The most interesting thing to me about that clip is that it makes total sense. Up until "Perry Mason." with the possible exception of "Godzilla," Burr was one of Hollywood's most threatening heavies; so why not cast a guy like that as the opposing council?
That said, there's something about Burr's sheer forthright bulk that's usually menacing, but which works perfectly for the tenacious and obsessive Mason. --Dave Sikula On Monday, April 20, 2020 at 11:24:31 AM UTC-7, Steve Timko wrote: > > 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] > <javascript:>> 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] >> <javascript:>> 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] <javascript:>. >> 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/e0106d27-f1a1-45ca-b57c-ad73b0843895%40googlegroups.com.
