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dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Columbo. Neurotypical is debatable, a lot of his behavior is an act to make the suspect less guarded. But he drives a shitty car, is happily married, and isn’t “too old for this shit.”
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dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Columbo. Neurotypical is debatable, a lot of his behavior is an act to make the suspect less guarded. But he drives a shitty car, is happily married, and isn’t “too old for this shit.”
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 2 weeks ago
Well … that 1959 Peugeot 403 was 30+ year old by the 90s (and 40+ in 2003) … so idk, but it def felt like a statement.
(Chars often have shitty old cars in the same sense as some have fancy “classic” ones.)
dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
But the show started in the 60s, and it’s the same car. You could argue his trenchcoat and hat (de rigeur when the show started) were more affectation in later years, or accept that at some point those simply occupy the role of signifiers that “yes this is Columbo.”
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 2 weeks ago
Yeah, I can see that too (but the car did strike me as a deliberate non-typical choice from the beginning, like part of a character, even when just under a decade old - but that does indeed not make it a classic).
dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
I definitely think it was a deliberate choice, but more in the vein of “look at this bumbling moron driving this piece of shit French car” as a way of further masking his actual abilities.
jobbies@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
JANEWAY WAS MRS COLOMBO?? HOW DID I NOT KNOW THIS??
Its ironic that she ended up in a federal prison.