Misha Green on Making a 'Big F*cking Show'

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Her new HBO show 'Lovecraft Country' is the most important show about racism on TV.

It can feel intense; you can be emotionally attachedWere you a fan of H.P. Lovecraft’s work before this project was brought to you?I was very familiar with H.P. It’s not technically my favorite subgenre of horror, but I understand why people love it so much. The idea that his mind created all these monstrous, horror-like monsters was great. [But] for me, I was familiar with his past—his being a racist—which soured it a bit for me.

I think that was our big—I like to do a big swing with every project, audio-wise, visually, in all the different categories—audio swing. It’s the part [when] you’re going, “Is this gonna work?”: It absolutely does. It elevates some moments and, other times, adds a sense of levity, like the scene with the Cardi B song “Bodak Yellow.”I was like, “Oh my god. She says bloody shoes in this song!” It was made for this moment.

Atticus Freeman and Letitia “Leti” Lewis encounter racism during a roadtrip in the first episode ofYou wore all the hats on this show. Did you feel more pressure having so much creative control?Having all of the creative control takes all the pressure away from me because I know what it is. In my head, it’s amazing, and all I have to do then is communicate that to everybody.

 

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