Watchmen on HBO: Black Wall Street, "Trust In the Law", masks & politics

Victor Luckerson is writing a book about Tulsa's Black Wall Street, which was highlighted by HBO's Watchmen series. Felicia Perez is the Innovation Director at the Center for Story-based Strategy. We team up to look at the real history and current politics behind the most 2019 of HBO shows. Also, check out Victor's essay in the New Yorker: The Great Achievement of Watchmen is Showing How Black Americans Shape History: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-great-achievement-of-watchmen-is-in-showing-how-black-americans-shape-history. Discussed: Lady Trieu is BatmanWhy it took me so long to cover this show (partially Alan Moore)The power and danger of NostalgiaAmerica's messed-up relationship with historyThe problem with conspiraciesOhhhhhklahoma! (is not OK)and of course, the actual comics.  Victor Luckerson: https://twitter.com/vluck and newsletter runitback.substack.com. Felicia Perez https://www.facebook.com/luchasflixpicks/ and https://twitter.com/socalluchador  and me, send me feedback! https://twitter.com/Elana_Brooklyn