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Marlon James complicates the haunted detective story with Get Millie Black
Marlon James’ Get Millie Black immediately subverts expectations: The HBO drama, which premiered November 25, is a detective story, not, as you might expect from a collaboration between one of the greatest novelists of this century and one of the biggest purveyors of fantasy shows,
In Marlon James’s ‘Get Millie Black,’ Colonial Rule Haunts Jamaica
In 2015, the author Marlon James was in London, where he had just won the Booker Prize for his novel “A Brief History of Seven Killings.” Holed away in a hotel room after the ceremony before he flew home to Minneapolis,
Marlon James & Tamara Lawrance On Portraying The “Richness” Of Queer Caribbean Communities In ‘Get Millie Black’
Get Millie Black' has been discussed by Marlon James and Tamara Lawrance, who talked about the Channel 4-HBO series and Caribbean communities.
‘Get Millie Black’ review: In Jamaica, a police detective is haunted by threats old and new
A police detective in Jamaica works to track down a missing teenage girl and the case proves to be more complicated — and dangerous — than anticipated in the five-episode HBO drama “Get Millie Black.” A sunbaked noir,
‘Get Millie Black’ Is a Fresh Take on the Cop Drama
Created by the Booker Prize-winning author Marlon James, the HBO series puts a new spin on a lot of old crime show conventions. By Margaret Lyons “Get Millie Black,” beginning on Monday at 9 p ...
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Get Millie Black’ On HBO, Where A Scotland Yard Detective Returns To Her Home In Jamaica And Faces Her Tormented Past
In a new HBO/Channel 4 drama, a former Scotland Yard detective goes home to Kingston, but has to contend with her past as well as the family she left behind after being banished to London. Opening Shot: A sunny shot of a tropical bush and an old house.
'Get Millie Black' Star Tamara Lawrance Says Jamaica Location 'Massively' Impacted Her Detective Thriller
Note: The following story contains spoilers from "Get Millie Black" Season 1, Episode 1. On paper, "Get Millie Black" seems any other detective thriller in a TV climate that loves this particular subgenre.
Marlon James’ Novels Are Masterpieces. His New HBO Series Achieves Something Similar.
The title character (Tamara Lawrance)—inspired by James’ own mother, a Jamaican detective inspector —carries some of the ...
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HBO’s Gritty and Explosive Whodunit ‘Get Millie Black’ Unveils a Different Side of Jamaica: TV Review
Created by Booker Prize-winning novelist Marlon James, who adapted the show from his own short story, “Get Millie Black,” begins as a missing persons case and evolves into a massive web of ...
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The suspenseful second entry in Marlon James’ Dark Star fantasy trilogy outdoes the first
Marlon James is taking a structural cue from Rashomon in his Dark Star trilogy, an epic fantasy set in a fictionalized version of ancient Africa filled with mythical creatures, witchcraft ...