Jared works at a local fast-food restaurant, which doubles as a front for selling drugs that he cooks up at a cabin in the woods. High schooler Jared (Joel Oulette) has been struggling with his parents’ divorce and with the need to suddenly support both sides of his split family, including manic alcoholic mother Maggie (Crystle Lightning) and father Phil (Craig Lauzon), who has battled addiction himself. Trickster is adapted from the YA novel by Eden Robinson, a member of the Haisla and Heiltsuk First Nations, and set in the North Coast region of British Columbia (though it was filmed in Ontario). Aspects of the show deserve the spotlight. But for my own part, while it’s impossible to separate Trickster from Latimer, I think there’s value in recognizing much of what remains valid in the show - especially when it comes to the cast, most of whom will be complete unknowns to American audiences. It’s a conversation that seems worth having. Latimer’s subsequent resignation from the Trickster production team has raised questions about how appropriate it is to champion the rest of the show, which features an unprecedented number of Indigenous actors and crew members across the board.
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