History Series / PerryMason2020

* SpiritualSequel: HBO, Prohibition, crime, police corruption, racism, old timey show business, HolierThanThou hypocrites, WW1 veterans, Creator/SheaWhigham... we sure this isn't a ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'' sequel?

* MercyKill: Perry shot dead a mortally wounded German and American while in the trenches.

* WarIsHell: The second episode shows Perry serving as a soldier in World War I while charging with other American soldiers hopelessly toward the German lines as they're mowed down by the dozens. His experiences have left him traumatized into the present of 1932.

Serving as an OriginStory to the novels, this series takes place in Los Angeles in 1932, a world caught up in the wealth of the growing motion picture industry, an oil boom, the upcoming Olympics, and the rise of a Christian Revival movement. In the midst of this Mason, working as the PI to CrusadingAttorney Elias Birchard 'E.B.' Jonathan (Lithgow), finds himself caught in the case of a lifetime, a murder and kidnapping that threatens to shake the city and its power structure to the core.

* AdaptationExpansion: there was no exploration of Mason's background in the novels or previous TV series, and this show tries to fill in the gaps:

* OriginStory: Serves as a prequel to the more well-known incarnations of the character. Whereas in all the other stories--the original book series, the 1930s and 1940s movies, and the Raymond Burr show--Perry was a lawyer, in this he is a world-weary private eye working for lawyer E.B. Jonathan.

* AdaptationDecay: Mostly in regards to tone. As this version is meant to be a prequel of sorts, some differences are to be expected, however fans of the novels and the original TV series won't recognize much outside of the name.

* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: In this series, Mason is a UsefulNotes/WorldWarI veteran with a failed marriage who rarely gets to see his son. He drinks heavily, he's often disheveled, his family dairy farm is on his last legs--this series is way more angsty than earlier adaptations of the character.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: "Chubby Carmichael", the comedian whom Perry is following in the first episode, is an obvious {{Expy}} of Creator/FattyArbuckle, a fat slapstick comedian whose private life got him into trouble. (The main difference is that Arbuckle was a silent comedian, although he did make a few talking shorts.)
** Sister Alice is highly influenced by Aimee Semple McPherson, a Canadian Pentecostal evangelist and media celebrity in the 1920s and 1930s.

* TheAllegedCar: Perry's aging former milk van he uses to get around.

* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: In this series, Mason is a World War I veteran with a failed marriage who rarely gets to see his son. He drinks heavily, he's often disheveled, his family dairy farm is on his last legs--this series is way more angsty than earlier adaptations of the character.

* {{Expy}}: "Chubby Carmichael", the comedian whom Perry is following in the first episode, is an obvious Expy of Creator/FattyArbuckle, a fat slapstick comedian whose private life got him into trouble. (The main difference is that Arbuckle was a silent comedian, although he did make a few talking shorts.)

%%* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: In this series, Mason is a World War I veteran with a failed marriage who rarely gets to see his son.

* {{Expy}}: "Chubby", the comedian whom Perry is following in the first episode, is an obvious Expy of Creator/FattyArbuckle, a fat slapstick comedian whose private life got him into trouble. (The main difference is that Arbuckle was a silent comedian, although he did make a few talking shorts.)

The series will premiere on HBO and Creator/HBOMax June 21. Trailers can be seen [[https://youtu.be/xnN7JFOjyoQ here]] and [[https://youtu.be/rNATvJMPZaA here]].

Serving as an OriginStory to the novels, this series takes place in Los Angeles in 1932, a world caught up in the wealth of the growing motion picture industry, an oil boom, the upcoming Olympics, and the rise of a Christian Revival movement. In the midst of this Mason, working as the PI to CrusadingAttorney Elias Birchard 'E.B.' Jonathan, finds himself caught in the case of a lifetime, a murder and kidnapping that threatens to shake the city and its power structure to the core.

%%* OriginStory: Serves as a prequel to the more well-known incarnations of the character.

* TheThirties: Set in Hollywood in 1932, around the time of the Olympics.

''Perry Mason'' is a 2020 TV series based on the iconic [[Franchise/PerryMason character of the same name]] created by Erle Stanley Gardner. The show was created by Rolin Jones and Ron Fitzgerald and produced by Creator/RobertDowneyJr. It stars Creator/MatthewRhys as Perry Mason, Juliet Rylance as Della Street, and Chris Chalk as Paul Drake, with other characters played by Creator/TatianaMaslany, Creator/SheaWhigam, and Creator/JohnLithgow also in the cast.

The series will premiere on HBO June 21. Trailers can be seen [[https://youtu.be/xnN7JFOjyoQ here]] and [[https://youtu.be/rNATvJMPZaA here]].

''Perry Mason'' is a 2020 TV series based on the iconic character created by Erle Stanley Gardner. The show was created by Rolin Jones and Ron Fitzgerald and produced by Creator/RobertDowneyJr. It stars Creator/MatthewRhys as Perry Mason, Juliet Rylance as Della Street, and Chris Chalk as Paul Drake, with other characters played by Creator/TatianaMaslany, Creator/SheaWhigam, and Creator/JohnLithgow also in the cast.

%%* AdaptationExpansion: there was no exploration of Mason's background in the novels or previous TV series, and this show tries to fill in the gaps:
%%** As the series begins, Mason is not yet a lawyer, but works as a PI for a well-regarded LA attorney.
%%** Paul Drake is an LAPD officer, rather than Mason's PI.

%%* HorribleHollywood: When not working for E.B., Mason follows Hollywood starlets to get lurid photos to sell to tabloids.

%%* RaceLift: Paul Drake, white in the novels and previous adaptations, is made into a black police officer who struggles with the ingrained racism of the department.
%%* ShellShockedVeteran: Mason was traumatized by his experiences in World War I, and has difficulty expressing it.
%%* TheThirties: Set in Hollywood in 1932, around the time of the Olympics.

'''Perry Mason''' is a 2020 TV series based on the iconic character created by Erle Stanley Gardner. The show was created by Rolin Jones and Ron Fitzgerald and produced by Creator/RobertDowneyJr. It stars Creator/MatthewRhys as Perry Mason, Juliet Rylance as Della Street, and Chris Chalk as Paul Drake, with other characters played by Creator/TatianaMaslany, Creator/SheaWhigam, and Creator/JohnLithgow also in the cast.

* AdaptationExpansion: there was no exploration of Mason's background in the novels or previous TV series, and this show tries to fill in the gaps:
** As the series begins, Mason is not yet a lawyer, but works as a PI for a well-regarded LA attorney.
** Paul Drake is an LAPD officer, rather than Mason's PI.
* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: In this series, Mason is a World War I veteran with a failed marriage who rarely gets to see his son.
* HorribleHollywood: When not working for E.B., Mason follows Hollywood starlets to get lurid photos to sell to tabloids.
* OriginStory: Serves as a prequel to the more well-known incarnations of the character.
* RaceLift: Paul Drake, white in the novels and previous adaptations, is made into a black police officer who struggles with the ingrained racism of the department.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Mason was traumatized by his experiences in World War I, and has difficulty expressing it.
* TheThirties: Set in Hollywood in 1932, around the time of the Olympics.