I wanted, like everyone else who loved the original Perry Mason series, to like this modern re-creation of the iconic and first courtroom drama ever produced on TV. I wanted there to be some resemblance to the original characters, but alas, there hardly is any. Even Mason's younger version is a confused war-torn boozing shadow of the strong every-man post WW2 tough American with a grounded sense of right and wrong and values. Yes, he is a detective in this, he works for a lawyer and he interacts with many of the characters that were part of the TV series from the 1950's. But where I get stymied and somewhat dissapointed is that they remake the roles into something about TODAY. Yes, we need a Gay character(doesnt every show these days?), a black person(or else we hear it from BLM) to take a key role that would of been totally unreal in 1930's America. I'm only in episode 4 and I am so disgusted with it. Why does everything have to appear so PC now? Over-reaction by Hollywood for years of being too white? Is half of America Black?(last I checked its 12.7% of the total population but looks like half in most shows these days). Where is the realism in that? In any of this? Aside from all that, its a beautifully acted and dressed in the times its created. Thats about ll that kept me watching. Like so many other shows, 3-4 episodes is all I need to see the re-writing and political correctness at work and it just ruins it. Let things be what they are, not what you want them to be. Show Perry Mason for what he became because this version looks like he is headed for skid row.
Review of Perry Mason
