watch a show about Frankenstein and Dracula and say: Oh, I know how we can improve that. Let's add race relations and Nazis.
shareSadly it's becoming a staple of modern television and cinema. I guess it's a blessing in disguise as I've cancelled more subscriptions this year than ever before and am spending less time watching garbage and more time outside enjoying life.
shareI agree. Doesn't make sense. From a Victorian London full of vampires, witches, werewolves and reanimated dead to a 1950's Los Angeles with none of those. However, Natalie Dormer seems to be cast a s a devilish figure who is causing tensions to boil over.
Better to set it in turn of the century (1900) L.A. and include folklore creatures/entities from Mexican culture, Native American culture, immigrant beliefs (Russian, Jewish, Irish, Chinese). All meshing together in the New World.
Dormer is wonderful but that's not enough to keep me watching.
shareRacism and Nazis still exist and Hatred of Israel and its people The Jews exist stop living under a rock Charlottesville kkk rally is proof of that happy Blackkklansman acknowledged it
sharenazis are extinct, yo
sharethats ignorance at its finest nno they are not hate groups look up pictures of the charlottesviilles KKK Rally you racist asshole
sharemy god, did you really just call me a racist?
you're dumber than dirt & your stupidity is offensive,
there are neo-nazis in 2020, you ignoramus, the nazis are pretty much all dead of old age, dimwit
Note: Some time ago, Joogle volunteered the information that he/she/it has smoked dope every day for over 25 years. Perhaps that info gives you a context.
shareAnd? Does it mean that we need to be reminded that these things are bad every time we switch on a TV?
Penny Dreadful was a variation of Alan Moore's "The League of Extraordinary Gentleman" - a chance to see some of the most iconic characters and hero archetypes of the Victorian age interact. It wasn't about politics - it was about familiar stories presented in a recognizable and yet fresh way. However the authors were smart and talented enough to weave various social issues of the age into the stories.
Which is how it's supposed to be done.
It seems that there are less and less people in the American TV-industry capable of even understanding the difference between art and propaganda.
Hollywood standard producers?
shareWow. I LOVED Penny Dreadful, but this is a real wrong turn, based on the first episode. A penny dreadful was an  English illustrated novel of gothic horror. It has no relationship at all to Latin culture. Yes, Latin culture has the Brujo occult tradition, but it is not the same as the European occult tradition, no penny  dreadful books, not at all. Natalie Dormer and Nathan Lane ROCK in this. We’ve got Nazis and the boring guy who played the Frankenstein monster in this as a bridge to THE REAL PENNY DREADFUL. But this is a travesty of the original series, a cash grab for the Latin market.