re: True Detective: Night Country (Season 4) teaser

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Just because the leads are female doesn't mean it's virtue signaling. Half of the US population IS female. And even in its shitty season, you had a female detective. This isn't new to this series.

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Yes, but they’ve set it in Alaska. Less than half of Alaska’s population is female. A super majority of Alaska cops, and officers throughout the country, are male (in the realm of 90%). So…extreme northern Alaska just happens to have two female detectives working together?

Guess we only have to worry about “reflecting the world in which we live” up to a certain extent (when the model doesn’t reflect reality, reject reality!).

It might not be woke, likely deserves a chance, and you can probably have faith that Jodie Foster will do a good job, but coupled with the other things we know so far concerns might be warranted.

Just looked up the other lead. She’s a professional boxer with only two previous acting credits, but maybe she can get into the role based on her background.