Poker Face, Glass Onion, The Menu: These days, it seems like everything's coming up Columbo.
Aren’t You Afraid Being Up Here Alone With a Killer? | Columbohas managed to stand the test of time because of, among other things, its lack of reliance on the sort of “tough cop” archetype,are not downtrodden people who have been victimized by a brutal incarceration system, but people who by all accounts sit on the top of the world. The vast majority of the perpetrators are selfish, rich goons looking to maintain their power and status.
They want more money, a better job, to keep their mistress, to get revenge on their spouse or parent, or they just don’t want to answer to anyone else. Most of them commit acts of violence to maintain their picture-perfectis excellent when it’s using the elite’s own classism against them, as they undermine and underestimate the shabby lieutenant time and time again. With his well-worn raincoat and tendency to babble, suspects think they can outwit Columbo, but only end up telling on themselves.
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