Playing Perry Mason's Paul Drake Is A Double&Edged Sword For Chris Chalk

This post contains spoilers for "Perry Mason" seasons 1 and 2. It was only a matter of time until "Perry Mason" got a gritty reboot. HBO brought the PI-turned-attorney into the streaming age in 2020, and along with him came a host of characters familiar to fans of author Erle Stanley Gardner's original books and the many TV and radio adaptations that have cropped up over the years. But one inspired change the HBO version made was to make Mason's lead investigator Paul Drake an African American LAPD officer who eventually becomes a PI. Starting out as a uniformed street cop, by... The post Playing Perry Mason's Paul Drake Is A Double-Edged Sword For Chris Chalk appeared first on /Film.

Jun 3, 2023 - 03:34

Playing Perry Mason's Paul Drake Is A Double&Edged Sword For Chris Chalk

This post contains spoilers for "Perry Mason" seasons 1 and 2. It was only a matter of time until "Perry Mason" got a gritty reboot. HBO brought the PI-turned-attorney into the streaming age in 2020, and along with him came a host of characters familiar to fans of author Erle Stanley Gardner's original books and the many TV and radio adaptations that have cropped up over the years. But one inspired change the HBO version made was to make Mason's lead investigator Paul Drake an African American LAPD officer who eventually becomes a PI. Starting out as a uniformed street cop, by... The post Playing Perry Mason's Paul Drake Is A Double-Edged Sword For Chris Chalk appeared first on /Film.