"GOT” creators’ new drama stirs uproar over slavery themeJuly 20, 2017 - 12:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - HBO's new drama from "Game of Thrones" creators/showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss has caused an uproar. The network announced the project titled "Confederate" on Wednesday, July 19, and it soon sparked backlash due to its slavery theme, AceShowbiz said. According to the network's description of the war drama, the series "chronicles the events leading to the Third American Civil War. The series takes place in an alternate timeline, where the southern states have successfully seceded from the Union, giving rise to a nation in which slavery remains legal and has evolved into a modern institution." "The story follows a broad swath of characters on both sides of the Mason-Dixon Demilitarized Zone - freedom fighters, slave hunters, politicians, abolitionists, journalists, the executives of a slave-holding conglomerate and the families of people in their thrall," the description continues. People soon took to Twitter to express their displeasure. "The writers of a fantasy show with no black people cant wait to write a fantasy show where the black roles are... slaves," Ira Madison III wrote. Another baffled reader reacted, "I don't know how you keep your sanity in a society so crazy it's still having public slavery fantasies. I really don't. Maybe you can't." Writer Marc Bernardin snarked, "Feels like HBO should greenlight my show, in which the African slave trade never existed, as parity:" "Game of thrones just got called out for not having enough diversity and then the writers came up with #Confederate," another commented, while posting a meme. Should HBO move forward with the plan to make "Confederate", it will mark Benioff and Weiss' first series after they conclude "Game of Thrones", which is set to end after eight seasons. Production on the new war drama is slated to begin after the final season of "Game of Thrones", with Benioff and Weiss on board as showrunners. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan. Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush. Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |