he was a spectre of daniel robitaille, a black man lynched by a white crowd in chicago, now terrifying cult status and inspired two slasher—like sequels. this one, produced by jordan peele, the director of get out, and directed by nia dacosta, whose next film will be superhero blockbuster the marvels, is altogether bigger, and a direct continuation of the original. this monster is the embodied rage and pain of black men who are victims of racial violence, as an artist antony, played by yahya abdul—mateen ii, discovers when he summons candyman. i think i made a mistake. what i find really powerful is the expression that this candyman is an expression of the rage and pain and injustice and violence that has been done to so many black men. could you expand on that? for sure, i think the first film, which i absolutely love, it really focuses on this one figure, daniel robitaille, and it's sort of like, this happened to one person, and this is why he specifically exists, and what i love about the movie is they talk about systemic issues like gentrification — for me it was important to show

he was a spectre of daniel robitaille, a black man lynched by a white crowd in chicago, now terrifyingnspired two slasher—like sequels. this one, produced by jordan peele, the director of get out, and directed by nia dacosta, whose next film will be superhero blockbuster the marvels, is altogether bigger, and a direct continuation of the original. this monster is the embodied rage and pain of black men who are victims of racial violence, as an artist antony, played by yahya abdul—mateen ii, discovers when he summons candyman. i think i made a mistake. what i find really powerful is the expression that this candyman is an expression of the rage and pain and injustice and violence that has been done to so many black men. could you expand on that? for sure, i think the first film, which i absolutely love, it really focuses on this one figure, daniel robitaille, and it's sort of like, this happened to one person, and this is why he specifically exists, and what i love about the movie is they talk about systemic issues like gentrification — for me it was important to show this isn'tjust a o