Raymond Burr auditioned for the part of the district attorney. He was clearly the better Perry Mason.
https://youtu.be/jv22BnAMJUg On Mon, Apr 20, 2020, 8:28 AM Melissa P <[email protected]> wrote: > Do you know how the books treated their relationship? > > Also, wasn't Burr's (who also did Ironside) orientation "buried" until > after his death? > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 10:12 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Perry's relationship with Della on the show is simple: they are an old >> married couple with no hint of marriage or sex. Code era movies had ways of >> letting mature viewers know that characters had sex while leaving the young >> or naive unaware and that's not present at all in the series. It's hard to >> relate to a modern context because it doesn't exist in a modern context. >> They are an exclusive couple with no physical touch. And I don't think it >> has anything to do with Burr's orientation. If that hadn't been completely >> buried during the run of the show the sponsors would have fled and the show >> would have been canceled. >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CA%2B_fQPwt9zXFkRsfZ1YW%3Dgpk2wieNKOnjYYQzjc7WqjHz_c%2BhQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CA%2B_fQPwt9zXFkRsfZ1YW%3Dgpk2wieNKOnjYYQzjc7WqjHz_c%2BhQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yyMk6Cb4BNZ%3DDr%2Bo7N47LSNX%3D9%2BAazkGi4zAXqPWOOAOw%40mail.gmail.com.
