When did you guys give up on True Detective? The first season was brilliant… for the most part, although the explanation of the crime was meh. I watched the second season, which was kind of terrible and then I skipped the season with Mahershala Ali, even though I love him. But with True Detective: Night Country, we’re finally getting what everyone said they wanted: two female detectives solving some big crime (what looks like ritualistic serial killings in Alaska). Jodie Foster and Kali Reis star as the two primary detectives. Jodie has already described her detective as “Alaska Karen,” and “She’s an awful, awful character. But you see why.”
These are photos of Foster and Reis from last night’s LA premiere. The first episode comes out on Sunday, and I’m going to give this season a try. We’ll see. Jodie wore a beige suit with some weird structure – it’s not very flattering. Jodie’s makeup also looks like hell. What do you want to bet that her makeup artist is some Gen Z person who didn’t appreciate Jodie’s recent comments about how the youths don’t know grammar or how to show up for work on time. Speaking of, at the premiere, she tried to clean things up.
Jodie Foster is clarifying her comments about Gen Z. Speaking to ET’s Kevin Frazier on the red carpet at the 81st Golden Globes on Sunday at The Beverly Hilton, the 61-year-old actress qualified her previous remarks by now saying she “loves” Gen Z and that her two sons belong to that generation.
“I adore them. They have all this freedom, which is wonderful but we didn’t have. We didn’t know we could say no, for example, and it’s just created a miraculous, confident, different, authentic people,” she said. “But it also makes them, you know.”
Frazier then interjected and offered “very difficult sometimes,” to which she agreed saying, “Yes.”
“But you need them in order to make your phone work,” she quipped. “What can I say.”
I think that’s true, but hey, I also thought Jodie’s other comments were funny and accurate. She wasn’t simply yelling about Gen Z, she had nice things to say as well. I also respect Gen Zers’ confidence and freedom, while also wondering how we got so many Puriteens, etc.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.
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- HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA – JANUARY 09: Jodie Foster arrives at the Los Angeles Premiere Of HBO’s ‘True Detective: Night Country’ Season 4 held at the Paramount Theatre at Paramount Pictures Studios on January 9, 2024 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States.,Image: 835676845, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Pictured: Jodie Foster, Credit line: Xavier Collin / Image Press Agency / Avalon
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- HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA – JANUARY 09: Jodie Foster arrives at the Los Angeles Premiere Of HBO’s ‘True Detective: Night Country’ Season 4 held at the Paramount Theatre at Paramount Pictures Studios on January 9, 2024 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States.,Image: 835676862, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Pictured: Jodie Foster, Credit line: Xavier Collin / Image Press Agency / Avalon
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- LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 09: Jodie Foster attends the Los Angeles premiere of Warner Bros.’ “True Detective: Night Country” at Paramount Theatre on January 09, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.,Image: 835738086, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Pictured: Jodie Foster, Credit line: Jeffrey Mayer / Avalon
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- LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 09: (L-R) Jodie Foster and Kali Reis attend the Los Angeles premiere of Warner Bros.’ “True Detective: Night Country” at Paramount Theatre on January 09, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.,Image: 835739140, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Pictured: Jodie Foster, Kali Reis, Credit line: Jeffrey Mayer / Avalon
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- LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 09: Jodie Foster attends the Los Angeles premiere of Warner Bros.’ “True Detective: Night Country” at Paramount Theatre on January 09, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.,Image: 835739277, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Pictured: Jodie Foster, Credit line: Jeffrey Mayer / Avalon
People need to chill out. She’s not wrong. And she’s the MOM of Gen Zs, so she has a front seat to not only her own kids, but their friends-as well as people she encounters in the wild. Everyone is so quick to take offense and over dissect every comment.
I teach Gen Z. I adore my students. They are amazing and thoughtful and smart.
They don’t know how capital letters work.
I frequently ask my kids what the comma did to offend them, because they’ve definitely gone NC… smh
I’m Gen X and love Gen Z. They are a breath of fresh air. Sometimes they say things that make me double take and think “oh honey, no” because it’s unrealistic but you know what? It also makes me think “okay, but why is it unrealistic? Am I resistant because I’ve been told it’s not doable or because I’ve never seen it done? Or is this really not doable?”
So yeah, Gen Z is great and I love that they make me really think about things.
I mean, it’s almost like all people are singular, often difficult individuals regardless of their both cohort. I know plenty of Boomers and, trust, they’re no walks in the park either. In my experience, they’re just as entitled and rude as millennials and Gen Z’ers, just less malleable, more set in their ways and convinced they’re correct.
