Seriously, its only PM in name only. All the characters are not even close to what you thought. A Black man as Paul Drake I can handle but that would NEVER happen in 1930's racist America. Los Angeles was as racist as the South back then with Sundowner towns like Glendale and WHITES ONLY signs on Venice beach, so give it a break. Della Street as a Lesbian, hmm, okay maybe but in the v series she defintely gave off vibes that she was into men. Perry a boozer, a PI? Really? I could see if he was a just-out-of-Stanford Law School grad working for a grizzled Lawyer like John Lithgows character, and learns the ropes and gives us glimpses of the man he would become in his mid-life HOWEVER none of that even seems possible in this HBO adaption. It's a great period piece in terms of visuals and acting but the overall feel is just one case Perry Mason loses. Doubt anyone remembers this in 10 years.
Review of Perry Mason
