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THE ESCAPE ARTIST
TRUE (that's Tuesday Round-up of Everything), week of 6/24, Post #1:
(in case you missed it and are interested, this is intended as a weekly assemblage of the books and music and whatever else I found in the past week that I found myself talking and thinking about. Comments/dissents/elaborations strongly encouraged. And if you start a T.R.U.E. on your own page or blog, please tag me so I can see what you're on about.)
The Escape Artist, which ran over the past two Sundays on PBS in the States, isn’t Sherlock, or Endeavor, or Lewis, but it’s light-years better than the execrable Broadchurch, in no small part because we’re allowed actually to like—or feel sympathy for, anyway—at least a few of the people in peril. Cartoon villain out of a Batman comic, ludicrous plot. But some snappy dialogue, a bit of atmosphere. And David Tennant actually smiles a couple times, which means my wife is back in love with him, which means she’s happy. And, you know, as long as she’s happy…
(in case you missed it and are interested, this is intended as a weekly assemblage of the books and music and whatever else I found in the past week that I found myself talking and thinking about. Comments/dissents/elaborations strongly encouraged. And if you start a T.R.U.E. on your own page or blog, please tag me so I can see what you're on about.)
The Escape Artist, which ran over the past two Sundays on PBS in the States, isn’t Sherlock, or Endeavor, or Lewis, but it’s light-years better than the execrable Broadchurch, in no small part because we’re allowed actually to like—or feel sympathy for, anyway—at least a few of the people in peril. Cartoon villain out of a Batman comic, ludicrous plot. But some snappy dialogue, a bit of atmosphere. And David Tennant actually smiles a couple times, which means my wife is back in love with him, which means she’s happy. And, you know, as long as she’s happy…
