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A Spark in the Night: Unspoiled Speculation


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There's an interview with the Kung Fu showrunners that mentions that CW asked it's showrunners to address the BLM movement in their shows. Now - there's probably a lot that can be said about that alone (not by me, though). But tying this back to Black Lightning, it feels as though Salim Akil was like, "Well, we already do that on our show; let's go in even harder, and see how much they'll let us get away with". So then instead of just having references and analogies about police brutality incidents, Akil just straight up did reenactments. Which I feel were unnecessary, and somewhat exploitative. But at least now I think I've got a better idea as to why it happened.

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