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For more puzzles, get the USA TODAY Crossword app.This “Watchmen” is a huge undertak-
ing, a complex story with as many plot
threads as a squid has tentacles (and
yes, there’s a squid). Like the original, it
has a lot to say, and is gorgeously real-
ized with strong writing and perfor-
mances, particularly from stars Regina
King and Jean Smart.
But its messaging is somewhat mud-
died. Like much of Lindelof ’s work,
“Watchmen” has conflicting themes, se-
lective points of view and multiple
timelines, which in the six episodes
made available for review are balanced
fairly well. But a show juggling so many
elements always has the potential to
come tumbling down.
As in the graphic novel, Lindelof ’s
“Watchmen” has a murder mystery
that’s part of a greater political one: A
white police officer in Tulsa is lynched
in the midst of a long-running conflict
between the police force and a white su-
premacist terrorist group known as the
Seventh Kalvary,a plot fraught with
meaning from the very beginning.
In the world of the series, Robert Red-
ford has been president since 1992;
there is no Internet or cellphones; baby
squids rain from the sky; and police offi-
cers wear masks to protect their identi-
ties. The cops take on monikers and cos-
tumes not unlike the costumed “vigilan-
tes” who have been outlawed since be-fore the events of the original comics.
Our way into this world is through
Angela Abar (King), a Tulsa detective
who goes by “Sister Night” when wear-
ing her unconventional uniform. She
becomes obsessed with investigating
the murder, which leads her to a myste-
rious old man (Louis Gossett Jr.) and
eventually puts her in conflict with Lau-
rie Blake (Smart), whom fans will recog-
nize as original comics character Silk
Spectre. Laurie is now an FBI agent, but
she finds little enjoyment in life and
leaves riddle-filled voicemails for her ex
Dr. Manhattan, who has abandoned hu-
manity to live on Mars. Jeremy Irons
also appears as villain Adrian Veidt,
who lives in seclusion.
The strength of “Watchmen” is its tal-
ented cast – which also includes Don
Johnson, Hong Chau and Tim Blake Nel-
son. Like “Lost,” the best episodes are
character-driven.
Things get murkier when “Watch-
men” turns its focus to race. Lindelof
has saidthat he wanted to tackle the
2019 political equivalent of the comics’
commentary on the Cold War, and “itfelt like it was undeniably race and pol-
icing in America.”
Perhaps after seeing the three re-
maining first-season episodes, the the-
siswill come into shocking relief, as Lin-
delof has promised critics and fans.
But two-thirds of the way in, it’s hard
to parse what the series is trying to say,
other than to point out that racism is
bad and that even well-intentioned in-
stitutions are built on a systemically
racist foundation.
This isn’t a bad moral, but there’s a
staggering amount of violence em-
ployed against black people to make the
argument, a display of pain that verges
on exhibitionist at times.
Much energy is spent on the sociopo-
litical elements of the series, but
“Watchmen” is actually at its best when
it tries a little less hard to be profound
and instead focuses on the deep cast of
characters it has assembled.
It will never have the impact or ac-
claim of the original comics had, but if it
can stick a very difficult landing, maybe
it proves the “Watchmen” are worth
watching after all.Watchmen
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Regina King stars as a detective in
HBO’s “Watchmen.” HBOLOS ANGELES – If you’re going to
have an epic first engagement in life, it
might as well be in the most perfect Dis-
ney nature setting with a dashing prince
popping the question.
That’s where Elle Fanning, 21,found
herself shooting “Maleficent: Mistress
of Evil,” the sequel that starts with
grown-up Aurora being surprised in her
fairy-filled Moors kingdom with a mar-
riage proposal from Prince Phillip (Har-
ris Dickinson).
“So that was my first ‘I do’ moment. I
haven’t been engaged in real life or on-
screen,” says Fanning, who says the
“Maleficent” sequel (in theaters Friday)
has set the proposal bar impossibly
high. “Harris is the perfect prince. And
we wanted to make it as authentic and
magical a fairy-tale proposal as possi-
ble. We wanted to bring the happiness
and joy of it.”
Sure, there were multiple takes of the
scene. And when Aurora speaks to
fairies, they were added later through
CGI (”Sometimes you feel a little crazy
talking to nothing, but it’s my job”). But
the nature-filled set was very there and
very alive for the proposal.
“The set was huge and built of real
grass, real flowers and even real trees.
Everything,” Fanning says. The climate
had to be maintained for temperatureand humidity, and stagehands had to
water the plants during breaks. “So I did
feel it, especially with the smells of na-
ture. Even the river was realistic.”
Then there was the silk tulle dress,
with hand-embroidered layers in baby
blue, pink and lavender, “so that de-
pending on the light, you might see a
different color,” costume designer Ellen
Mirojnick says. Fanning also wore a
wreath with real flowers on her head
and held the ensemble together with a
daisy chain belt.
“The entire overdress was hand em-
broidered one leaf at a time, in a way
only fairies can make it,” Mirojnick says.
“It was important to have the most mag-
ical feel. Aurora is Queen of the Moors.
These are robes of her queendom.”
The scene is crucial. When Fanning
signed on for the first “Maleficent,” she
was only 14, playing the goddaughter of
the titular dark fairy played by Angelina
Jolie. Now Aurora is grown and making
decisions on her own, as establishedimmediately with her quick yes to her
prince.
“This is Aurora’s introduction,” Fan-
ning says. “If you don’t believe the ro-
mance and love Aurora and the prince
have for each other, then you don’t be-
lieve their journey.”
Maleficent, as the trailer shows, isn’t
pleased her goddaughter is getting mar-
ried, especially to the son of Queen In-
grith (Michelle Pfeiffer), who becomes a
blood rival. The affairs of the kingdom
go south as war breaks out between Ma-
leficent’s fairy kingdom and humans.
It all puts a crimp in the wedding
plans. But the fight for motherly affec-
tion between Ingrith and Maleficent
leads to three beautiful potential wed-
ding dresses. The one bestowed by Ma-
leficent is made of layered chiffon, cov-
ered with flowers fashioned from laser-
cut feathers.
Scenes where Aurora tries on this
dress were shot outdoors amid muddy
surroundings.Fanning cherishes her Disney engagement
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The prince (Harris Dickinson) proposes
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