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The Murdoch Mysteries series originally started out life as books written by Maureen Jennings about a detective with the Toronto constabulary in the late 1890s. It was then made into a TV mini-series, and finally into a regular series. As with all book/TV/movie adaptations, they diverge into different directions. Jennings is still writing the books - she started the series in 1997, and the show is currently in it's 6th season.
As I said in my goodreads review, I like the book pretty well, and like the forensics aspect of the TV shows. The best aspect, of course, for me, is all the period costumes and sets. There are a few good behind-the scenes pictures in a slide show attached to this news article.
My absolute favorite is Inspector Brackenried played by Thomas Craig. In talking about the details he designs into the clothing, costume designer Alex Reda says about Brackenreid's waistcoats that he doesn't necessarily have them fit perfectly. He makes them tight and some of them double breasted so the buttons tend to strain and he ends up looking more barrel-chested. He's really "average-sized and quite fit" and you can see the difference in the photos. It really suits his blustering character.
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I've also definitely seen bra lines and not corset lines on one of the characters, which I totally get because wearing a corset all day could be... wearing. But I'm also annoyed that I notice things like that. And get annoyed about them.
As I said in my goodreads review, I like the book pretty well, and like the forensics aspect of the TV shows. The best aspect, of course, for me, is all the period costumes and sets. There are a few good behind-the scenes pictures in a slide show attached to this news article.
My absolute favorite is Inspector Brackenried played by Thomas Craig. In talking about the details he designs into the clothing, costume designer Alex Reda says about Brackenreid's waistcoats that he doesn't necessarily have them fit perfectly. He makes them tight and some of them double breasted so the buttons tend to strain and he ends up looking more barrel-chested. He's really "average-sized and quite fit" and you can see the difference in the photos. It really suits his blustering character.
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I've also definitely seen bra lines and not corset lines on one of the characters, which I totally get because wearing a corset all day could be... wearing. But I'm also annoyed that I notice things like that. And get annoyed about them.
