Regina King shined in her first "vehicle" Watchmen, allowing us to watch through her eyes
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"After a career of playing smaller roles, the actress finally had a vehicle of her own—as our guide through the weird, wonderful world of Damon Lindelof’s show," says Micah Peters, adding: "King facilitates the show’s duality by lightly shielding you from its zany duplicity. Like, with one word. If you have been tuning in most weeks and have spent any time on the internet, then you have no doubt seen the quadriptych of Angela’s quasi-inquisitive 'the f*ck?' in response to, among other things: a spaceship; an elephant, previously thought to be her grandfather; a man, who evades capture by covering himself in lube, named Lube Man. Speaking to Indiewire earlier this month, King said that Angela’s 'eyes are the audience’s window into this world.' Often, they were wide with bewilderment. It’s a great show, but come on, it’s a weird show. King has made a decorated, three-decades-long acting career out of being a really good window. Her characters are marked by a certain empathy. They exhibit empathy toward their friends and family—think of her nurturing, Oscar-winning turn as Sharon Rivers in 2018’s If Beale Street Could Talk—and even toward the dorky little sad boys they chastise, like Carter and his stupid Zorro costume from 2004’s A Cinderella Story. What makes King truly special is that her characters also have an empathy toward you, as you sit there in your seat. They’re not only loving, they’re almost self-aware."
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TOPICS: Regina King, HBO, Watchmen, Damon Lindelof
