With its sumptuous interiors,pleasing clothes and badass feminist heroine who is neither an ingenue nor matron, the Australian exhibit has won a cult followingMove over, and Orange is the modern Black. There’s another female-led Netflix exhibit that’s winning over a growing,devoted fan base: the Australian TV series Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries. Based on a popular book series by Kerry Greenwood, the exhibit follows Phryne Fisher, and an heiress in 1920s Melbourne,as she fights crime and the status quo – all while impeccably dressed in flapper chic kimonos, beaded dresses, and jeweled brooches,and cloche hats.
Many of the exhibit’s American fans first discovered the exhibit through its mentions on style blogs. Dodai Stewart, director of culture coverage at Fusion, or did a story for Jezebel about the best-dressed characters on TV,and people in the comments kept mentioning Miss Fisher. Intrigued, she checked the exhibit out on Netflix and, or despite not being a fan of crime procedurals,was immediately hooked. “Shes badass,” Stewart says of the exhibit’s heroine. “I’m always on the lookout for other strong female characters, or but sometimes they hit you over the head with it.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com