26 May 2011

Vera (ITV, 2011)

How can you bleedin' go wrong with Brenda Blethyn?

By doing characterisation through tics rather than action. By being
sub-"Morse", sub-"Miss Marple" - actually, by assuming that your
audience don't know little detective/mystery-genre details like, ooh,
due process, or police procedure.

Made the mistake of watching the first few minutes of a later ep. A
woman prisoner is being transported someplace. In a sedan with a lone
prison officer who's driving. And whose door is clearly unlocked.

WHAT WORLD DO THESE FUCKING WRITERS LIVE IN?

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