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I was going to post on the Lounge, but since we have had posts here about the peril of PBS, decided to post here.
Also, if you have not watched "the body in the library" but intend to, do not read any further.
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I have read all of Agatha Christie's books as well as the others that have been made for "Mystery" and was surprised at the identity of the murderer in the above program.
There were two people with motive to murder the victim. A man and a woman. Plus, it was clear that the victim's female cousin, who identified the body (which was wrong) was an accomplice.
In the Mystery program, it was the woman who was the murderer, who was the lover of the female cousin. And Miss Marple and her friend had to explain to the stuffy detective that, yes, "things" like that do occur. I was really surprised as I know that Christie has never dealt with "deviant" behavior - as opposed to, say, Anne Perry.
So I found the book in my bookcase and... what do you know, in the book it was the man who was the murderer and who was secretly married to the female cousin.
I have seen many changes in the adaptation of these mystery books; often several characters are omitted and their dialogs are assigned to someone else. Again, in this program, whole conversations were assigned to other characters. But to change the identity of the murderer in such a way? Does PBS really need more reasons from the church people to shut it down?
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