Candyman! Candyman! Candyman! Candyman!

<p><em>Candyman</em>&nbsp;has aged very well: The 1992 story of a son of a slave who is murdered for loving a white woman — and reborn as a hook-handed slasher — looks at racism with an unflinching honesty missing from a lot of our racial dialogue today. It skillfully, scarily connects the bigotry of old with the bigotry of what was, at the time of its release, the modern age.</p><br><p><em>Candyman</em>&nbsp;returns in June with a Jordan Peele-produced reboot, and we here at the&nbsp;<em>Low Key Podcast</em>&nbsp;prepared by watching the original. Revisiting&nbsp;<em>Candyman</em>&nbsp;reminds us how much and how little has changed since 1992 — and, in some ways, since 1892. </p><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>