Here's how 'Poker Face' pays tribute to 'Columbo'
“reminds us that all societies are divided in classes, and that there are inequalities between those classes. And it is political, such an idea.”
While Columbo is the type of guy you might sit down and have a cup of coffee with, Lyonne’s Charlie is more likely to crack open a Coors Light with you. Slightly more frayed around the edges, Charlie is on the lam from the law , whereas Columbo is a lieutenant with the Los Angeles Police Department.“Columbo is a police officer, but he is challenging authorities: political, economic control,” Lilian says.
“Genre stories like the crime and detection, the comedy, the historical piece, science fiction, all of these genres, they have certain things that are formulaic about them, and that brings a kind of predictability,” Berzsenyi says. “Or you know what to expect. And you keep going back to something that gives viewers pleasure.”
In Berzsenyi’s studies, she’s come across others—physicians, financiers, preachers—who use the “Columbo method” with their patients, clients, or congregants. They ask a lot of questions, pay very close attention, and then watch for details and inconsistencies. David Martin-Jones, who wrote
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