HBO Announces Watchmen Will Stream Free for a Limited Time
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HBO announced that it will offer all nine episodes of the hit series Watchmen for free starting Friday, June 19 and ending Sunday, June 21 on HBO.com and Free On Demand “as part of the network’s initiative to highlight Black voices, storytellers and experiences.” The show—set in an alternate version of the past —takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and centers around events of racial violence following the Tulsa Massacre of 1921.
Our TV writer Jacob Oller said of the series:
“Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ graphic novel Watchmen, like Fight Club and Starship Troopers, has a knack for getting itself misunderstood. Frankly, that’s mostly because white guys in the demographic that usually watches this kind of thing are used to a certain kind of messaging and a certain status quo interpretation. Action heroes kill stuff. It’s awesome. Rah, rah, violence. Move along, see the sequel in a year. Past behavior is hard to escape; it’s also hard to criticize without accidentally dipping back into old habits. Watchmen’s HBO sequel series from Damon Lindelof isn’t perfect in this regard, but it’s easy to watch, tough to pin down, and well worth working through.
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