The other day, an old friend in Canada informed me that he has been watching Detective Forst — a Polish crime series currently available on Netflix — and that the main character, from which the series draws its name, reminded him of me.
I viewed the first three episodes to determine where my friend was coming from but could not understand how the protagonist was reminiscent of me.
I noted that the character is a bit of a maverick, somewhat taciturn, a creative thinker, suspicious of authority, and a little gruff and rough around the edges; however, this applies to a thousand other fictional characters.
At no point did I experience an Aristotelean “Ah, that is he” flash of recognition or discernment while watching the series.
Utterly puzzled, I contacted my friend. His response?
The character's hat and jacket resemble the kind I used to wear when I lived in Canada.
That’s it.
I spent three hours intensely studying the protagonist of an incredibly disjointed, dark, gloomy, disturbing, Silence of the Lambs-type serial killer series to learn that the only thing I had in common with Detective Forst was the hat and jacket I used to wear.
I viewed the first three episodes to determine where my friend was coming from but could not understand how the protagonist was reminiscent of me.
I noted that the character is a bit of a maverick, somewhat taciturn, a creative thinker, suspicious of authority, and a little gruff and rough around the edges; however, this applies to a thousand other fictional characters.
At no point did I experience an Aristotelean “Ah, that is he” flash of recognition or discernment while watching the series.
Utterly puzzled, I contacted my friend. His response?
The character's hat and jacket resemble the kind I used to wear when I lived in Canada.
That’s it.
I spent three hours intensely studying the protagonist of an incredibly disjointed, dark, gloomy, disturbing, Silence of the Lambs-type serial killer series to learn that the only thing I had in common with Detective Forst was the hat and jacket I used to wear.
Note: Detective Forst is a six-episode series, but three shows were enough for me. My tolerance level for the serial killer genre is extremely low these days, and in all honesty, I did not find the series to be all that good.
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