Posted on 07/07/06
Mason's master class on law
What grips you first is the musical theme: ba bum, ba BUM, ba bum, ba BUM BOM. Then there's Raymond Burr's arsenal: steely gaze, lip-smacking delivery, sonorous voice. When he walks into a courtroom as Los Angeles defence attorney Perry Mason, it's a wonder everyone doesn't pack up and go home. He wins all the time. The guilty parties break down in sobs, whether they're on the witness stand or sitting with the spectators.
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