"Looking for Answers at the Nancy Drew Convention"
November 9, 2024 2:09 AM   Subscribe

Jadie Stillwell & Nicole Blackwood (LitHub, 11/2024), "Among the Sleuths": "the fictional detective became a mythic figure long ago. She's also, fittingly, something of a mystery herself." Related: the song "Nancy Drew" by Tuscadero. r/NancyDrew on most / least favorite, love-hate, & favorite game, and issues with newer games. Gab Smolders (previously) plays Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake and Mystery of the Seven Keys. Bonita Granville's 1930s movies, e.g. Nancy Drew... Detective and Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase. 70s TV show. Andrea Ruggirello (2018), "The Not-So-Hidden Racism of Nancy Drew." Trailer for the recent show now on Max (r/NancyDrew's comments; Vulture review of the pilot + ND overall). Katryn Bury (2023), "Revisiting Nancy Drew from a Modern (and Disabled and Queer) Perspective."
posted by Wobbuffet (7 comments total) 9 users marked this as a favorite
 
If I could just put the clues together, I could figure out what this FPP was about… I know, let’s go over to that old house and see if we can find evidence!
posted by GenjiandProust at 3:43 AM on November 9 [3 favorites]


One Nancy Drew = Two Hardy Boys.
posted by BWA at 5:25 AM on November 9 [3 favorites]


Whoa! Had no idea about the convention -- thank you for posting about this. I saw a conference paper last year at MAPACA about how successive editions of Nancy Drew "solved" harmful racist stereotypes by removing the Black characters, and I'm still thinking about it.
posted by cupcakeninja at 5:53 AM on November 9 [2 favorites]


Related: the song "Nancy Drew " by Tuscadero

And Nancy Drew song by Deirdre Flint
posted by one for the books at 9:49 AM on November 9 [1 favorite]


Thank you so much for posting, there are some very thoughtful links here!
posted by goo at 9:50 AM on November 10 [2 favorites]


Wow, thank you for this! This takes me back! I didn't even know there was ever a TV show!!
posted by unicorn chaser at 12:39 AM on November 11 [1 favorite]


IIRC, my wife didnt like the recent series because Nancy was sexually active.
posted by Billiken at 6:28 AM on November 11


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