Storyworlds constitute more than just the set dressing for events. They encompass the context, the time frame, the rules of the game and the interlocking systems which shape and constrain those who live in that world and what they can do. When a world has been built effectively, it can be extraordinarily powerful.
Based on a novel by the same name, Lovecraft Country is a drama-horror series set to premiere on HBO this weekend. The story will take you back to the 1950s as you follow Atticus Black (Jonathan Majors), his friend Letitia (Jurnee Smollett-Bell), and his Uncle George (Courtney B. Vance) through Jim Crow America in search of Atticus’s missing father (Michael Kenneth Williams). But as the characters embark on an unexpected road trip, they encounter a… Read More »