We Are No Longer Other - Redefine America as a Teenage Girl
I watch all the foreign detective shows on Netflix (foreign here means with subtitles and not filmed in the U.S.) Since I was old enough to stay up and watch The NBC Mystery Movie I've been enthralled by the idea of resolution - questions answered, circle completed. I learned from TV detectives that it's a thing to make observations and calculate. My young brain was so happy. Columbo, Quincy M.E., and MacMillan and Wife were my childhood role models. I make assumptions that the host culture's authentic nature is reflected in the narrative of my foreign detective shows. Right now I'm watching The Method , which is set in Moscow. I compare it to my Russian archetype which is mostly built from Stalinist-era l iterature and Ukrainian lifeguards - agreed that this is not a very stable archetype, but the TV show is fitting well enough within it. Long ago I sought to identify White People culture in America. My friends who are not white people often use the pronoun &qu