Put that one in the "I told you so" column

[mousme]

Not a very productive work day, partly because I am really, really tired, and partly because I just cannot seem to "buckle down" when I'm home. I'm not surprised, but I am a little disappointed that even though I made a pretty good attempt to... I don't know, psychologically front-load a bit in order to mitigate what I knew had happened before, I still didn't do very well.

I am super tired, and I am torn between taking a nap now or trying to tough it out a few hours and going to bed early instead. Ugh.

I'd forgotten that I intended to watch a new Canadian TV show called Trickster, and so I jumped on board this week. It's only six episodes, and it was really good (and also quite trippy). It follows the story of Jared, a teenager who lives with his single mother on a reservation, who slowly realizes that there is far more to the world--and to himself--than he ever suspected, and that he has a destiny to fulfil. It's based on a trilogy of books by Eden Robinson, which I intend to pick up now that I know it exists.

Unfortunately, what I didn't know was that there was a scandal/controversy about this a few months ago. The show was meant to be a 100% indigenous production, and it turns out that the director/showrunner/co-writer misrepresented her indigenous heritage. As a result, CBC has cancelled production of the second season, which is very disappointing. I was hoping they'd be able to find different indigenous creative talent to take over. The cast are stellar, and I really enjoyed the plot and writing and overall pacing. Anyway, the first (and probably only) season is well worth watching, if that's a thing you're interested in.

This weekend I am devoting to doing some decluttering and cleaning of the house. I have a lot of small things to do and an even larger number of large things to do. Unfucking my life is a multi-step process.

Comments

[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

I heard about that controversy, and it was the first time I heard about that show, too, which is unfortunate. It's really disappointing whenever things like this happen, because there are very few things in media that center around indigenous people and their stories. It sucks that they cannot simply replace the showrunner/creator with someone else, but I'm guessing everyone involved felt betrayed that they probably didn't want to be associated with the project anymore because of the controversy. That's my guess, anyway.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that seems like a pretty likely explanation of what happened. It's really too bad.