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Remember there was that Perry Mason TV show...

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Remember there was that Perry Mason TV show...

Perry Mason returns for a second season of wearing fancy hats. But… do you even remember him or his hats having a first season?

Dan Barrett
Oct 20, 2022
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Remember there was that Perry Mason TV show...

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Remember there was that Perry Mason TV show...

Back in June of 2020, HBO launched its latest prestige drama: Perry Mason. A remake of the 50s TV show starring Raymond Burr, the series was neither true to the TV show, nor the original book series by recontextualising Mason as a private detective in the 1920s. In a ridiculous twist, he has a career pivot 2/3 of the way and becomes a man of the law.

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