Kindred
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It is the white characters in the novel who seem odd, isolated, pathetic, alien.
Isnt our history the most twisted science-fiction plot of all time?
Even in 2022, people arent ready to fullygothere.
Their paleness is ghostly against the winter backdrop and cool coloring of the show.
(I apologize to any pale people reading this, but they looked like corpses to me.)
Once again, Rufus has injured himself and summoned Dana.
She quickly tells the backstory of being travelers from New York with Kevin as her master.
Then Tom Weylin takes them in officially, beginning Kevins and Danas relationships with the family.
The Weylins act very much like Butler described them: lacking humane emotions, hysterical, unpredictable.
The entire book is told from Danas point of view.
Kevins experiences on the plantation arent described other than in what he says to Dana.
But in this episode, we get solo scenes of Kevin with both Margaret and Tom.
We find out about Toms late wife and Margarets social plans.
Shes called to come into the house with Kevin when the doctor arrives.
But Rufuss attachment to her and her relationship with Kevin spares her from real punishment.
Its obvious that hes comforted by her presence, and he eventually asks her to read to him.
She answers his questions honestly even telling him that Kevin is her friend, not her master.
Shortly after Dana begins reading, Margaret enters the room, having slowly regained full consciousness.
The foundation of the man hes destined to become is visible even at this young age.
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I have a few qualms with the Black characters in the series thus far.
Another thing that bothers me about the Black characters is their accents.
Or lack of accents.
Tom barely has an accent himself.
I want to see more of that and less of Kevin and his white guilt.
The nosy neighbor woman is another deviation from the book that Im very curious about.
In the book, no one really noticed what was going on with Dana and Kevin.
