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Have a Theory? Share It Now!<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/div>Hey Gene and Ash! I just wanted to say I had so much fun tonight! Thanks for reading my email, I was gushing! I also felt so welcome by you and everyone in the chat, thank you so much! <\/p>\n

I think I just have one more thing to say about the snake *dick* scene that hopefully makes the scene more palatable \u0097 it has to do with the voyeuristic nature of that segment. I listened to HBO\u0092s pod about the show, the two hosts of the pod are two black female writers from the show. They didn\u0092t give a lot of insider knowledge about the show\u0092s intentions, but they did discuss at length the sheer horror of white people watching black characters having these hallucinations. Along the line of misogyny discussed earlier, I think it\u0092s possible Letitia is having this particular fantasy\/hallucination forced on her, as opposed to it being an actual formulation of her repressed fear. <\/p>\n

My impression of that segment is that the characters are hallucinating their deepest darkest secret\/fear. For Letitia, this doesn\u0092t make sense, there\u0092s no way her biggest secret is having some affection for Tic, or that her biggest fear is being raped (I think Ash you said something similar on Twitch). I think she was placed in this specific room, and given this specific hallucination because her voyeurs, the white men watching through portals, want to see her raped. It\u0092s gross and terrible, but I think it makes this scene all the more horrific. <\/p>\n

I also have one thought about the \u0093campy\u0094 nature of the show, especially in this scene. I think by having some cgi elements that are less than great, the show alienates the audience (ala Brecht) in these moments and keeps us from becoming voyeurs ourselves, which helps keep the focus on the message of the show. I\u0092m not positive this is actually what\u0092s going on, it may be that JJ Abrams and co are George Lucasing the show, but I think the show could be taking extra caution that it doesn\u0092t become a cathartic opportunity for non-black people to get off on the struggles of others. <\/p>\n

Anyway, I might be wrong, and I don\u0092t know why I feel the need to defend snake peen, it may just be a bad scene. ????? <\/p>\n

Thanks again!
\nBeth B

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