Or maybe there are just varieties of personalities in all generations and people shouldn’t be stereotyped based on when they were born, but treated as individuals?
Exactly. People of different generations slam on other generations (okay, boomer) but each has their great points and bad points. And the people within them aren’t a monolith.
But we shouldn’t get our knickers in a twist either unless it’s really gross. I’m Gen X like Jodie and if someone wants to make a joke about my generation (though I don’t know what cuz we’re awesome 😝) or a generalization it’s not going to make me pissed off or defensive.
Thank you! I am so tired of the inter-generational competition for best and worst. There are all types in every generation! Tired of millennial bashing, “OK boomer”, and now on to Gen Z bashing.
I’m just glad someone is leaving Millennials out of it for once lol but honestly, isn’t this the same complaint of every new generation? They don’t work as hard! They don’t respect authority!
I will say, in my experience, Gen Z does have a nihilism/apathy that is scaring me a bit, especially as we roll into the 2024 election. I understand why, their world has never not been on fire. But it’s scary none the less.
I’ve got two Gen Z-ers (and a millennial) and we were discussing the election and they’re fired up to vote against Trump. Biden isn’t their preferred choice but they know that it’s a binary choice right now. Biden or trump. Period. No third party is coming out of nowhere. No write in is going to make some sort of statement , at least one you’d want. Everything they stand for would be undermined or attacked under Trump. It’s no contest.
On True Detective: loved season one, but it was the moment when I realized I was over decorative corpses. I love mysteries, but I avoid serial killer and forensic focused stories. Also these stories romanticize trafficking, turning it into some sort of secret sex cult cabal, rather than the sordid money grubbing enterprise that it actually is.
That said, I did binge Hannibal. The fact that it’s about “what sort of freak does decorative corpses” and creates a heightened reality about all of it is why it works.
On Gen Z: people need to realize annoying exists within the person being annoyed, not the person being complained about. It’s cop talk. What’s annoying you may or may not be something the other person needs to stop doing. Other people get to exist as their whole human selves. If you have an actual complaint, make it. “Annoying” is just being petty.
I really dislike the way different generations are labeled, especially when they’re called ‘difficult.’ You know what? EVERY freaking generation has been seen as difficult by the ones who came before them. I’ve been around long enough to have heard complaints about Gen X through Alphas. At this point in my life, when the complaints start, it just gives “old man shouts at sky” vibes to me.
I started season 1 and lost interest. I skipped season 2, watched season 3.. didn’t love it. I’ll probably watch season 4 or at least start it. I’m not surprised it took them this long to have a female detective. It is disappointing tho.
On true detective–I watched the first through third seasons, and came to say, if you haven’t watched the Mahershala Ali season, you should. The first and second seasons were so boring, but the third really stuck with me, and Mahershala is just really good (watch Moonlight too if you haven’t!)
I am GEN X with a Gen Z son. Nothing she said was wrong. I keep thinking that they all need a good dose of reality but then maybe they’re changing reality to suit them? I don’t know. Will be interesting to look back in a few decades and see the changes they have wrought.
Wait, what? (record scratch). Did anyone else pick this up from the original Guardian article? MAJOR blind item???
“It is worth pointing out here that it is harder for gay women than gay men in Hollywood, where there is no female equivalent of, say, showrunner Ryan Murphy (well, there is; but she’s so far back in the closet she’s practically in Narnia).”
I saw that! I went and looked at a list of showrunners and it’s a very small pool of suspects. A few women there but none that are close to Ryan Murphy level. The only two exceptions—Shonda Rimes and *maybe* Liz Tigelaar.
Ava DuVernay, although she isn’t on the Ryan Murphy level anymore.
Oprah is gay (with Gayle). Could be her.
I am always troubled by the choices my Gen X family members sometime make. I was raised that when you start something you finish. Stick it out. Not these young ones. If it’s not working for them they have no qualms about walking away, be it a job, a class or a church function. They have a terrific work ethic so they’re not lazy, just unwilling to invest the time in what they feel is not in their best interest. I can’t tell you the number of jobs I had that I hated but needed the money to pay for school. Stick it out was what I was told. To quit is cowardly. Chin up. It is a total generational divide.
I love Jodie. So genuine and intelligent. The kind of HW royalty I wanna see stay around.
We all generalise and if you use generalisations wisely, it can be useful / shed light on things. Of course there are exceptions to any generalisation. And she brought up the Gen Z topic not just to express her observations but to explain how she’s helping and mentoring them to do better. She’s not just complaining; she’s doing something to help and sharing ideas about how others can support Gen Z.