The Literate Kitty

Delightfully bringing to mind all of those effervescent, cinematic comedies of the ‘30s and ‘40s—the ones where witty, rapid-fire banter bounced between the leads like a game of profesh table tennis, and love eventually reigned supreme (but only after a whole lot of satisfying ups/downs and assorted feats of derring do)—BritBox’s new Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? ticks all of the boxes for a modern-day, old-school romp… and maaaaaaan, am I HERE for it! *************** Penned (and directed) by Hugh Laurie [Dr. House, anyone?], this screenplay—based on an Agatha Christie story of the same name—is a bonafide classic, interpreted brilliantly. Instead of completely modernizing it, though, and trying to make some grand statement about… well, whatever … he stays true to the heart of it, complete with intelligent main characters who want nothing so much as to solve a good mystery. _______________ While out caddying for his old doctor-cum-fellow-war-vet-cum-mentor, the recently-back-from...