a5c7b9f00b A crusading school principal gets back into action as the original African-American electrical superhero. Jefferson Pierce has made his choice. He hung up the suit and his secret identity years ago, but with a daughter hell-bent on justice and a star student being recruited by a local gang, he'll be pulled back into the fight as the wanted vigilante and DC legend: Black Lightning. This show is not supposed to be set in Atlanta, but it is filmed in Atlanta, and it has the feel of Atlanta. Other reviews say that this show is not realistic in its portrayal of African Americans. One criticism was lack of diversity. But this is what large parts of Atlanta look like! There are schools here that are almost 100% African American with no other ethnicities in the schools. If you don't think it's realistic, then you don't live in an urban area with a large African American population.<br/><br/>A lot of complaints also seem to be that it's "too black" it's "shoving BLM down your throat," etc. "It's too stereotypical. All the black people have problems like gangs." I have to assume that these reviews are written by people who who have never experienced urban America. Living here, I know that this is what my city looks like and these are the issues that people face.<br/><br/>If you really want to know what Atlanta is like, watch Donald Glover's "Atlanta." But Black Lightning is also doing a good job repping the A. It looks most of the negative reviews here are all politically motivated. I wish people who claim others are snowflakes or oversensitive would stop being offended by everything to the point that it dominants their opinion on everything. This is a slick, well done, unique take on the superhero genre.It deals with modern day issues, speaks in a contemporary language, and shows evil from a perspective very rarely attended to in superhero story telling. It manages both camp and realism. Look, the world is changing, trying to silence or mitigate it thru baseless negativity will not change reality. Reality is this is a good show.
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