On Tuesday, January 12, The CW is premiering what, by rights, probably should be one of the most talked-about new shows of the season.
And yet, from what I can tell, absolutely nobody is talking about Trickster. And the odd thing is that The CW is probably OK with that — not the typical state of affairs for an import that arrives fresh off big ratings and very positive reviews from Canada.
The key problem, if you haven't been paying attention, is that Trickster was co-created and directed by Michelle Latimer, who claimed Indigenous Canadian heritage for much of her life — in many ways building a career on that identity —only to have it revealed in late 2020 that large parts of those claims were, as the expression goes, "insufficient.".
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