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March 05, 2006
Nancy Drew - the Case of the Changin Icon
by Anna Hanks
Part I
Nancy Drew ruined my life. There, I've said it. Now I've voiced my resentment of one of America's most beloved female icons. Nancy Drew gave me false hopes - by pretending to be just an average girl when she was really a goddess in disguise. Oh, there were aspects of Nancy's life that ought to have clued me in: She was tall, slim, Titian-haired, perfectly dressed and possessed of both a wealthy and indulgent father and a seemingly infinite number of new convertibles. It was really the convertibles that ought to have tipped me off - like multi-headed Hydra, one convertible only had to be cut down for another to appear in her driveway.
Since Nancy was supposed to be just an average girl, I thought that when I was old enough to drive my life would be just like Nancy's. I too would be trailing short, dark Eastern European men with limps through my hometown, receiving letter bombs which I would inevitably manage to throw out of the mailbox seconds before they exploded, receiving threats to "mind my own business or else", and having my brake lines cut everytime I drove down a hill.
I was expecting excitement.
To Be Continued!
Originally published in The Austin Chronicle
Posted by mysterygamers at March 5, 2006 12:18 PM