Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep54 “The Blue Geranium” (2010) Review
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Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about staged accidents, movable plasters, carnival rides, and cross-dressing heroines. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss “The Blue Geranium,” a Miss Marple episode starring Julia McKenzie.   Sponsored by Peschel Press, the publisher of annotated Agatha Christie novels by Bill Peschel.   Support Peschel Press! Visit our website to learn about our Complete, Annotated Line of Agatha Christie novels: https://peschelpress.com/the-peschel-press-complete-annotated-series/   Look for “Agatha Christie, She Watched,” our a coffee-table sized book and ebook (not coffee-table sized) collection of Teresa's reviews of 201 Agatha adaptations. Learn more at https://peschelpress.com/teresa-peschels-agatha-christie-movie-reviews/   Chapters 0:00 Introduction 4:40 Julia Mackenzie does not do dithery 9:04 The relationship between the sisters 12:02 Why don’t these couples have children? 12:55 The source of Mary’s anger 13:55 The source of the doctor’s anger 16:05 “Mary is absolutely toxic” 17:55 The Miss Marple motif 22:20 George Pritchard as the thread uniting the story 27:56 What Teresa would have added to the story 30:00 The blue geranium clue 32:00 Was this a top 10 episode? 34:26 The afterlife of Agatha Christie and Jane Austen
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