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French Series and the Spoiler
French television drama has grown considerably in ambition and international reach since the 2010s, with crime series, political thrillers and historical dramas exported widely and watched on public channels as well as on streaming platforms. Crime series set in a particular region, often with a detective returning to the place where she grew up, are a popular genre, and they make the most of local landscapes, from Brittany and Normandy to the south. The vocabulary of not spoiling is a small example of French language policy in action. In Québec, the Office québécois de la langue française proposed divulgâcher, a blend of divulguer, to reveal, and gâcher, to spoil, as an alternative to the English spoil, together with divulgâcheur for the person who does it. The words caught on in Québec and are known in France, where many people nonetheless say spoiler, both as a verb and as a noun, or simply gâcher la fin. Talking about a story without spoiling it has its own conventions: summarize what the other person has already seen in the present tense, avoid revealing the dénouement, and use phrases such as sans rien dévoiler and je n'en dirai pas plus.