> Sometimes Spike's accent seems to be a little New York-ish. But I usually
> think he's from California because he mentions that, and his parents met at
> Aragon High School, in California. Which, actually, I've been meaning to
> mention for awhile that the first time I saw that caption I thought they
> were talking about *my* high school, Agoura. The resemblance was just a
> little too scary.
I hadn't really thought about the Aragon High School bit, which is
interesting - along with all the other stuff it sort of suggests
that (as someone else has suggested) Spike's family spend a
great deal of time moving around. Which is not beyond the realms of
possibility - do we know a.) how long Spike's parents stayed
together, or b.) what their careers were when they were still married
and in America? I've a feeling we don't specifically, although we
can probably deduce that Katherine's been in the same line of work
for all of her professional life.
Of course, the other conclusion to draw from all these slightly
skewed American references is that the production team just wanted to
make Spike "an American" but couldn't really care less about which
bit of America he came from, or just plain got things wrong. Which
is a lot less of an imaginative or fun solution, and also it's
problematic - after all, Sandra Hastie's an American, so I *think*
she'd be careful about stuff like that.
But yeah, Spike's definitely a New Yorker - "Well, I was born in New
York, two parents, one of each..." Or whatever the line is. And the
Rochelle High School thing too.
Anyway - catch y'all sometime else.
David.
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