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Title: Very disappointing
Review: This is a lazy, monotonous production of a Charles Dickens novel that has captivated and frustrated reading audiences for over 100 years. Our fascination with the novel, albeit an unintended fascination due to his death while writing it, is that each reader can imagine how Dickens would have continued the story. We all get to ponder whether Jasper killed Edwin Drood or just thought he did. This Masterpiece production should have focused on the unfinished, yet still substantial novel; should have given more time to the memorable minor characters; and should have allowed the viewers to decide where the story should go. Instead, an unaccomplished script writer, Gywneth Hughes, ineptly chooses an ending that she thinks would be appropriate and rushes the viewers through to the end. The second half of the Masterpiece production by Ms. Hughes overplays the gothic motif to the point of absurdity.
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