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Shadow Moon (Ricky Whittle) and Laura Moon (Emily Browning) have spent much of the last season and a half of Starz’s
adaptation on disparate paths, with only the occasional run-in. Shadow’s tried, rather unsuccessfully, to extricate himself from all of Wednesday’s (Ian McShane) scheming, while Laura with the begrudging assistance of Mad Sweeney (Pablo Schreiber) sought to make her way into the battle between old gods and new to exact revenge on her father-in-law.
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Now in season three, which premiered January 10, Shadow’s spent a lot of his time on the road, traveling to Lakeside and Chicago, all the while keeping up his protestations about staying out of the “family business” (read: war). Laura, meanwhile, lugged Mad’s massive body around for a while before giving up his gold coin, though it may have been too late to do the old god much good. She’s finally moved on sort of. Last week, Laura gained a valuable new perspective
I have been hard on
American Gods since the end of season one. The sheer scale and speed with which prestige TV took over the landscape guaranteed there would be at least a few spectacular disasters and flame-outs. But this was a show with so much potential, and to see it not just wasted but thrown away because people behind the scenes made bad decisions was painful. But hope springs eternal, and though season two was a hate-watch affair, I took on covering season three because I believed this show still had it in there to find its way back to good. And this week, that faith in the old gods and the new was rewarded.
American Gods Star Ricky Whittle Calls Out Tweet for Discrimination
American Gods Star Ricky Whittle Calls Out Tweet for Discrimination
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Ricky Whittle isn t finding anything that funny about comedian, actor, and host
Jay Washington s tweet about his appearance during the third season of STARZ s adaptation of author and EP
Neil Gaiman s novel. As viewers know, this season finds Shadow spending some time in Lakeside under the guise of Mike Ainsel - and along with that there was another prominent change: Shadow let his hair grow out. Well, it seems three episodes of a no-longer-bald Shadow was more than enough for Washington, who tweeted, Look I get that Shadow Moon is supposed to be on the run from the law in this new season of #AmericanGods but man [Ricky Whittle] out here with this Morris Day perm/blowout combo has me so disturbed.
Martin Carr reviews the third episode of American Gods season 3…
With news that this season is getting slayed by critics, while fans are apparently abandoning ship like their life depended on it, episode three brings hope. Something approaching a coherent storyline is starting to kick in and visual confidence is being restored. Whether that is due to a burgeoning relationship between Shadow and Marguerite, or Laura Moon’s foulmouthed further adventures, things are definitely improving.
Ian McShane remains the bedrock of this show, brandishing shabby chic alongside sartorial elegance dependent upon the occasion. Meanwhile Yetide Badaki dominates every scene even from the relative distance of a magazine cover. Between them and Emily Browning there is some serious three-way scenery chewing, which only adds to the attitude. Ashley Reyes is also making an understated impression as Odin’s enabler Cordelia, bringing contemporary sass alongside daughterly concern.