Back in August, cast and crew members gathered in Central Park for a location shoot, one of the first the city had allowed. Officials from the Central Park Conservancy, had approved the shoot with the stipulation that it not block any pathways. So other assistants had to urge passers-by not to walk in front of the camera. At least a dozen people, mostly white, refused, disinclined to allow the production team — mostly people of color, mostly women — to claim the space they needed. Which felt like a metaphor. The show will debut on HBO.
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