Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Red Herring: Paging the BBC mystery department.

Flame-haired ex-Murdoch aide and former chief executive Rebekah Brooks will actually be prosecuted. http://tinyurl.com/8yjnovc  She and five others, including her husband, are facing obstruction charges for allegedly making off with evidence.  If what follows is anything like American justice, her pricey legal defense will overpower understaffed prosecutors, and her whole part in the massive hacking (approximately 800 phones hacked) and police bribery will be lost in the weeds.  Of course, Rupert will soldier on and live for another five decades at least, thanks to that deal he made back in Australia, the one with that shaman. 


Cameron signed texts to
Brooks "LOL" thinking
it meant "lots of love."
But WE have lots of
love for BBC mysteries!
So what's left for the rest of us poor sods?  Obviously,  the BBC mystery/miniseries!  Toss a corpse in that dumpster where someone not-so-cleverly disposed of Brooks' laptop and we've got State of Play + House of Cards.  Hugh Bonneville as David Cameron? Perhaps.  Bill Nighy hasn't gotten so big he wouldn't think about giving it a go as Murdoch.  Emma Watson could rock those red locks, but she's a bit young, and Winslet would probably consider it beneath her since BBC could not provide requisite Hollywood glam.  And we'll need an intrepid barrister or politician.  Put on your casting caps, people.  This is probably as close to justice as we're likely to get....Besides the BBC needs to get on this before Law & Order UK, god forbid.  We want this done properly!
Law and Order UK an inferior piece of rubbish compared to our true British mystery products?  You might veddy well think so, but I'm sure I couldn't comment!

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