The opening scene of American Spy is not only thrilling, but a perfect shot of the tensions of Marie being a government intelligence agent and a Black woman. Given the opportunity to replicate such a scene, I would begin the story with the black female protagonist in a potentially incriminating situation. Effectively, this opening scene should communicate that the protagonist’s trustworthiness is uncertain and that it is the audience that must take up spy work to uncover the protagonist’s motivation. Resting on Marie’s assertion that all spies are ‘liars or snitches,’ I would lean into the possibility of the protagonist being a liar so that when all things come to pass, the judgements of the audience may prove to be them snitching on themselves.
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