Are you tired of pretending?

Milla Ling-Davies  |  Features  |  culture watch
Date posted:  11 Oct 2024
Share Add       
Are you tired of pretending?

The amateur detectives from Only Murders In The Building

Have you ever been shadowed at work? Or observed during an interview? We often find it uncomfortable to be watched.

This is the predicament that the three protagonists in the latest season of the hit TV comedy drama series Only Murders in the Building find themselves in. In Season Three, amateur detectives Mabel, Charles and Oliver learn that their true-crime podcast is being made into a Hollywood movie. As they begin solving yet another murder, they also end up being shadowed by the three actors hired to play them in the film.

These actors copy their every move – their fashion sense, their gait, their nervous habits. And as the series progresses, we see Mabel, Charles and Oliver uncomfortable with the version of themselves being reflected back to them. Mabel is portrayed as sad, Charles as worried and boring. Memorably, the actor playing Oliver says to him:

Share
< Previous article| Features| Next article >
Read more articles on:   culture  /  authenticity
Read more articles by Milla Ling-Davies >>
UK & Ireland
Do we do ‘tribal’  or ‘gospel’ unity?

Do we do ‘tribal’ or ‘gospel’ unity?

Director of evangelical umbrella group Affinity, Graham Nicholls, said recently that conservative evangelicals “can be the most difficult [evangelical group] …

UK & Ireland
CofE complementarians ‘extremely concerned’

CofE complementarians ‘extremely concerned’

Evangelicals are reacting with “extreme concern” to the launch of a new campaign aiming to eliminate the provisions included in …

Need to advertise?

We can help you reach Christians across the country.

Find out more

About en

Our vision, values and history.

Read more