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Originally Posted by mlewis78
I finished watching The Timetraveler's Wife on HBO tonight. Just watched episode 2 of Murder in Provence (S1) on Britbox.
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Y'know...MIP (Murder in Provence) is not, absolutely not, a great mystery series. But if you want something in the uber-cozy category, with fantastic scenery and somewhat likable protagonists--in other words, cotton candy for the brain after a bad day--it's perfect for that.
It's following in the footsteps of all those other offerings with similarly-funded-by-the-tourist-bureau plotlines--that Mallorca show (can't think of the name), the new Emilia Fox show (watch out, Umbria) and the like. All clearly created and funded by local Chambers of Commerce. Take one attractive "detective" character or even two; throw in a cast of lovable rogues or family members; create crimes that require driving around the local countryside/scenery, toss in a murder or two and come up with solutions that don't really track. Oh, and I guess I would have to tip a hat to the grandaddyof them all, really--Death in Paradise. (Which at least makes a real effort at locked-room/impossible mysteries, if naught else.)
I keep waiting to see some for oddball places 'round the world. ("Kim Jong Il presents, 'Murder in Haeju'!") LOL...
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