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IcyPeas

(21,737 posts)
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 04:51 PM Jun 2020

Perry Mason, starting June 21 HBO

The BBC gave it a pretty good review:

An interesting very topical subplot:

Paul Drake (Chris Chalk), a police officer here, is Mason’s private investigator in the classic version. One of the new series’ better tweaks is to cast a black actor as Drake, and to create a strong subplot exposing the racism and corruption in the police department. As Drake grapples with choices about his own future – he is a cop but forbidden to handcuff a white man – Chalk gives the character a strength and sternness that make him almost as compelling as Mason

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20200619-perry-mason-review-a-detective-show-for-our-dark-times
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Perry Mason, starting June 21 HBO (Original Post) IcyPeas Jun 2020 OP
My husband and I plan to watch it! CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2020 #1
i'm a fan of the Raymond Burr show hope this is good. dem4decades Jun 2020 #2
The old TV series was much closer to the novels by Erle Stanley Gardner. Lionel Mandrake Jul 2020 #7
The thought of seeing Della naked is somewhat disturbing. dem4decades Jul 2020 #8
Barbara Hale looked pretty good Lionel Mandrake Jul 2020 #9
I made it through about three minutes of the trailer. It's really horribly bad. PSPS Jun 2020 #3
Tatiana Maslany is a great actor! Thunderbeast Jun 2020 #4
Yes! Lionel Mandrake Jul 2020 #6
yuck. made it through 30 min of episode 1. disappointing on many levels NRaleighLiberal Jul 2020 #5
It is grand... Tikki Jul 2020 #10
Couldn't even finish the first episode eleny Jul 2020 #11

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,297 posts)
1. My husband and I plan to watch it!
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 05:04 PM
Jun 2020

This is a very good review and just makes me want to watch it all the more.

Lionel Mandrake

(4,073 posts)
7. The old TV series was much closer to the novels by Erle Stanley Gardner.
Wed Jul 15, 2020, 06:44 PM
Jul 2020

The main characters had no discernable past, and they didn't develop. The new series is an imagined back story, with the good guys not all that good, but a lot sexier.

PSPS

(13,512 posts)
3. I made it through about three minutes of the trailer. It's really horribly bad.
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 05:39 PM
Jun 2020

Overboard production values, cringe-inducing acting, etc.

Thunderbeast

(3,382 posts)
4. Tatiana Maslany is a great actor!
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 08:39 PM
Jun 2020

I loved her roles in "Orphan Black".

This role should be great for her.

Tikki

(14,537 posts)
10. It is grand...
Mon Jul 20, 2020, 10:45 PM
Jul 2020

Guess different strokes and all...

Very Los Angeles film noir.

Tatiana is just amazing in this character.

Tikki

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