Source: Law & Liberty
by Titus Techera
“In 2014, HBO launched the first season of True Detective, its biggest debut, an eight-episode story created and written by Nic Pizzolatto, watched by almost 12 million people. It’s not hard to explain the success, but it’s a rare thing these days — romanticism. True Detective is a story for the end of the American mid-century, combining all the mysteries that scared people, from serial killers to conspiracies. It employs Gen X’s preferred device for mystery — non-linear storytelling — and adds characters talking into the camera to the narrative. At the center of it all is a cool protagonist, perhaps the last action hero. And the atmosphere he breathes, the glamour of doom, blends the charm of disappointment with the threat of unleashing violence when hope has faded.” (10/18/24)
https://lawliberty.org/the-grim-romanticism-of-itrue-detective-i/