tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post5541571050008929836..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': Father Brown - BBC TV review (second series)Martin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-28392828425181193572014-01-21T14:19:02.798+00:002014-01-21T14:19:02.798+00:00Working my way slowly through season 2.
In respon...Working my way slowly through season 2.<br /><br />In response to the Max above, surely the greater problem is that this series is (essentially) set in an alternative universe where the vast majority of twentieth-century England is Catholic? That and a murder rate that makes Midsomer look safe.<br /><br />As a confessing protestant, hosever, I can understand Max's frustration as I can't imagine any Catholic priest ever saying *some* of his lines.<br /><br />Nevertheless, the second series (as far as I've watched) seems to be an improvement on the first - largely due to a less hammy relationship between the police and the Father.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06846458475646782293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-46299874020304165562014-01-11T17:43:04.793+00:002014-01-11T17:43:04.793+00:00The trouble is that it wouldn't take very much...The trouble is that it wouldn't take very much effort to get things right, and they get things so very thoroughly wrong. OK, so I am a cradle Catholic, I was around before Vatican 2 and I love GKC; I am also a pedant. But it doesn't take someone like me to suggest that Mark Williams should practise his Latin just a bit more; that the wardrobe department should use vestments appropriate to the period; that they should check at what stage a postulant wears a wedding dress (NOT at first entrance); that it requires a heroic suspension of disbelief that a random murderess is accepted into a religious order without question without any preparation or that a confession would be continued in the presence of a prison warder; oh...and get the liturgical/paraliturgical texts right...aaaargh...!!!!<br />Kate McLarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14949038181724708553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-83494840107537312392014-01-10T00:06:56.272+00:002014-01-10T00:06:56.272+00:00Hello Patrick, sighing is definitely permitted, no...Hello Patrick, sighing is definitely permitted, not least because I understand where you're coming from - although my own view is different. I saw on your excellent blog that Father Brown was your least favouurite of the year! It could be said that the show is a kind of tv junk food. But then, I know eating chips is bad for me, but I still enjoy eating them every now and again... Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-64899813207221714192014-01-10T00:04:14.457+00:002014-01-10T00:04:14.457+00:00Hi Moira, great to hear from you, and yes, some cl...Hi Moira, great to hear from you, and yes, some closing of eyes is required! I must get round to contacting Roger Wilkes when I get a bit of free time...Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-76546373737427833612014-01-09T20:15:37.735+00:002014-01-09T20:15:37.735+00:00I just ask to be permitted a long, sad sigh.
*sig...I just ask to be permitted a long, sad sigh.<br /><br />*sigh*<br /><br />My thoughts on the series are well-known by now. Nothing has happened to make me reconsider.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844617192737950378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-36019487832612008162014-01-09T12:48:01.358+00:002014-01-09T12:48:01.358+00:00Martín: you expressed my feelings about it too - i...Martín: you expressed my feelings about it too - it's a very enjoyable series, even if I have to close my eyes to theological and anachronism problems. And as you say, there is definitely room for such a series amongst the harsher forensic programmes.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.com