I think it's a little similar to twin peaks, in that the plot is very much secondary to the atmosphere, themes, and the spiritual elements of the show. It's barely a cop show at that point, there's just cop stuff sort of happening while you vibe to the rest of the good stuff.
there's this trope of cops, coroners, PIs etc. as forces of rationality who shine the light of reason and enlightenment into the darkness and True Detective breaks that down completely by showing that these forces of rationality can do nothing but unearth
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lovecraftian and epsteinian horror through their investigations. They crack the case and it solves nothing.
I did watch some detective show (or a critical interpretation of what those shows are) that was the final project of film/art students in Berlin a couple of years back. Was "only" three short episodes but it was so good and fun and politically neat that I would've wished it to get funding for more. Also had a great afterparty so that was nice, too.
Cop shows. I like a good investigation, but it's very uncritical of the power structures involved and the nature of "crime"
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I think it's a little similar to twin peaks, in that the plot is very much secondary to the atmosphere, themes, and the spiritual elements of the show. It's barely a cop show at that point, there's just cop stuff sort of happening while you vibe to the rest of the good stuff.
there's this trope of cops, coroners, PIs etc. as forces of rationality who shine the light of reason and enlightenment into the darkness and True Detective breaks that down completely by showing that these forces of rationality can do nothing but unearth
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lovecraftian and epsteinian horror through their investigations. They crack the case and it solves nothing.
I did watch some detective show (or a critical interpretation of what those shows are) that was the final project of film/art students in Berlin a couple of years back. Was "only" three short episodes but it was so good and fun and politically neat that I would've wished it to get funding for more. Also had a great afterparty so that was nice, too.
Really should've kept in touch with them.