URSULA COYOTE FOR NETFLIX
Exit
Detective’s Rust Cohle described
in one of his most memorable
philosophical digressions. We go
around and around, talking about
individual characters and the
missteps of particular shows. We
wonder why women are too often
depicted as nags, flunkies or side
salads. We wonder why women
often get less to do, have less to
say and so often feel the impulse
to take off their shirts. We won-
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der why people of color aren’t
often depicted with compelling
emotional lives or as complicated
characters. We wonder why nonwhite men and women are hardly
ever the protagonists. If the dictum of good writing is “write
what you know,” what do women
and people of color know? What
dreams and nightmares do they
have? What are their battles and
fantasies? What stories aren’t we
hearing from them?
I love True Detective and many,
many shows that delve into simi-
HUFFINGTON
03.16-23.14
A scene
from Netflix
original series
Orange Is the
New Black,
created by
Jenji Kohan.