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“One does see so much evil, I fear”: Watching Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple
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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 383504" data-attributes="member: 23"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><u><span style="font-size: 22px">The Body In The Library</span></u></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">Parts Two & Three</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fichef.bbci.co.uk%2Fimages%2Fic%2F1200x675%2Fp01l9n6z.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=829fb2645f10dccc59cec6c956760041bf76c074917b3bf5289450bb4c4a5ebb&ipo=images" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 835px" /></p><p></p><p>There's very little to say about these episodes... mainly because I watched them as a matinee a couple of days ago and there's been a lot of water under the bridge since then.</p><p></p><p>The two key points are that I thoroughly enjoyed it and I didn't guess the murderer. In fact, something that occurred to me in the later stages of the story was that I'd overlooked the fact that this is indeed a murder mystery. That statement might seem to be heresy considering this is a story from arguably the most famous murder-mystery crime writer to ever exist, but I was so absorbed in the period setting, the pretty location work, the pithy dialogue and enjoyably quirky characters played by some familiar faces (oh look - there's Crabtree from<em> 'Allo 'Allo</em>) that I simply let the story was gently over me.</p><p></p><p>I really like that there was so much to enjoy besides the mystery and, thinking about it, that has always been the case for me when it comes to various mystery series. The appeal comes not from putting my little grey cells to work and potentially having the satisfaction of saying "I knew it!" or (as is more likely) the surprise of an unexpected killer, but from enjoying the atmosphere and the rich world created. And, of course, the memorable characters who speak to me in some way.</p><p></p><p>Something I'd forgotten was Jane Marple's own eccentricities. When one thinks of Poirot, the quirkiness and eccentric persona is impossible to ignore. But Miss Marple is not without those by any means. The series captures very well the processes of her mind working and her process to put the pieces together. And this is shown to us not through ADR thought-bubbles or clever graphics, but through Joan Hickson's performance. It was fascinating to see Marple muttering incoherently to herself, or occasionally going into an almost trance-like state, distancing and disassociating herself from what's going on around her as she follows an intuition or an important thought that brings something to light. And it gives the viewer the responsibility of trying to work out what's just happened or been said that provides an important clue. In this regard the medium of television has perhaps even more mystery than the written novels. At the very least, it works the brain in a slightly different way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 383504, member: 23"] [CENTER][B][U][SIZE=6]The Body In The Library[/SIZE][/U] [SIZE=6]Parts Two & Three[/SIZE][/B] [IMG width="835px"]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fichef.bbci.co.uk%2Fimages%2Fic%2F1200x675%2Fp01l9n6z.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=829fb2645f10dccc59cec6c956760041bf76c074917b3bf5289450bb4c4a5ebb&ipo=images[/IMG][/CENTER] There's very little to say about these episodes... mainly because I watched them as a matinee a couple of days ago and there's been a lot of water under the bridge since then. The two key points are that I thoroughly enjoyed it and I didn't guess the murderer. In fact, something that occurred to me in the later stages of the story was that I'd overlooked the fact that this is indeed a murder mystery. That statement might seem to be heresy considering this is a story from arguably the most famous murder-mystery crime writer to ever exist, but I was so absorbed in the period setting, the pretty location work, the pithy dialogue and enjoyably quirky characters played by some familiar faces (oh look - there's Crabtree from[I] 'Allo 'Allo[/I]) that I simply let the story was gently over me. I really like that there was so much to enjoy besides the mystery and, thinking about it, that has always been the case for me when it comes to various mystery series. The appeal comes not from putting my little grey cells to work and potentially having the satisfaction of saying "I knew it!" or (as is more likely) the surprise of an unexpected killer, but from enjoying the atmosphere and the rich world created. And, of course, the memorable characters who speak to me in some way. Something I'd forgotten was Jane Marple's own eccentricities. When one thinks of Poirot, the quirkiness and eccentric persona is impossible to ignore. But Miss Marple is not without those by any means. The series captures very well the processes of her mind working and her process to put the pieces together. And this is shown to us not through ADR thought-bubbles or clever graphics, but through Joan Hickson's performance. It was fascinating to see Marple muttering incoherently to herself, or occasionally going into an almost trance-like state, distancing and disassociating herself from what's going on around her as she follows an intuition or an important thought that brings something to light. And it gives the viewer the responsibility of trying to work out what's just happened or been said that provides an important clue. In this regard the medium of television has perhaps even more mystery than the written novels. At the very least, it works the brain in a slightly different way. [/QUOTE]
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