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'The View From Halfway Down' got an Emmy nom.
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great episode
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08-02-2020, 07:30 AM | #1009 |
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Pretty much grew up on Perry Mason. Its my dads favorite show in the world and he still watches it on one of those TV Land type channels. I was a bit leery of it as a result but knew HBO would make it quality and it is. Look forward to it every week.
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I hadn't been sold on Perry Mason until the last few episodes, but they've been terrific. The show is really hitting its stride. Can't wait for the finale next week.
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The only minor quibble I have is,
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But whatever I get it. And I'm not a up on my 1931 legal precedent. So I won't quibble too much. The acting in this was just superb. Rhys absolutely destroyed every second of every scene he was in. Juliet Rylance (Della) also crushed it.
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That's just incredible acting. Not production, not music, not cuts or editing, not dialogue or writing, just pure acting emotion. What could have been just a throwaway moment hit like a freight train and also made
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really mean something and add depth. Whigham (Strickland) really did a great job too. He didn't have a ton of play, but the episode working really relied on him expressing things right and he did a great job. I really loved watching him work in this series. The ending wasn't what I was expecting but really goddamned worked for me. Hopefully California opens back up and they roll out Season 2 timely. |
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It's common knowledge that Perry Mason only lost one case in his entire career during the original run and since that episode originally aired in the early 60's, I knew that they were "boxed in" and couldn't show a true loss.
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I'm sure I'll watch Season 2 but it's not something I'm anticipating or excited about. The best hope from Season 2 is that the overall story arc is better written and less predictable (outside the fact that Perry can't lose a case in this series). |
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I’ll fully acknowledge that I’m the least creative dude in the room and other more creative dudes could come up with better endings but it was really good IMO. It would have probably been horrible with meh acting but the performances really sold it for me. The other thing that really stuck with me was
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I was expecting something more along the lines of Bosch meets LA Confidential meets the Golden Age of Hollywood, but it's really difficult for me to reconcile this 8 episode version of Perry Mason vs. the original Perry Mason that I saw on more than 200 episodes of the original series. Holy crap, I sound like an old fart. Yeesh. |
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What’s it like to walk around with half a ****ing brain? What ****ing fishwrap pays you?!...
. . . . I’m fine, I just wanted to ask that question.
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