Despite J.K. Rowling's controversial stance on transgender issues, her partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery persists, evident with the upcoming filming of a new HBO series based on her Harry Potter novels. Rowling's previous works have enjoyed considerable success in film and television. However, the latest C.B. Strike series, C.B. Strike: The Ink Black Heart, faced challenges due to its source material's complexity. While still a well-crafted whodunit, its human factor is diminished, overshadowed by topical elements and an overwhelming textual structure drawn from the original novel.
The human element that made earlier installments of C.B. Strike excellent is less in evidence here, overshadowed by a not-very-interesting topicality that seems likely to be an outgrowth of Rowling's real-world experience.
Tom Edge, who has written the bulk of the TV series, and Sue Tully, the show's longtime director, wisely make no attempt to put those reams of online chatter onscreen, settling for the occasional spoken reference.
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