Episode 72 – TV G.O.A.T. Pt. 2: 'The Singing Detective'
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Before Peak TV, what was considered the television medium’s G.O.A.T.? One prominent candidate among TV critics for many years was another British import, this 1986 mini-series from the famed playwright/novelist/screenwriter Dennis Potter. On this episode, joined by Ted Heycraft, we discuss:
- Why this TV mini-series works as a deep, literary genre-hybrid;
- how that hybrid incorporates with Potter’s distinct, self-proclaimed genre of the lipsync-musical (with examples likes Pennies from Heaven);
- its relation to the American Singing Detective feature, directed by Keith Gordon.
Also:
- The three-level fever-dream aspect of blending detective fiction, hospital disease-feature, and autobiographical skin-disease time;
- how long — and cinematically — it takes to reveal the biographical details;
- why this show, previously a critical favorite, has been forgotten;
- and why it ends with such a deceptively happy ending, and whether it deserves it?
The Singing Detective TV series is not streaming anywhere, not even at the BBC. It is available on DVD.
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