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brightknightie) wrote2021-10-27 08:36 pm
brightknightie) wrote2021-10-27 08:36 pm
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fun FK essay on Vulture.com today
Today, Vulture.com posted: "Forever Knight Is the Best Vampire Cop Show Ever Made (in Canada)" by Naomi Skwarna.
You may enjoy reading it! She knows what she's talking about, says it sassily, and more than merely name-checks Ger and Parriot. A few excerpts:
You may enjoy reading it! She knows what she's talking about, says it sassily, and more than merely name-checks Ger and Parriot. A few excerpts:
"...a certain candlelit, Vaseline-y haze that elicited the feeling, if not the reality, of a saxophone solo — a soft-goth Canadiana aesthetic..."
"...people are constantly getting murdered during the show’s three seasons, often in the cold open — it’s hard to tell if Nick’s vampire-cop tactics are affecting the crime rate at all. Mostly, he tools around Toronto in his teal Caddy on his way to question some babe of interest. And you know what? It’s great. Forever Knight makes a meal of the horny gaze, abundantly populating scenes with smoldering glances, billowing windbreakers, rose petals, and close-ups of bra straps."
"...one may wonder, Why would a French vampire move to Toronto? Did he go to Toronto Police College? There are no clear answers. As in most Canadian shows, Canada simply happens, even to vampire cops."
"As campy as it is, the series is frequently touching, even adventurous..."
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This article was such a pleasant surprise. It really made me smile. It also made me want to start chanting "One of us! One of us!" regarding the author, lol.
I remember falling down the Internet rabbit hole a long time ago reading about CanCon so it amused me that something so niche (at least to Americans) made it into the article.
I love that it pointed out how Toronto got to be Toronto and that the show made liberal use of its locations, especially with the shout out to the CN Tower and the Factory Theatre. The later is an interesting highlight considering that most people point out the use of Sam the Record Man during Nick's night time drives.
And Ger getting some love for his performance in Slings & Arrows is always fun and, yes, it should be acknowledged more that Ger as Nick was extremely hot.
There are so many wonderful lines in the article, you highlighted some great ones, but I'm particularly drawn to "They don't have the moody, charming, and slightly crummy character of shows like Forever Knight" when compared to current crop of Canadian shows. It's part of the appeal of FK to me. They didn't have the budget that American shows had, but the production team and especially the actors were able to take this outlandish premise and make something that still holds significant entertainment value today. That's more important to me, as a viewer, then the slickest, high budget shows of today. Lot's of shows have money to burn, not all of them are better for it.
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And yes, no amount of money can guarantee the spark that burned in FK -- the bold genres mix, the outstanding acting, the in-your-face fundamental struggle to know what is right and to do it.
One of the many things I, personally, loved about her essay is that her perspective seemed, to me, very first-season-y. Her essay is very much an ode to characteristics that I feel are most prominent in my favorite season, the first; it's not that those characteristics ever go away, but that I feel I know exactly which shots go with which observations, and they're all first season. That's extra delightful for me, because I often feel alone (at this end of fandom) in appreciating the era in which Lacroix was dead.
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Thanks so much for sharing!
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