Has anyone watched the Sandman on Netflix?

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[–]Cass 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

I just finished reading The Graveyard Book today. It's a shame Gaiman is such a woker irl. You can kinda see it in that book too tbh, since he made sure the reader knows the MC's only human friend is black.

[–]beerghal[S] 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Tbf the Sandman is not nearly as woke as it could have been and I was expecting much worse from Neil Wokeman. But that's probably because the show sticks pretty close to the original comics and they were wrote in the late 80s/ early nineties

[–]Cass 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Neil Wokeman :))) that's a good one

I'll give the show a chance then. Thanks for making this post.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I haven't finished it yet, but I'm still enjoying the show despite the token blacks and lezzie sex. I thought it was funny that all the demons in hell were scary black men. Are they poking fun at what they're doing?

[–]beerghal[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Lol god no. These people have no self awareness

It's also a bit funny that one of the villains is a gay serial killer. By woke standard's, that's considered violent homophobia

[–]jet199 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

He's a typical lefty hypocrite though.

He abandoned his wife and kids during covid because he's such a terrible dad but thinks he can tell everyone else right from wrong.

Likely such people like writing morally grey characters because it helps them make excuses for their own poor behaviour.

[–]Cass 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I read 2 books by this guy and I didn't see morally grey characters, they're pretty firmly divided into good guys/bad guys. I like morally grey characters, but they're hard to write.