WONDERFALLS THEME PROFESSIONAL
Sharon, the closeted lesbian, shutting herself off from her real emotions and channeling the energy into her professional life, breaks her long thaw. She's frozen with indecision about what WOULD be a life of value and contentedly stuck in the metaphorical mud at Wonderfalls, until the muses start gabbing. Jaye has her college degree from Brown, and she's perfectly capable of finding a job in a NY college that would make Darren and Karen proud, but she doesn't see the value in that life. I liked "Totem Mole" a lot because it hit the main theme of Wonderfalls head on: the search for the authentic, and how the muses tie into each character's search. Lightfoot emerges from steambath as promised leader, immediately thinks of casino-as if tribe needed her to come up with that idea.Protest against false Niagara story is plausible, but protesters would go through channels first.
Mystical tests to see if Hooten is promised leader are phony.Totem pole and teepee are out of place even as tourist attractions in upstate New York.Tribe makes money from selling tobacco in shop.Mahandra wants to investigate heritage to get scholarship, given runaround by tribal committee.Vision from old woman who turns out to be dead.
Native people were central to the story, not peripheral. "Totem Mole" was one of the few times Indians didn't appear in a stereotypical story: a murder connected to a casino, mystical forces in a burial ground. Meanwhile, Sharon has an unpleasant encounter with former law school rival Diana Littlefoot (Alex Rice), and Mahandra tries to verify her own Satsuma heritage so that she can qualify for a grant to pay off her student loans.įor a more detailed summary, see Totem Mole. A summary:Īfter visiting the Satsuma Reservation, Jaye tries to help Bill Hooton (Winnipeg native Ryan Black) follow in his grandmother's footsteps as spiritual leader of the tribe - but all the signs suggest that Jaye is the real seer. The first episode of the late, lamented Wonderfalls hinted at a Native American connection, but the unaired 12th episode, "Totem Mole," made it almost clear. Blue Corn Comics - Wonderfalls: "Totem Mole" Home |Ī followup to my Indian Comics Irregular essay The Wonder of Wonderfalls:
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