“And yet so many thrillers and lots of TV shows don’t necessarily acknowledge that.”
That really appealed to me because people are funny.
I think it’s very, very, incredibly rare to meet someone who isn’t funny.
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Everyone’s got a sense of humor; it’s weird to meet someone who doesn’t.
You talk about it for days after!
‘I met this person who didn’t crack a smile once.’
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They stick out a mile.
And yet so many thrillers and lots of TV shows don’t necessarily acknowledge that."
As the show goes on, Rose starts making jokes that aren’t funny because he’s spiraling.
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“That’s an important moment in episode 1.
And Edmunds doesn’t find this guy funny, and she’s probably the sanest person there.
That was part of dismantling the myth of the brilliant detective as he really goes off the rails.”
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