![]() What Chambers’ book reveals, both in its utility for the makers of True Detective and its context of production, is how the American South, especially Louisiana, maps onto the gothic horror of Europe. Chambers’ “The Mask” begins:Ĭamilla: (Terrified, aside to Cassilda.) No mask? No mask!Īs Twin Peaks, one of True Detective’s progenitors, taught us, there is more to the question of “Who killed Laura Palmer?” than its simple answer: the killer. ![]() The confusion between dream and reality in Chambers’ The Yellow Sign appears when Rust has a vision of the universe before he is stabbed, and his confession to Marty: “I don’t sleep, I just dream.”Įrrol Childress, the show’s serial killer, whispers to Rust to “Take off your mask” – even though he wasn’t wearing one – before stabbing him in the stomach. Mr Wilde in The Repairer of Reputations carries a ledger, just like Rust “the Taxman” Cohle. Now, Silvercloud, we can make the connections. Rust (Matthew McConaughey) fearlessly ventured into the killer’s version of Carcosa, found the Yellow King, got stabbed in the process, but ultimately killed the killer. The show has ended in the US, and in Australia, Foxtel aired the last of the eight-part drama on March 10.
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