tee-shirt bearing the image of Breonna Taylor – an African-American woman killed in a police shooting in her own home – those struggles resonate with the reality of being black in 21st century America."She represents just decades, hundreds of years of... violence against black bodies," she said.
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