Oh, man, I totally saw that they were based on books and somehow didn't connect that that explains why the eps are so full--of course there's too much if they're trying for fit an entire novel into a single episode! tbh I really enjoy the ideas themselves and it's just the show's execution that ends up feeling a bit sloppy to me, so I probably would love the books! (Do they benefit from being read in order, or do you have a fave that you think it'd be best to start with? I've forbidden myself from buying books for at least another week, but uh it never hurts to be prepared...)
And, ok, especially with you saying that Phryne's missing sister & Jack's unhappy marriage aren't in them. The actors have great chemistry, but the idea of Phryne/Jack being endgame just rubs me the wrong way. I'm so sick of adultery plotlines so unless they split him up from his wife properly before resolving all of Phryne and Jack's UST, I'm gonna hate it haha.
I think the lack of Indigenous Australians won't bother me (as much) in the books, because--from Wikipedia--they begin being published in the late 1980s and Kerry Greenwood is in her sixties. I think I generally get a bit pickier about this sort of stuff with modern media coz, yknow, a lot of older media are products of their time. Obviously I can't speak for the books, but I do like that the show is reflecting Phryne's progressive/open-minded ideology and that they generally do a pretty good job of showing those characters having personalities and lives outside of whatever makes them a minority (case in point, Phryne's gay friend in 1x03). Even if, yeah, I think it does tend to do the same thing where it all seems like the point is to show off how lovely and progressive Phryne is.
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Date: 30 Apr 2015 03:35 am (UTC)And, ok, especially with you saying that Phryne's missing sister & Jack's unhappy marriage aren't in them. The actors have great chemistry, but the idea of Phryne/Jack being endgame just rubs me the wrong way. I'm so sick of adultery plotlines so unless they split him up from his wife properly before resolving all of Phryne and Jack's UST, I'm gonna hate it haha.
I think the lack of Indigenous Australians won't bother me (as much) in the books, because--from Wikipedia--they begin being published in the late 1980s and Kerry Greenwood is in her sixties. I think I generally get a bit pickier about this sort of stuff with modern media coz, yknow, a lot of older media are products of their time. Obviously I can't speak for the books, but I do like that the show is reflecting Phryne's progressive/open-minded ideology and that they generally do a pretty good job of showing those characters having personalities and lives outside of whatever makes them a minority (case in point, Phryne's gay friend in 1x03). Even if, yeah, I think it does tend to do the same thing where it all seems like the point is to show off how lovely and progressive Phryne is.
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