Does American Gods have a lynching problem?

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Ricky Whittle's character Shadow's lynching in the very first episode of the Starz series made a statement about the story original showrunners Bryan Fuller and Michael Green wanted to tell, says Charles Pulliam-Moore. "But as the season went on," he adds, "Shadow’s lynching went largely unaddressed, and in moving on from the moment, American Gods proved that it was willing to tap into powerful, painful imagery without doing to work to make sure that audiences understood the showrunners were handling the associated ideas with care. With the show’s second season and a new showrunner came the hope that American Gods might have learned from its freshman mistakes. Last night’s episode —' The Ways of the Dead' — showed that, unfortunately, that’s not the case."