Cardi B among the series’ many famous vocal supporters -- is finally back with season 2. And creator Katori Hall tells ET the new episodes are “deeper and darker” as the show continues to tell the overlapping stories of people in and outside of the Chucalissa, Mississippi-based strip club, The Pynk.From the moment the series returns, fans will see how everybody in Chucalissa has learned to fight “tooth and talon” to survive during these unprecedented times, even as death and danger lurk around every corner.
Not only that, but many of the characters, including Uncle Clifford (Nicco Annan), Autumn (Elarica Johnson) and Mercedes (Brandee Evans), find themselves haunted by the murder of Montavius (Cranston Johnston) as well as the pandemic, which has upended all of their lives.“Some things went down,” Hall says, explaining that after what happened at the end of last season, The Pynk is now “a haunted place.” “We really wanted to embrace horror and the tropes of horror in order to really articulate how people were haunted on an individual level, but also this is a community that is haunted,” Hall continues. “In Mississippi, even now, they’re haunted by the original sin of slavery and we’re delving into the injustice system that’s still present not only in Mississippi, but quite frankly around the world.” As a result, season 2 very much feels like a gothic -- and at times supernatural -- story while also grounded in the realities of the fallout over the pandemic and the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement. “What’s interesting about African American culture is that spirit is so prevalent and we address it and our ancestors are always with us,” Hall says. “And so, if you feel like there’s a kind of voodoo magical element.
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