Sugar Season 2, Episode 2 Recap: "Downer Town" — East L.A. Shift Brings Mixed Results
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Andy Andersen
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This recap of Sugar Season 2, Episode 2 ("Downer Town") analyzes the show's shift from Hollywood elites to East L.A.'s immigrant and working-class communities. The episode opens with a drive-by shooting of a character resembling Ji Moon, and John Sugar's voiceover sets a grim tone. The recap examines how the series handles this new setting and cultural storytelling, noting mixed results in its portrayal of Eastside Los Angeles.
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Twitter / XSugar Season 2, Episode 2 Recap: "Downer Town" — East L.A. Shift Brings Mixed Resultsvulture.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledLos Angeles gives one the feeling of the future more strongly than any city I know of. A bad future, too, like
One of the best things Sugar's second season has going for it is the shift from the crumbling world of the Hollywood elites and hangers on to the streets and homes of immigrants and working folks in East L.A.
John Sugar's voiceover queues us into a murder scene: a hooded pedestrian that looks an awful lot like Ji Moon is gunned down by a pair of gang members in a drive-by.
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