Justin Charity and Micah Peters discuss Amazon's new horror-drama anthology series ‘Them.’ They weigh in on the misuse and confusion behind the setting and plot of the series (0:50) and break down major scenes throughout (12:42) before attempting to understand why TV and film use this type of exaggerated narrative to depict race (56:56).

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Hosts: Justin Charity and Micah Peters

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