No need to recap and bastardize Johnson and Lyonne’s work, but suffice to say there’s a casino, there’s a murder, there’s a scam, there’s a suicide, and Lyonne’s hard-drinking human lie detector character has to go on the run in backroads America. Put simply, and well within context, there is a hell of a drinking game to play watching Poker Face to capture the moment when Charlie realizes who is BS-ing her or not – and that’s such a good time you’ll almost forgive the ads on Peacock. Strong, but the tenet that Lyonne’s Charlie character has the confounding ability to tell when people are lying is narrative Krazy Glue. Created by the man who gave us Benoit Blanc, the architecture of the show is strong with the crime and the criminal, made obvious from the jump. However, besides a beat-up Plymouth Barracuda, Rockford Files trailer home homages and all, the wider appeal of Poker Face is that it is a confident show for grown-ups that younger viewers who never knew the golden era of TV detectives will dig too. 'Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé' Review: An Intimate Yet Extravagant Exploration Of Beyoncé's Latest World Tour
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