Overrated by critics, 'Watchmen' is manipulative, not meaningful
LA TimesHBO’s “Watchmen” is among the best-reviewed series of the year, scoring 85 on the review-aggregation site Metacritic and appearing on more than 40 critics’ top 10 lists to date. Here, Ali and Lloyd discuss their reservations about “Watchmen” — and why they think the series’ praise has been overblown. Television ‘Watchmen’s’ provocative portrait of race in America has its own creator worried HBO’s “Watchmen” examines race, white supremacy and police brutality. Sunday night’s series premiere has creator Damon Lindelof asking, “Should we have done it?” ALI: I know little to nothing about the comic book that inspired the HBO series. She’s the most rounded character “Watchmen” offers — mother, lover, cop, a black woman in history, a pawn of fate — and whenever we’re with her, we’re somewhere real, however batty the action.
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