Amazon Prime’s new horror series, Them, has met a storm of criticism for depicting extreme racialized violence — including the murder of a black baby — sparking accusations of “torture porn.”
Created by black producers Little Marvin and Lena Waithe, Them tells the fictional story of a black family moving into the all-white area of Compton, Los Angeles, in the 1950s. The family is met with extreme racism from the whites in the neighborhood. But the episode in question took that racism to the worst degree possible, the Daily Mail reported.
In the offensive scene, a white woman grabs a black baby boy, puts the child into a pillowcase, and throws it around carelessly before violently dropping him hard to the floor, killing him. All the while, the white woman gleefully yells, “cat in a bag.”
Meanwhile, the murdered baby’s mother is raped by a white man as her other child watches through the cracks in a closet door.
The scene was met with harsh criticism from both left and right. Some called it “torture porn,” while others insisted that it was “propaganda” to thrill “white terrorists.” Still others felt that such a ghastly scene appealed to “hate crime fantasies.”
“I’ve been a horror super fan for over 30 years,” the Mail said one person wrote. “Lena Waithe’s Them is the cheapest kind of horror.”
“It’s propaganda for white terrorists and torture porn fetishists. There is a huge difference between fear and disgust. The show is disgusting,” another said of the series.
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Created by black producers Little Marvin and Lena Waithe, Them tells the fictional story of a black family moving into the all-white area of Compton, Los Angeles, in the 1950s. The family is met with extreme racism from the whites in the neighborhood. But the episode in question took that racism to the worst degree possible, the Daily Mail reported.
In the offensive scene, a white woman grabs a black baby boy, puts the child into a pillowcase, and throws it around carelessly before violently dropping him hard to the floor, killing him. All the while, the white woman gleefully yells, “cat in a bag.”
Meanwhile, the murdered baby’s mother is raped by a white man as her other child watches through the cracks in a closet door.
The scene was met with harsh criticism from both left and right. Some called it “torture porn,” while others insisted that it was “propaganda” to thrill “white terrorists.” Still others felt that such a ghastly scene appealed to “hate crime fantasies.”
“I’ve been a horror super fan for over 30 years,” the Mail said one person wrote. “Lena Waithe’s Them is the cheapest kind of horror.”
“It’s propaganda for white terrorists and torture porn fetishists. There is a huge difference between fear and disgust. The show is disgusting,” another said of the series.
Viewers Decry Amazon's 'Them' for Extreme Racial 'Torture Porn'
Amazon Prime's new horror series, 'Them,' has met a storm of criticism for its extreme racial violence, including the murder of a black baby.
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