In that post about the way HBO will be farming out 'In Treatment' to other countries, I mentioned how certain characters have been recast over and over again for TV productions. Here's how many TV dimensions you'd need just for Inspector Maigret. (Although I'm sure many of these, like the one played by Richard Harris, are from the movie universe.....)
Alas, Maigret is not a well known character in the U.S. I wish it were otherwise, and it should be. The only television treatment I've ever seen of him was the BBC series, with Michael Gambon as Maigret. (and I think it shot in Budapest, as a city that might best be taken for Paris of a few score years ago) I thought it was excellent.
As the Trickster once said, "Reality is boring, that's why I change it whenever I can."
I'm just "The Man Who Viewed Too Much", and "Inner Toob" is a blog exploring and celebrating the 'reality' of an alternate universe in which everything that ever happened on TV actually takes place.
Most of my theories about the TV Universe come from thinking inside the box and thus can't be proven. But I've never been one to shy away from a tall tale.....
Remember: "The more you watch, the more you've seen!"
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Alas, Maigret is not a well known character in the U.S. I wish it were otherwise, and it should be. The only television treatment I've ever seen of him was the BBC series, with Michael Gambon as Maigret. (and I think it shot in Budapest, as a city that might best be taken for Paris of a few score years ago) I thought it was excellent.
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